Sigh,

I got a DirectionalLight all working. BUT when I set up the texture for the main character (before I do others), I can’t get both Lighting and texture to appear. the model comes off as untextured but with light and shadows.

I load a BitmapFileMaterial which works normally, for the light I tried whiteShading and then Phong.. the lines for both (I used one or the other was)

I tried just using the bitmap data from the texture, didn’t work. so I found out and tried ‘Bitmap’ and that seams to be okay.. but probably not. I tried just passing it, then I tried to cast it as you can see.

neither works.. I think I haven’t got the bitmapData to pass right..

problem is, most Tutorials and guides use embedded bitmaps more then filematerials so.. help is tricky.

once this is done I can work on shadows ^_^ maybe

using Embedded bitmap instead (which is what I thought I might have to) I’ve gotten WhiteShading to work, but not phong.. phong just comes off as one colour (maybe from the texture map though)

damn confusing thing.. everything says this is right.. I’ve set up the light right, I’ve embedded the texture right.. but

works fine!

just takes one colour from the texture and spreads it over the model.. the only answer I can think is.. does the Phong shading NOT allow repeat?

I guess that’s the only thing.. checking the phongBitmapMaterial file does seam to show a lack of repeat.. so without fully understanding how it shades.. I guess that’s it.. tricky..

Carrying this on encase anyone else has problems this can help ^_^

basically, PhongBitmapMaterial will NOT allow the Repeat function to work at all. So what you need to do is to use a Composite material to add the phongtexture to a complete ‘repeated’ texture which is pretty simple.

unrelated, I’m noticing the Phongtexture isn’t looking much different from flat shading.. which is kinda odd but oh well..