hello,

I was wondering how to call a shader to a certain model (like, mat_model = shader). But the only problem is that the shader is in a different script and is a '.fx' file, not '.wdl'.

Thanks in advanced,

Braxton

do it this way:
define your material here:

material mat_test
{
//can set flags and assign material skins if you need to
// flags = tangent;
// skin1=whatever...
}

then in a starter function:

starter
{
effect_load(mat_test,"mat_test.fx");
}

then in the action for your entity:
my.material=mat_test;

I am not following you... the script that holds the shader is all in the '.fx' file.

an A6 material is broken into 2 parts, the material definition and the effect string. You can include the effect string in the material definition, or put it into an .fx file. If you have an .fx file then you need to have a material definition in script. Just do exactly as i have shown and it will work.

remember the effect string is direct3d code, not c-script. C-script has no idea what is in the effect string at all.. it just needs to know where it is and what material it is applied to. In practice, you can define a bunch of seperate materials in script and then have them all use the same .fx file for the shader. That way you can have many different material properties and not have to write a bunch of seperate .fx files or material scripts.

so what do i put int he material mat_test part???

put wherever you want in your script, just make sure it is defined BEFORE you assign it to an enity or it will give an error--just like any function..it needs be declared before it is called/set

so i could do:

mat_test
{
my.flare == off;
}

then call it and it will do the shader???

no you cant do this.. sorry but you need to look at other examples and learn a few things before messing about with materials.. as they say it's 'non-trivial'.

do you know of any tutorials or places where i can learn. I love scripting and want to learn how to make shaders, particles, and really neat stuff with C-Script.

Please help me out,
Braxton