Yes, agreed, but if it spits out anything less than 5 times 512x512 then it will be lower res (and lower detail) than if you used a single 512x512 bump map tiled accross the wall.
of course it will... read what i added above... i'll repeat it here for you...
secondly... why would a lightmap need to achieve the same fidelty as the original texture... the ones where the detail mapp (as you call it) is blended.... i mean, its just light and shadows... having the same precise, sharp shadows would look absurd, and very unrealistic... unless you were on the moon, at the terminator where night and day occurs...
does this make any sense at all to you... why would you want a shadow to appear as detailed as a texture map... can ya tell me... huh...
look around at your immediately surroundings... do you see any shadows that are as detailed as say, the texture of the fabric on a chair...
hahahahahahaaaa.... sorry... i can't help myself... i'll stop :)
can ya see why i was amused at your aggressive latching on to a totally wild assed guess (wild sounds better than dumb, ok, is that better)... and then trying to pass it off as logic...
and you're still not letting go of it... even now you're trying to convince yourself (and me) that you are correct :)
do ya have any idea what logical deduction is... ya can't build on logic by basing it on assumptions... that's just not how it works...
just ask mr. spock...
spock... spock...
yes captain... what seems to be the problem...
this crewman spock... i think... he's in need... of a lil vulcan mind melding...
captain... i don't know if even the vulcan mind meld can help this one... might i suggest we call in dr. mc coy...
yes... spock... of course... that would be the logical thing to do...
bones... report to the bridge... on the double... we have a medical emergency here...
come on Lenn... lighten up dude...
all i wanted to do here was to post a lil bit of stuff i thought was neat... and if you look at the title of the thread, you must surely see that it was in a light vein...
of course that aint a half life 2 shot... noone really thought it was...
no one took it as seriously as you are now...
--Mike