@ grimber - hey there! ya must have posted while i was typing

thanks for the refresher... i've got the texture working, added the detail skin and checked 'mipmaps' but can't get the detail texture to do its' stuff...

'template_6' is proving to be VERY interesting to me... although there's a bit of a learning curve it seems.

hummm... thought i had hit 'edit' but must of hit 'reply' by mistake... sorry bout dat


Edit

just got it... was simply placing the 'var' line in the wrong place lol... ahh well, it shouldn't take too long to get up to speed.

thanks again guys - i really appreciate your attention to this