Applying shaders to a whole level.

Is there a way to apply a shader to level gemeotry of a whole level?

Thanks

The predefined materials mat_flat and mat_shaded can be used to apply a shader to level geometry. Use effect_load(mat_shaded,"you_effect.fx");

Thank you kindly.

So as a shader noobie... Does this mean that only 2 materials can be defined for level geometry? IOW: I can't have one for concrete (like sidewalks), one for windows, one for metals (lamp posts, mailboxes, etc), and one for brick walls (with parallax mapping) - that would be 4, but I can think of others.

So the rest have to be in model formats? hrmm...

OK... another question:
If using a MAP file, does the entire object get the shader (since it's effectivly an entity)?

One more and I'll be done for now :
Shading level geometry, what decides if it will be mat_flat or mat_shaded? Since it's geometry, it can't be assigned properties like that, can it?

For your fist question... You can assign seperate FX files to anything you want to.

For example; By using the d3d_automaterial var, and by creating materials that are named as your textures in the WED texture manager, you can have control over them.

Code:

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WAD Tex name               Material name
lamppost_tex               lamppost_tex 
stonewall_tex              stonewall_tex
tabooidol_tex              tabooidol_tex
etc, etc

  

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** I put a tutorial in the WIKI for doing the level geo. It is in the Titorial section under Effects.

Eric

excellent.. i'll take a look

I did manage to figure out changing the fixed materials (flat, shaded, etc) per surface on level geo ... Guess I never had a need to dig that deeply into WED