So the effect system is your problem, not the fixed function effect itself.

Just use the my pointer in your material event, it's as easy as that.

Thank You very much Alexander, I did try everything except using MY in Material Event.
Unfortunately it still doesnt work. The last entity that uses the material, sets the amount of displacement for all that is uding the same material.

Ive tried changing so that i have different HMp models for entities, and lots of other stuff. But i have no luck.

I thought that this text from the readbeta was the ticket:

Quote:

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material.enable_render
If this flag is set, the material's event function is executed at the
beginning of every entity rendering, if the material contains an
effect and was assigned to the entity. This can be used to perform
effect calculations based on entity skills or the entity's world
matrix.

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Another funny thing is that im only allowed to use the MY pointer in the material event if i state further MTL.EVENTS.
If i only use event=function(); in the actual MATERIAL definition, i get "EmPTY POINTER all the time.

I hope there is something that i still dont understand.

And thanks again for your help.

Merry Christmas!

Your assign the event wrong, do it without the brackets. If it still not work, do the following:

Set the event function and the enable_render flag in the effect defination. Then set up the matrix in the event function, but only in the event, not in an entity action. That should work!

We don't have Chrismas yet, but I think that I'll be bussy tomorrow, so... marry Chrismas!

Yah, good to see im not the only night dweller!

But it still wont work. The bracket thing didn´t matter. And i cant place any of the stuff inside the effect definition. I just get loads of syntax errors. Prolly me not knowing how to do it proper.

I tried finding the equivalent commands in dx8 documantation from MS, but that is not an easy task.

Thanks a lot anyways. Hope i can help you back sometime. You need any models or such, just gimme a hint.

For speeding this up a little, you could post your code here or send it to me on any other way, then I can quickly find your mistake.

Alexander,

Sorry for the silence. The flu got me big time. Here the code. In this example im simply trying to give each entity different texture scaling, but they all end up with the same.

Note: The entities are created in runtime by another entity and given the same Action. They use the same model. They all have different skill2 values.


Code:

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 bmap testsquares = <testsquares50.tga>;


function mtl_terr_view()
{

mtl.matrix22 = floatd(mtl.skill1,1);
mtl.matrix11 = floatd(mtl.skill1,1);

}

function mtl_terrer_init
{
mtl.skill1 = my.skill2*10;
mtl.event = mtl_terr_view;
mtl.enable_render=on;

}


material terry 
{
 	
skin1 = testsquares;
event = mtl_terrer_init;

effect =" 
  
texture entSkin1;
texture mtlSkin1;

 matrix matMtl;

	technique scalex 
	{
     pass p0
      {

			Texture[0]=<mtlSkin1>;

			ColorArg1[0]=Texture;
			ColorOp[0]=SELECTARG1;

			TextureTransformFlags[0] = count2; // use u,v values
        	TextureTransform[0] = <matMtl>;
  		} 

	}
";
} 

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Why do you use mtl.skill1? Use my.skill1 directly in your mtl_terr_view() function. That should be all.

And for scaling use floatr(), not floatd().

Thanks.

Because i get two of this, and then the effect dies:

Quote:

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Malfunction W1501: Empty pointer in mtl_terr_view: mtl.matrix22=floatr(my.skill2)

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As soon as i try to use any "my.skill" in the "last" event function of an effect. This goes for all of my materials/effects.

In the the second (INIT), i can use my.skill w/o problems but they are only run once.

Any ideas?

The my pointer should be avaiable in the material event function, so it normally should work. I guess it's an engine bug, try posting it in the bug forum.

Yes, i was starting to think the same. It doesnt make sense.
Thanks again.