hi whats the best way to make a levle look cartoon.
i mean what kind of texturs an shaders would you recomend.

i waas reading about the toon shader in another post, but when i add the mtl.wdl to my script, the toon shader is not in the list of actions.

can you help me?

Hey you´re using C-Script "i add the mtl.wdl to my script"?
Do you read this:
http://www.coniserver.net/wiki/index.php/Toonshading_with_Outline
That are Script´s for both,C-Script and Lite-C.
For me it works without problems.

ok i look at that page, how do i use that code in my project?

After you created the toon.fx you have to #include it into your project,and because it is an post-process shader i think you want to add it to your camera, so you have to add the following to your main function
function main()
{
pp_set(camera,Toon_mat);
....
}
I´m not an expert in this Task but for me it works.

It´s late and i have to work tomorrow so I´m away.Play around a little bit.Will look for this thread tomorrow.

ok cheers

im havin trouble makin the toon.fx file,
i put the code from that page an save it as toon.fx
an declair it in my main script, but when i run it, it give me a load of errors.
i dont think im makin the fx file right.

You don´t need to apply.The shader is already applied to your Camera.
function main()
{
pp_set(camera,Toon_mat); <-------the shader with Material Toon_Mat is applied to the Camera.



}
And don´t forget to define the Material before Calling it with this:
MATERIAL* Toon_mat =
{
effect = "Toon_.fx";
}

function Toon_set_Value(r,g,b,threshold)
{
Toon_mat.skill1 = floatv(r); //4 looks okay
Toon_mat.skill2 = floatv(g); //same as above
Toon_mat.skill3 = floatv(b); //same as above
Toon_mat.skill4 = floatv(threshold); //0.01
}
Needs to be above main function.

Your Edit:Paste the code in SED save it as Toon_.fx
and include.
Don´t forget what I wrote above about defining the Material.

Bye

ok i made the fx file, i looked at some other shader files from the shader collection from au resources,

i made the toon.wdl file with the code below, but i save it as shader.wdl. (dont think the name matters here)

//Toon Shading with Outline
material Toon_mat
{
effect = "Toon.fx";
}

function Toon_set_Value(r,g,b,threshold)
{
Toon_mat.skill1 = floatv(r); //4 looks okay
Toon_mat.skill2 = floatv(g); //same as above
Toon_mat.skill3 = floatv(b); //same as above
Toon_mat.skill4 = floatv(threshold); //0.01
}



I then made the toon.fx file with this code.

////Makes Details invisible and the colors a bit more intensive,
////which gives the Level a toon like look this is combined with a sobel edge filter
////which causes some kind of outlining

float4 vecSkill1; //"Color Details" in xyz and threshold in w
float4 vecViewPort;

Texture entSkin1;
sampler2D smpSource = sampler_state { texture = <entSkin1>; };

float4 dirtyToonPS( float2 Tex : TEXCOORD0 ) : COLOR0
{
half4 color = tex2D(smpSource,Tex.xy);
color.r = round(color.r*vecSkill1.r)/vecSkill1.r;
color.g = round(color.g*vecSkill1.g)/vecSkill1.g;
color.b = round(color.b*vecSkill1.b)/vecSkill1.b;

const float threshold = vecSkill1.w;

const int NUM = 9;
const float2 c[NUM] =
{
float2(-0.0078125, 0.0078125),
float2( 0.00 , 0.0078125),
float2( 0.0078125, 0.0078125),
float2(-0.0078125, 0.00 ),
float2( 0.0, 0.0),
float2( 0.0078125, 0.007 ),
float2(-0.0078125,-0.0078125),
float2( 0.00 , -0.0078125),
float2( 0.0078125,-0.0078125),
};

int i;
float3 col[NUM];
for (i=0; i < NUM; i++)
{
col[i] = tex2D(smpSource, Tex.xy + 0.2*c[i]);
}

float3 rgb2lum = float3(0.30, 0.59, 0.11);
float lum[NUM];
for (i = 0; i < NUM; i++)
{
lum[i] = dot(col[i].xyz, rgb2lum);
}
float x = lum[2]+ lum[8]+2*lum[5]-lum[0]-2*lum[3]-lum[6];
float y = lum[6]+2*lum[7]+ lum[8]-lum[0]-2*lum[1]-lum[2];
float edge =(x*x + y*y < threshold)? 1.0:0.0;

color.rgb *= edge;
return color;
}

technique postFX
{
pass p1
{
PixelShader = compile ps_2_0 dirtyToonPS();
}
}

saved that as toon.fx

and then in my main script i included.... include <shader.wdl>;

but then when i had the pp_set(camera,Toon_mat); into my main function.
i get a error... bad perameter unknown function.

another thing there is know cam, code in my main script. as im useing the car script template.

What Version of GStudio are you using?