>>12165724
>99% of textures used in the 90s came from material packs sold on CDs.
And? The whole point is those textures were used by artists, not programmers to simulate physical transmission of a light ray, and its interaction with a microfacet surface, accounting for energy loss, indirect lighting, etc.

Instead of messing with all that, artist would simply paint details over textures, use screen space effects, to simulate fog, "textures for volumetric lights and shadows", dynamic rivers, waterfalls, etc.

>>724649116
Who knows.

>>12140508
It's funny how all of this was created with textures only, even normal maps weren't used.