Normal Map rendering problems

[SmokingCloud]

Hello guys.

 

I'm having some problems with normal map and getting them rendered properly in the LE editor.

I think i'm doing something wrong with the shaders but after screwing arround with different shaders for 2 days and trying different solutions found in forum topics about normal map problems, I'm still at the same place as I started.

 

So i've used some old tutorial dice to show my problem and hopefully some1 here knows where i'm screwing things up

 

The normal map is rendered the way is should be in 3ds max and the LE materialeditor.

 

max render without proper textures :

 

max render with the textures :

 

screenshot of the material editor, notice how even in the shade the normal map is displaying correct as it has to be :

 

My problem comes when I look at the model in the LE modelviewer or the LE Editor, the normal map are than only being

renderd properly in the direct light, any part of the normal map that is in the shade or not being lighted directly is not renderd and displayed as a flat surface.

 

screenshot of the modelviewer, notice how the shaded side isn't being renderd as it should be.

 

and in the editor it looks the same as in the modelviewer, only the surface thats lighted directly renders the normal map, shaded sides appear flat.

 

Like I said I think I'm srewing it up somewhere with the shaders, tbh I'm a LE shader noob so to say and still find it difficult to find my way true all the shaders.

 

The best result so far I'm getting with these .mat file settings :

 

texture0="abstract::cube_tex.dds"

texture1="abstract::cube_dot3.dds"

texture2="abstract::cube_disp.dds"

 

shader="abstract::mesh_diffuse_bumpmap_parallax.vert","abstract::mesh_diffuse_bumpmap_parallax.frag"

shadowshader="abstract::mesh_shadow.vert"

 

and here are the .dss files I'm using for this dice :

 

I hope some1 here can point me in the right direction and help me solve this little problem.

Many thanks in advance.

[omid3098]

normal maps will not be visible without direct lighting on them.

you may need a specific shader for this..

[Canardia]

Put the ambientlight to 0,0,0 and use a dim directional light to simulate ambient light. Then use a spotlight to show bright lights.

[SmokingCloud]

Thanks for the reply guys, gonna see if that gets it sorted.

 

Oh Lumooja I assume you meant the position with 0, 0, 0.