Texture Face Materials vs. Blender Multitextured Materials vs. Blender GLSL Materials

Game Engine Game Engine Support and Discussion
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Hi,

what is the difference of Texture Face Materials, Blender Multitextured Materials, Blender GLSL Materials? If I change to another setting all the behavior of my materials change - even some python functions are only available in some modes (e.g. setTexture). Why is that? Is there any advantage of one of these?

Thanks.

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Blender GLSL material are the new kind. It uses GLSL shaders and require a graphics card that support OpenGL 2.0. With that you can use your materials. The other, older options work on older computer but has a much more limited range of settings.

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Thanks for your reply. So Blender GLSL Materials is the best choice?

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that is a matter of preference.

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Blender GLSL materials, IMO, would give you the best graphics but, once again, requires a graphics card that supports OpenGL 2.0. GLSL materials allows you to work with textures in a manner similar to materials outside of the GE. (Although, with fewer options since the GE doesn’t support all texture options at this time) The other two options are from pre-apricot Blender and textures in that can only be applied via UV texting. (I believe the GLSL supports Orco, no?) The GLSL also has Real-Time shadows with the spotlight, while the other two don’t. But also, as alienkid10 said, it’s a matter of preference and depends on how you want your game to look and how much your computer can handle.

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I have an Open GL 2.0 Card (Radeon 9700) but it says “fragment shader failed to link” in Log. For example in Bathroom Scene i have to OFF the lights to see the scene with them ON there is ilumination.