Drew,

1. Make the two fx files

2. Save the light script as DynLight.wdl and set the behavior of a ball model with the light action. Set skill 1,2,3, to rgb -- I used 200 50 100 for example
Change player.x to camera.x

//DYNLIGHT.WDL:

var light_dist=2000; //this is how far away form a light it will be visible.
action light_pos_object
{
wait(5);
my.invisible=on;
my.passable=on;

while(1)
{

if vec_dist(my.x,camera.x)<light_dist
{

my.light=on;
my.lightrange=1000; //could be set also to a skill

my.red=my.skill1; //just put in the r,g,b values
my.green=my.skill2;
my.blue=my.skill3;

my.cast=on; //casts a shadow when on
}


else
{
my.lightrange=0; //if too far away turn it off
my.light=off;
my.cast=off;

}

wait(1);
}


}


3. Paste the material code at the end of main script. (didnt even put it inside main function, just tacked it onto the end) -- note my addition of VAR before d3dautomaterial like so:

//TACK ONTO END OF MAIN SCRIPT:

material spec_bump_model //assaign all models this material in script
{
flags = tangent;
}

var d3d_automaterial=1;
bmap your_world_texture_normalmap = <your_world_texture_normalmap.tga>;
material your_world_texture_normalmap_tga
{
skin1 = your_world_texture_normalmap;
flags = tangent;
}

//then call this function in main():

function load_shaders()
{
effect_load(spec_bump_model,"spec_bump_model.fx");

effect_load(your_world_texture_normalmap_tga,"spec_bump_world.fx");

wait(5);
}

Then I put in a couple of normal mapped models (which I used to use with your pointspeclight demo -- thanks for that by the way) and a couple of your crates -- one of which showed up partly transparent in the level... but I think the normal mapping works -- also add an image called yournormalmap.tga

Thats it.


I am only sure that this produces colored lights but it sure looks like the normalmap effect smooths the models ( I made low res versions of hires models, norrmal mapped them per your instructions...) I dont know how to apply textures to level blocks so I only use models.


Can someone tell me how to assign a normalmapped material to a model or object -- I usually use modified terrain multishaders for models -- is the "yournormalmap" texture applied from a WAD? How do I get the textures into the wads?

I have a Geforce 6800 GT, and while testing this it isn't giving me too much results. Everything is very bright, and I can see the dynamic lights are becoming visible when I move close, but there is no diffuse/specular. (Although I am not actually getting any script errors). Can you be specific on how this should be setup? For skin1, on the level objects, I am assigning a 32bit targa normal map. What about a specular map?

Is it possible that you could post the source to a very simple demo that shows a model and level object being lit?

Thanks!

How do you apply 32 bit textures? I think my version of MED only uses 16 or so -- they dont look deep/

Put the specular map in alpha of the normalmap for world textures, put the specular in the alpha of the colormap for models..

I'm still getting the same results as before, I have no idea what I am doing wrong. Everything is just incredibly bright, and my normal maps aren't doing anything. Do you have any plans to post a simple demo?

This is what I am getting:

On A6 Professional 6.31.4. This entire level is rigged so that everything *should* be normal mapped.

Wierd, mine doesn't seem to react to any light at all. I placed two light_pos_object in the level. One behind the model and one infront of him.
He is almost completely black.

Muralist:

to assign this code to your models paste this at the end of the normal mapping script

action Shader_NormalMap
{
my.material = spec_bump_model;
}

then assign it to an entity in WED.
Also you'll have to have a bump map in skin2 of whatever entity you put in there


Matt

thanks.

Well, now the entities with the action assigned turn black and white.
Back to the drawing board...