I really wish there was an Esenthel Cookbook available...

I'm getting a little frustrated at the amount of time I have to spend to find explanations/answers hidden away in the documentation depths.The thing is that its difficult to see the wood for the trees, what's important and what's not, what applies for a particular situation and what does not.I really do not want to re-invent any wheels that probably already exist, but are in hiding.

My current problem/query is that I've added a cubemap in the reflection slots of the Material Editor for my ocean material. This shows up nicely in the sample image of the mesh in the Editor, but when applying the material to the mesh in the application code no reflections show up in the running app. The answer is probably simple, but I just can't see it.

Hi,

I think you'd need to attach a sample project (RAR/ZIP) with the issue present.

Thanks, but I'm a little reluctant to do that.
I was just looking for a simple answer to a simple question (or so I thought)
I'll investigate a little deeper and further myself.

Hi,

I can give you some hints:
-the mesh should have vertex normals
-if you're using engine's shaders then it should be ok, if you're using custom shaders, then you need to include the reflection shader code in your shader.

Thanks for those hints. They enabled me to home in on the relevent bits of code in your shaders. I had to add this code to my own custom shader to get the reflection I required. This whole shader thing is a real learning experience for me... good, but frustrating.
Well, my ocean now has some sky reflection, but it still needs foam and fresnel effects where it meets up with the shore. That should be fun!