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This mod adds a basic gradient and custom pearlescent paint system for BeamNG.

The effect is created using custom colour palette textures with hand-built mipmaps, allowing the paint to shift color based on camera distance and viewing angle.
The 2 pearlescent paint uses multiple colour layers, all fullycolourable in the vehicle configuration menu.
Results vary by vehicle - smoother body shapes show clean colour flow, while low-poly or sharply segmented panels can reveal underlying mesh faces.
The Two Skins
Normal mode

• Shows full multi-colour pearlescent effect at normal camera distance
• Gradually simplifies to a single dominant colour at long distance

Looping mode

• Continues cycling multiple colours even at long distance
• Produces a stronger “endless flip” effect when driving away

How it worksBeamNG normally uses mipmaps as lower-resolution copies of a texture for distant rendering.
In this way, the mipmaps are custom-authored instead of downscaled copies.
As the camera distance changes, the shader automatically samples different mip levels. Because each mip level contains a different colour pattern, the paint appears to change colour with distance and angle — creating the pearlescent / iridescent effect.
Wanna make your own? Below are the mipmap specs which ive made for this mod.

Normal Pearlescent - Configuration

• Type: colorPaletteMap
• Format: BC7_UNORM DDS (DX10 header)
• Resolution: 4096×4096
• Mipmaps: 13 custom mip levels
• Purpose: Primary hue-shift / iridescent gradient lookup
• Behavior:
  
  • Top mip = full multi-colour gradient
  • Lower mips progressively simplify the gradient
  • Shader samples different mip levels based on view distance
  • Result: colour shift changes with distance and angle

Looped Pearlescent - Configuration

• Type: colorPaletteMap
• Format: BC7_UNORM DDS (DX10 header)
• Resolution: 4096×4096
• Mipmaps: 13 custom mip levels
• Purpose: Secondary palette control / region mask
• Behavior:
• Controls how multiple paint layers blend
• Works together with prismatic.color
• Ensures consistent colour regions across the vehicle
• Also participates in the mip-driven colour change

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