Some more info on the ENABLE_VIEW event thing:
The bug (if it really is one) only appears when using mtl.skillx. If i manually set values by pEffect->SetFloat there are no problems.

Which leads me to my next problem:
I would use pEffect->Set... instead of mtl.skillx but i can't get mtl->d3deffect to work in A7 (tried updating the MATERIAL struct in atypes.h (copy paste from A8), but that didn't work). How can i access mtl->d3deffect in A7 or a dll?


Also there seems to be a problem with ev->render_map[x] or i'm doing something wrong.
This is my dll function (called in ENABLE_RENDER event as shown in the manual):
Code:
DLLFUNC HRESULT sc_dll_renderGBuffer(void)
{
	// open the scene and get the active D3D device
	LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9 pd3dDev = (LPDIRECT3DDEVICE9)draw_begin();
		if (!pd3dDev) return error("pd3dDev not available!");

	//pd3dDev->Clear(0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET, D3DCOLOR_ARGB(0, 128, 0, 0), 1.0, 0);

	ENTITY* pEntity = (ENTITY*)(ev->me);
	BMAP* entSkin1 = (BMAP*)(ev->render_map[0]);
	BMAP* entSkin2 = (BMAP*)(ev->render_map[1]);
	BMAP* entSkin3 = (BMAP*)(ev->render_map[2]);
	BMAP* entSkin4 = (BMAP*)(ev->render_map[3]);
	LPD3DXMESH pMesh = (LPD3DXMESH)(ev->render_mesh);
	D3DMATERIAL9* pMaterial = (D3DMATERIAL9*)(ev->render_d3dmaterial);
	LPD3DXEFFECT pEffect = (LPD3DXEFFECT)(ev->render_d3dxeffect);

	//pass texture to shader
	//pEffect->SetTexture("texBRDFLut", brdfLUT);
	//pEffect->SetTexture("mySkin2",(LPDIRECT3DBASETEXTURE9)(inTexture->d3dtex));
	
	//get first valid technique from effect file
	D3DXHANDLE hTech;
	pEffect->FindNextValidTechnique(NULL,&hTech);
	if (SUCCEEDED(pEffect->SetTechnique(hTech))) 
	{
		//set matrices
		pEffect->SetMatrix("matWorld", (D3DXMATRIX*)(ev->matWorld));
		pEffect->SetMatrix("matView", (D3DXMATRIX*)(ev->matView));
		pEffect->SetMatrix("matProj", (D3DXMATRIX*)(ev->matProj));
		
		//set textures
		if(entSkin1) pEffect->SetTexture("entSkin1", (LPDIRECT3DBASETEXTURE9)(entSkin1->d3dtex));
		if(entSkin2) pEffect->SetTexture("entSkin2", (LPDIRECT3DBASETEXTURE9)(entSkin2->d3dtex));
		if(entSkin3) pEffect->SetTexture("entSkin3", (LPDIRECT3DBASETEXTURE9)(entSkin3->d3dtex));
		if(entSkin4) pEffect->SetTexture("entSkin4", (LPDIRECT3DBASETEXTURE9)(entSkin4->d3dtex));
			
		//render the scene using the hlsl effect
		UINT cPasses, iPass;
		pEffect->Begin(&cPasses, 0);
	
		for (iPass = 0; iPass < cPasses; iPass++)
		{
			pEffect->BeginPass(iPass);

			// Only call CommitChanges if any state changes have happened
			// after BeginPass is called
			//pEffect->CommitChanges();

			// Render the mesh with the applied technique
			pMesh->DrawSubset(0);

			pEffect->EndPass();
		}
	
		pEffect->End();
	}
	
	return 0;
}

I can only get entSkin1 to show up in the shader. 2,3 and 4 aren't working. Now if i open up the .mdl in MED and apply the exact same texture from skin1 to skin2, i can access both in the shader. What am i doing wrong here?

I do understand that you can't/won't fix bugs in A7 anymore. But maybe there are workarounds for the mentioned points. laugh

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