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Textures are 2D graphics that are either displayed directly on screen, such as in the [[HUD]], mapped onto 3D models, for example to give a character eyes, or used as billboard graphics, such as for trees or coins.

== Texture cache ==
The texture cache of the Nintendo 64 is 4 KiB (4096 bytes).

== Texture formats ==
The Nintendo 64 has many different texture formats. When rendering, any format is converted to 32-bit RGBA as the output format.

The identifier in the following table is used in the filename's extension, such as ''hmc_textures.00000.'''rgba16'''.png''.
{| class="wikitable"
!Format
!Identifier
!Max resolution
!Red
!Green
!Blue
!Alpha
!Description
|-
!32-bit RGBA
|rgba32
|32x32
|256
|256
|256
|256
|This is the most versatile format. It contains the same amount of data you might alreay be used to from PNG files on your PC.
|-
!16-bit RGBA
|rgba16
|64x32 or 32x64
|32
|32
|32
|2
|This format uses less memory than 32-bit RGBA and also has less levels of color intensity. Alpha is binary, i.e. a pixel is either fully visible or transparent.
|-
!8-bit color index
|ci8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!4-bit color index
|ci4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!16-bit IA (intensity alpha)
|ia16
|64x32 or 32x64
| colspan="3" |256
|256
|
|-
!8-bit IA (intensity alpha)
|ia8
|64x64
| colspan="3" |16
|16
|
|-
!4-bit IA (intensity alpha)
|ia4
|128x64 or 64x128
| colspan="3" |8
|2
|
|-
!8-bit I (intensity)
|i8
|64x64
| colspan="3" |256
|0
|
|-
!4-bit I (intensity)
|i4
|128x64 or 64x128
| colspan="3" |16
|0
|
|}

== See also ==

* [https://n64squid.com/homebrew/n64-sdk/textures/image-formats/ Color and image format types for the N64] on n64squid.com

[[Category:Graphics]]

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Tenry: Created page with "Textures are 2D graphics that are either displayed directly on screen, such as in the HUD, mapped onto 3D models, for example to give a character eyes, or used as billboar..."