3d game map types

This document discusses different types of maps that can be used for texturing 3D models including diffuse maps, specular maps, illumination maps, ambient occlusion maps, opacity maps, normal maps, parallax maps, tesselation maps, and vector displacement maps. Parallax maps can provide the effect of geometry displacement without actually displacing the mesh. Tesselation maps allow parallax mapping with real geometry changes when using DirectX 11.