Lol

* the entities dont use textures,
* the landscape isn't a landscape just a flat cube,
* the material makes no apparent changes.
* i've removed spaces from between the SET flags

still no shadows!

BUT ON THE PLUS POINT!

the sprite trick worked!

But i was somewhat horrified to find that if you use more than 1000 entities (sprites) then the engine REALLY slows down, and if you can make it to 2000 then you dont seem to be in for a good framerate!

I am a noob to this... Blitz3D is where i am best at!