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+====== Material (DED) ======
+Definitions specify the properties of a material built from one or more textures, for use on the surfaces of world maps (floors, walls etc...).
+The focus of this article is to detail how these properties are exposed to mod authors and the specifics of the syntax.
+===== Core concepts =====
+A material is an abstract concept which replaces the id Tech 1 mechanism of directly attributing [[texture]] resources to map surfaces. Please see the [[material]] documentation for details on their use(s) and the mechanics of the abstraction with regard to mod compatibility.
+Using materials one is able to layer textures in a //dynamic//, "logical material" which can be applied to a world surface. (In contrast to a texture, which is a //static// composite of one or more graphics).
+Materials exist entirely independently from any textures attributed to their [[#layer|layer]]s. This means one can reuse the same textures in **multiple** Materials.
+<note>
+**Note for modders**: The term 'texture' in Doomsday refers to **any** graphic resource which has been loaded for use as an in-game texture. Graphics composited from several [[patch]]s according to TEXTURE1/2 definitions are a type of texture.
+</note>
+===== Syntax =====
+{{page>material_syntax}}
+===== Examples =====
+A simple 128x128 Material composed of a single non-animated texture layer:
+  Material
+  {
+    Id = "Textures:MyMaterial";
+    Height = 128;
+    Width = 128;
+    Layer {
+      Stage { Texture = "Textures:BROWN1"; }
+    }
+  }

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