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If you just need to orient your entity, use:
EntityDirection with coordinates x y z, the difference p1- p2

I use texture shadows.
The size of the shadow pixels depends on the “Distance” and “TextureSize” parameters (WorldShadowsEx).
If you reduce the size of the scene, you must reduce the distance parameter accordingly to obtain an equivalent result.

Regarding the joint, I don't see what has changed.
Can you give me an example showing your problem?

The following example works for me (remove shadows):
viewtopic.php?p=533701&hilit=matiere+0% ... 11#p533701

@minimy :
I think it would be preferable to reduce the number of weights (it's rare to need more than 2)
your conversion software doesn't offer this?

@miso :
I don't think this will have a significant impact on performance
(I recommend using BuildMeshLOD instead)

hi,
I put the line to modify in "code" tags (cf post above)
it should work

the problem comes from the number of weights in the skeletal animation
CreateMaterialEx takes into account a maximum of 3 weights, which should have been more than enough
but obviously the software you're using takes 4, without sorting them
I might take into account #SO_Anim4 (for 4 weights), if I ...

can you give me your mesh so I can see where the problem comes from
(try without WorldShadowsEx to see)

PS: BuildMeshTangents is only useful if you use a normalemap
BuildMeshShadowVolume is not useful here, it's for stencil shadows, I use shadows texture

this is not a GPU problem
shadows and skeletal animations have been very slow since PB 6.20, so I've made 2 functions to manage them via shader
viewtopic.php?p=642095#p642095

it makes me happy to see such a demo!

shadows and skeletal animations have been very slow since PB 6.20, so I've made 2 functions to manage them via shader
https://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtopic.php?p=642095#p642095
for your characters use: CreateMaterialEx(...,#SO_Txcolor|#SO_Anim,...)
if ...

@Caronte3D
I will add some of these effects, but for some, I don't know exactly what they correspond to.

@miso
- Scale only 1 texture": it would be difficult to define this kind of specificity (though...), however you can easily modify the shader created
by uncommenting line 210 you'll see the ...

I'm thinking of completely redoing the "material" part via shaders (abandoning the fixed pipeline)
for this, I've made a CreateMaterialEx function
that handles modern shading (for now, only directional lights are managed), skeletal animation, normal mapping ...
for now, only one light is managed ...

on 1st texture creation it's ok, but if you recreate it, the alpha component of the mipmaps is altered
I hope it's reproducible, can you confirm?

to test, press space
if you remove the displaysprite, it doesn't bug.

InitEngine3D()
InitSprite()
InitKeyboard()
InitMouse()

ExamineDesktops():dx ...

whaoo !

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super
(would need to slide the pieces)

I've deactivated software animation in shader materials to allow material animation (much faster)
as soon as 6.21 is released, I'll give you a function for dynamic shader creation, taking into account animation, shadows and so on

In the meantime, in the example, replace :
CreateShaderMaterial(0 ...