cause i´m well gonna make a fool of myself
due to my lack of shader knowledge, i just copied it from anywhere and placed it in my testleve.
no wonder it doesn´t work....


////////////////envmap.fx

texture entSkin1;
texture mtlSkin1;
matrix matMtl;
technique envmap
{
pass p0
{
texture[0]=<entSkin1>;
texture[1]=<mtlSkin1>;

zWriteEnable=true;
alphaBlendEnable=true;

colorArg1[0]=Texture;
colorOp[0]=Modulate2x;
colorArg2[0]=Diffuse;

colorArg1[1]=Texture;
colorOp[1]=blendCurrentAlpha;
addressU[1]=Clamp;
addressV[1]=Clamp;
texCoordIndex[1]=cameraSpaceReflectionVector;
textureTransformFlags[1]=Count3;
textureTransform[1]=<matMtl>; // transform camera space back to world space
}
}

////////////////main wdl, extract:

bmap envmap = <desertsm+6.tga>;

function mtl_envmap_view()
{
mat_set(mtl.matrix,matViewInv);
mtl.matrix41=0;
mtl.matrix42=0;
mtl.matrix43=0;
}

function mtl_env_init()
{
bmap_to_cubemap(mtl.skin1);
mtl.event=mtl_envmap_view;
mtl.enable_view=on;
}

material brushed_metal02 {
skin1=envmap;
event=mtl_env_init;
}

starter load_shaders()
{
d3d_automaterial=1;

effect_load (brushed_metal02, "envmap.fx");

wait(5);
}

//btw, the shader works very well with models =)

so don´t laugh, i am no coder.

I believe that the <mtl_env_init()> function is not getting called by the Event. Therefore, the cubmap is not being generated. Move your init codes into the Starter Function. No entities are assigned this material and so the Event Function will not be executed.

now i´m gettin kinda "empty pointer"-error, and the pipe is black as before.

please post what you mean - i just copied my init lines in the starter function, when i leave out the Bmap_to_cubemap thingy, i get no errors butthe image doesn´t change

Similar to this....

starter load_shaders()
{
d3d_automaterial=1;
effect_load (brushed_metal02, "envmap.fx");
wait(5);

bmap_to_cubemap(bmap_to_mipmap(brushed_metal02.skin1));

}

hmm... tried it several times, but makes no difference at all
still a fine, plain grey.

make a small test level if you can and email it to me (in my profile). I'll try to help.

wow, that´s service

sending it.

DaBro0zar: You have mail.

wonderful! amazing!
if i hadn´t rated you 5 stars a long time before, i´d do it immediately
a screenshot wouldn´t make much sense, it´s only visible in motion.

[EDIT]
well, i guess i should share the code. i´ll set up a small demo cube soon. steempipe, i hope you don´t mind.

Glad it helped. I encourage sharing your code.