Can anyone tell me what''s wrong with the following code? m_pd3dDevice->SetTexture( 0, terrTextures[ 0 ].m_pddsSurface ); m_pd3dDevice->SetTexture( 1, terrTextures[ 1 ].m_pddsSurface ); m_pd3dDevice->SetTextureStageState( 0, D3DTSS_COLORARG1, D3DTA_TEXTURE ); m_pd3dDevice->SetTextureStageState( 0, D3DTSS_COLOROP, D3DTOP_SELECTARG1 ); m_pd3dDevice->SetTextureStageState( 1, D3DTSS_COLORARG1, D3DTA_TEXTURE ); m_pd3dDevice->SetTextureStageState( 1, D3DTSS_COLORARG2, D3DTA_CURRENT ); m_pd3dDevice->SetTextureStageState( 1, D3DTSS_COLOROP, D3DTOP_BLENDDIFFUSEALPHA ); m_pd3dDevice->SetTextureStageState( 2, D3DTSS_COLORARG1, D3DTA_CURRENT ); m_pd3dDevice->SetTextureStageState( 2, D3DTSS_COLORARG2, D3DTA_DIFFUSE ); m_pd3dDevice->SetTextureStageState( 2, D3DTSS_COLOROP, D3DTOP_MODULATE ); Here''s what should be happening: In Stage 0, my 1st texture is rendered w/out any lighting. In Stage 1, my 1st and 2nd textures are combined using the diffuse lighting''s alpha. Basically the primitive fades from one texture at one end to the other texture at the other end. In Stage 2, diffuse lighting is applied. The code compiles and runs, but it doesn''t work as planned. Basically, only the diffuse lighting shows up. Since the diffuse color ranges from white to black, all my primitives just fade thru various ranges of gray. Neither of the textures show up in any way. Note: I experimented a little with other, similar setups. In stage 2, if I modulate a 3rd texture with "current", they are combined correctly. If I modulate a 3rd texture with diffuse, this also works. The problem seems to be combining "current" with diffuse. Though not shown in the code above, I''ve also tested return values on everything. Any advice is much appreciated

The results I described were from the RGB device, which had 8-stage capability. If I just combine the two textures (and don''t do a 3rd stage), they look correct.

Anyway, I didn''t want to get bogged down on this, so I just went ahead and used multi-pass instead, which works fine. Implementing the multi-pass in my terrain-render algorithm will actually be much easier, particular when I occasionally have to blend 3 textures. There aren''t many primitives that I need to blend w/ 2 or 3 textures, so the overall speed cost (vs. single-pass multi-texturing) should be trivial.

Thanks anyway, WitchLord, and thanks for the advice in my previous thread about using a VB -- I''m going to give that a shot today