I have no idea..seems like a redraw problem in WED?
Are you are usimg the 8.1DX settings for the viewports? try changing that, otherwise I dont know....

Anyone have success with the tutorial?

I wish I even had time to look at it! I hope to in a week or so ...

Hi Drew

WOW - great work

Drew,
i have not had a chance to fully complete your tutorial but i gotta say...wow thanks alot. I first heard of NORMAL MAPPING when i read a artical in game informer about Vin Desials new game Riddick. I was like wow i wonder if 3dgs could do that.. well here comes DREW with my answer ...Thanks

daniel

p.s this might be a stupid question but do you think normal mapping could be used with terrian? cause at the moment that is my main goal is to Create High Detailed Terrian kinda like that of FINAL FANTASY XI

Im sure it could be used on terrain...the hardpart is getting the map to match uvw coords..ibet there are many ways to do it...

Next week i'll go through the tutorial when I'm back on schedule with things, I only had time to skim through it now. I must say, the crates look great in the surreal editor. Thank you Drew for the great tutorial, and Matt for the perpixel lighting code!

Good job Drew,
I was just thinking about trying to do something like this, and then I came across this thread, awesome.

Thanks

Drew, Great tutorial. Thanks!

I'm trying to determine how ready Normal Mapping is for genuine production, and it seems to me that at this point it's really only ready for little demonstrations due to the lighting restrictions, and the inability to apply it to level geometry.

Are these shortcomings being addressed in an upcoming beta? (Am I right that Automatic Material Assignment will let me assign shaders to Level Geometry? Will the dynamic dynamic lighting limitation still make it too cumbersome to implement?)

Am I just approaching the problem in the wrong way?

Or should I just not try to implement these high-end features yet?

Hey Drew - Awesome work man! Is it possible that I could include this in the documentation for SMEE2? (Its well under way in construction). I'd give you creds of course. Plus it'll feature a lot of cool stuff like opening wdl's and converting normal maps on the run (and bunches of other new features), so it'll be even more compatable with the tut. Again, nice work