Would I be able to do some testing of you new shader as well? I couldnt convert your old one completely to directx 9, just the FFP part of it... it seems to run a bit slower than the pixelshader/vertexshader version of it. I cant seem to convert the pixelshader version of it right. Also, while I got the FFP version of it working right I cant seem to get the textures to change there uvscale independantly. Hope your new shader will be able to do this stuff - Thanks, I also appreciate all the hard work your putting into progressing shaders in 3DGS!!

BTW - Steempipes FFP shader edited slightly to work with DX9

Code:

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//	FFP  Terrain MultiTexturing Effect
//
//	By:  Eric A. Hendrickson-Lambert (Steempipe)
//

bmap grass = <ashpalt3.bmp>;//gets blended with the blue channel
bmap Alpha_M = <pointysharpparkt.tga>; // Alpha Map/texture

function mtl_terraintex_init()
{
 bmap_to_mipmap(mtl.skin2);
 // Adjust the texture transform to do some tiling of the textures
 mtl.matrix11 = float(1);	// Tileing of the textures
 mtl.matrix22 = float(1);	// Tileing of the textures
}

material mat_terraintex
{
Skin1 = grass; 
Skin2 = Alpha_M;     

   event = mtl_terraintex_init;
  	
	effect = 
	" 
   texture mtlSkin1; // Grass
	texture mtlSkin2;	// alphamap

		matrix matWorldViewProj;
		matrix matWorld;
		matrix matWorldView;

		vector vecSunDir;
		vector vecDiffuse;
		vector vecAmbient;
		vector vecLight;
		vector vecFog;
		vector vecSkill41;

	matrix matMtl;

// default technique
technique ffp_terrain_tex
       		{
         		pass P0
         		{
       //fillmode = wireframe;

            	  alphablendenable=false;
        	        Texture[0] = <mtlSkin1>;	

            	  magFilter[0]=linear;
		           minFilter[0]=linear;
			        mipFilter[0]=linear;
		
       			  TextureTransformFlags[0] = Count2;
       			  TextureTransform[0] = <matMtl>;
		           texcoordindex[0]=1;

           	     colorArg1[0] = Texture; 
           		  colorOp[0] = selectarg1;
		       	  alphaop[0]=disable;
			        colorop[1]=disable;
			        alphaop[1]=disable;
//disable, modulate, modulate2x, modulate4x, add, subtract, addsigned, addsigned2x, tfactor, dotproduct3, envbumpmap, envemumap 
           
        		   }

			     pass P1
         		{
			        alphablendenable=true; // We need to enable alphablending 
			        srcblend=srcalpha;
			        destblend=invsrcalpha;

        		     Texture[0] = <mtlSkin2>;

            	  magFilter[0]=linear;
			        minFilter[0]=linear;
			        mipFilter[0]=linear;
	
       			  TextureTransformFlags[0] = disable;// We don't want the alphamap to tile
    
			        texcoordindex[0]=0;
		
           		  colorArg1[0] = current; 
           		  colorOp[0] = selectarg1;
            	  alphaarg1[0] = Texture | alphareplicate;
                 alphaop[0]=selectarg1;

			        Texture[1] = <mtlSkin2>;//sand

           		  magFilter[1]=linear;
			        minFilter[1]=linear;
			        mipFilter[1]=linear;
			
	       		  TextureTransformFlags[1] = Count2;
       			  TextureTransform[1] = <matMtl>;
			        texcoordindex[1]=1;

	           	  colorArg1[1] = Texture; 
        	   	  colorOp[1] = addsigned;
            	  alphaarg1[1] = current | alphareplicate;
                 alphaop[1]=disable;
		
			      //  colorop[2]=modulate;
			        alphaop[2]=disable;
        		}
     	 	 }
   	"; // end of the effect string
}

action Terrain
{
 my.ambient = 4; //change brightness
 my.material = mat_terraintex;
}
 

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