I've written a simple vertex shader (my first) to calculate the Lmap. I want to then combine this color info with my normal map using dot3, then finally blend that with the base texture. All tests I've done show that my vertex shader does everything correctly and the polys are smoothly shaded with that neon look. My problem comes when I try to blend with textures. Hell, even if I don't blend at all (just simply trying to replace the current color with the texture color) it screws up ONLY if the vert shader is enabled. glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0_ARB); glBindTexture (GL_TEXTURE_2D, textures[0][1]); glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D); glTexEnvf(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_TEXTURE_ENV_MODE, GL_COMBINE_EXT ); glTexEnvf(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_COMBINE_RGB_EXT, GL_REPLACE ); glTexEnvf(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_SOURCE0_RGB_EXT, GL_TEXTURE); glTexEnvf(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_OPERAND0_RGB_EXT, GL_SRC_COLOR ); that code should map my normal map ([0][1]; base is [0][0]) onto my triangles. It does this perfectly when I turn my shader off. When its on, I get some messed up color values that move/change when I move my light around....like it is combining the output vertex color with the texture color instead of replacing it like I *thought* I told it to. If anyone can help me or you need to see some screens or more code, my AIM is Goldeneyes001. [edited by - Kalthorn on October 16, 2002 11:58:44 AM] [edited by - Kalthorn on October 16, 2002 12:15:21 PM]

Hmmm, maybe you misunderstood. I NEED that vertex program running specifically for those (and other) polys. It is what calculates my lightmap for the bumpmapping to even work with the light. Otherwise its bumped, but doesn''t react to light movement.

Ok, maybe lightmap is the wrong word. The vertex program calculates the light vector, normalizes it and translates it into tangent space and stores the result as the vertex color. These colors are smoothly blended across the triangles and are dot3''d with the normal map texture to create the bump effect. It is needed.

Thanks for the tip, I''ll look into it.

Ahh much thanks. I wasn't outputting the tex coords in the vertex program (forgot I had to do that because I wasn't transforming them at all).

Hooray! And thanks again.

[edited by - Kalthorn on October 18, 2002 10:32:23 AM]

[edited by - Kalthorn on October 18, 2002 10:39:58 AM]