Soften Mipmaps

[Haydenmango]

Noob question: What does the soften mipmaps option on textures actually do?

[gamecreator]

Not sure if you already saw this

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/documentation/_/user-guide/texture-editor-r9

 

Though I do wonder how it interacts with the sharpen filter

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/blog/41/entry-1214-leadwerks-gets-update-for-workflow-enhancements-new-features/

Do they counter each other or do different things?

[Haydenmango]

oh geez I feel dumb now. Next time I'll search harder before posting noob questions. Thanks.

I tried using sharpen with soften mipmaps and it doesn't seem like they counter each other but I still don't fully understand these features so I'm not sure what to look for.

[gamecreator]

No worries. I'd love Josh's or someone else's input on how they interact.

[Admin]

The soften filter can be used to decrease repetitiveness of a texture at a distance. It blends the texture into the average color of all the pixels, as it gets further away. It's probably not that useful anymore.

[gamecreator]

Thanks. Curious why you don't think it's that useful any more. Because we have a lot of textures to use or shader effects?

[Josh]

It was mostly for use with terrain, but the terrain system we have now is a little lower-res in the distance anyway.