Drew,

Absolutely stunning stuff by yourself and Steempipe! Awesome!

I have a couple of notes. I noticed in the mat_lighting.wdl that you had commented that only two lights work. I think this is because the shader code in normalmap_level_ps2.0.fx only makes provisions for two lights, i.e.:

Code:

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 float4 PS_PASS0( PS_INPUT0 psInStruct ):COLOR


{
  
    float4 color = tex2D(sColorMap, psInStruct.Tex);	// fetch color map
    float3 bumpNormal = 2 * (tex2D(sBumpMap, psInStruct.Tex) - 0.5); // fetch bump map
    float4 gloss = tex2D( sBumpMap, psInStruct.Tex );
    
      //LIGHT 1  
    float3 LightDir1 = normalize(psInStruct.Light1);
    float3 ViewDir1 = normalize(psInStruct.View1);       
    float4 diff1 = saturate(dot(bumpNormal, LightDir1));    // diffuse component 
    float shadow1 = saturate(4 * diff1);
    float3 Reflect1 = normalize(2 * diff1 * bumpNormal - LightDir1);  // R
    float4 spec1 = pow(saturate(dot(Reflect1, ViewDir1)), 15); 
    float4 Attenuation1 = saturate(dot(psInStruct.Att1, psInStruct.Att1));
    
      //LIGHT2  
    float3 LightDir2 = normalize(psInStruct.Light2);
    float3 ViewDir2 = normalize(psInStruct.View2);       
    float4 diff2 = saturate(dot(bumpNormal, LightDir2));    // diffuse component 
    float shadow2 = saturate(4 * diff2);
    float3 Reflect2 = normalize(2 * diff2 * bumpNormal - LightDir2);  // R
    float4 spec2 = pow(saturate(dot(Reflect2, ViewDir2)), 15); 
    float4 Attenuation2 = saturate(dot(psInStruct.Att2, psInStruct.Att2));
    
    return (  
            (0.1 * color) + //ambient
	    ((shadow1 * (color * diff1 + (spec1*gloss.w)) * (1 -Attenuation1))*vecLightColor[1])+ 
	    ((shadow2 * (color * diff2 + (spec2*gloss.w)) * (1 -Attenuation2))*vecLightColor[2])
           );
}
 

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I guess its just a case of copying the code and pasting, then changing things like LightDir2 to LightDir3 and ViewDir2 to ViewDir3 etc.

Also, I altered the code within the light_pos_object action in mat_lighting.wdl to accomodate the new template scripts, since the demo came with the old ones.

Code:

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var light_dist=2700; //Distance Light LOD...how far away from a light you can be until it shuts off/on


action light_pos_object
{
   wait(5);
   my.invisible=on;
   my.passable=on;
   //NewtonCreateGravityEntity (wood_material);
   while(1)
      {

      if vec_dist(my.x, plBiped01_entity.x )<light_dist// or camera
      {
			
         my.light=on;
         my.lightrange=1800; //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);	
	
}

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Hopefully this is the start of something BIG for 3DGS. I've been using it on and off since A4.12 but only recently got up a head of steam. It must be said that the Commercial Edition, at $199 is a total bargain considering what this development studio is capable of!