i''m trying to insert bump mapping in my 3d engine,but i have a big problem... assuming that i need to use vertex arrays (for speed), i''ve wrote a routine that loads 2 textures, creates a third RGBA texture and then shifts it''s coords by the light position.. but the only thing i''ve got is a quad with a moving texture on it.... how can i do? this is the body of my render function: /**********************************************/ glEnable( GL_LIGHTING ); MoveLight(); g_Camera.Update(); g_Camera.SetViewByMouse(); g_Camera.Look(); glEnableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY); glVertexPointer(3, GL_FLOAT, sizeof(CVector3), &(mesh[0])); glEnableClientState(GL_NORMAL_ARRAY); glNormalPointer(GL_FLOAT, sizeof(CVector3), &(normal[0])); glEnable(GL_BLEND); glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ZERO); glActiveTextureARB(GL_TEXTURE0_ARB); glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D); glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, text2.id); glTexEnvf (GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_TEXTURE_ENV_MODE, GL_COMBINE_EXT); glTexEnvf (GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_COMBINE_RGB_EXT, GL_MODULATE); glTexEnvf (GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_RGB_SCALE_EXT, 2.0); glTexEnvf (GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_COMBINE_ALPHA_EXT, GL_REPLACE); glEnableClientState(GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY); glTexCoordPointer(2, GL_FLOAT, sizeof(CVector2), &(tcoord[0])); if(BUMP){ ShiftTextureCoords(); glActiveTextureARB(GL_TEXTURE1_ARB); glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D); glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, text2.id); 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_RGB_SCALE_EXT, 1.0f); glTexEnvf(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_SOURCE0_RGB_EXT, GL_PREVIOUS_EXT); glTexEnvf(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_COMBINE_ALPHA_EXT, GL_ADD_SIGNED_EXT); glTexEnvf(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_OPERAND0_ALPHA_EXT, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA); glTexEnvf(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_SOURCE0_ALPHA_EXT, GL_TEXTURE); glTexEnvf(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_SOURCE1_ALPHA_EXT, GL_PREVIOUS_EXT); glEnableClientState(GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY); glTexCoordPointer(2, GL_FLOAT, sizeof(CVector2), &(bcoord[0])); } glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLE_FAN, 0, 4); glActiveTextureARB(GL_TEXTURE1_ARB); glDisable(GL_TEXTURE_2D); glActiveTextureARB(GL_TEXTURE0_ARB); glDisable(GL_TEXTURE_2D); glDisable(GL_BLEND); glDisableClientState(GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY); glDisableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY); glDisableClientState(GL_NORMAL_ARRAY); /**********************************************/ where''s the error?

i''ve already seen that tutorial...

i think that the problem is in the alpha channel: seems that the TEXTURE0 is loaded but not TEXTURE1.. if i try to activate only TEXTURE1 i see only a blank quad :/

any advices?

there's something strange. i've changed my code: instead of using vertex arrays i've used the usual glVertex and glMultiTexCoord2fARB and WORKS! so the error is in the way i use vertex arrays...but where ?!? maybe in the multitexturing... somebody help me!

[edited by - b3rs3rk on May 12, 2004 8:41:53 AM]

Don''t forget invoking glClientActiveTextureARB (together with glActiveTextureARB). A safe (and lazy) solution is to invoke both. The good solution is to look at the docs to figure which one does what (IIRC, the glClientActiveTextureARB concerns texture coordinates and glActiveTextureARB is for textures themselves).

Hope it helps.

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thanks! now it works perfecly!