Thanx for the suggestions. Truth is - I don't have a clue how to do the multi-textured stuff - nor the lights and shaders all that stuff. Shoot - I added a simple water "plain" - and I could only "see" it when I fly straight DOWN at it - any angle at all it turns to the fog color - so I put the water on hold for now.
I'm having fun though Trying.
One thing I am halfway decent at is music - and I have a cool home-grown sound track in it. I have some ramblings on line at http://www.jasonpetersage.com/ - the music track for example - is a piece I "never finished" but its perfect for flying around in a sci-ish game:
http://www.jasonpetersage.com/musictrax/CreatorGadget_20050508_02.mp3
It has a strangeness about it works well for me - for now
I call it creator gadget cuz some of the root notes are not unlike inspector gadget - rocked out a tiny bit.
Best Regards,
Jason P Sage
[edit]P.S. I Got Specular Working once (looks cool but I always thought it rumored as REALLY taxing) - and transparent sheild looking spheres - but thats about it for lighting so far[edit]
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