Hi all,

I have a small island with palms (billboards) on it and fx_mirrorWater shader applied to the sea. When I compile it in WED and use it, some of the palms disappear when in front of the sea. See picture:
Image: rearmost palms disappear.

The same works with partly transparent models, just add the red parts to water.c from the samples folder of 3D Gamestudio installation and you will see the rearmost trees disappear:

function setTree () {
vec_fill (my.scale_x, 0.02);
vec_set (my.x, vector (random (400)-200, random (400)-200, -5));
set (me, TRANSLUCENT);
}
function main()
{
if (d3d_shaderversion<2020)
error("Shaders require Commercial Edition!");
d3d_antialias = 4;
video_mode = 8;
fps_max = 60;
// load a level, and create sky, water, and a model :
level_load("small.hmp");
ent_createlayer("skycube+6.dds",SKY | CUBE | SHOW,1);
ent_create("water.hmp",vector(0,0,-5),water);
ent_create("blob.mdl",vector(0,0,30),blob);
vec_set(sun_color,vector(200,240,240));

var i;
for (i=0; i<30; i++) {
ent_create("tree2.mdl",vector(0,0,-5),setTree);
}

Picture: model trees.
Does anybody know a solution?

Thx.