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Chrome?

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Hey GT, I'm making a model and part of it needs to look like it's made of chrome. It also is a unit, so I can't define a specific envmap because it will be moving around. Would specular be the best way to go, or is there another option?
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The best way to replicate chrome is to use a generic environment map (since specular only shows up at certain angles). And plus, you can't really tell what is being "reflected" with specific environment maps most of the time anyway.
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What do you mean by a generic environment map? Does one simply set the flag to 6 and not assign a cubemap to the material? Because I tried that and there is no reflection at all on the model.
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all_inf_tantive4trooper.msh would be your working example. Render Type 6 and helmet_envmap.tga
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