PARALLAX_MAP getting darker with each instance [solved]

[Holiday]

Hello, i am creating nodes from tangent meshes with parallax mapping as showed in the tutorial, but with each node created, all the nodes get darker. What could be the problem?
Thank you

[FuzzYspo0N]

are they getting further and further away from the light by any chance??

Alos, more information + code if possible, screenshots etc. We cant help with no info

[Holiday]

screens:


code:

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smgr->getMeshManipulator()->makePlanarTextureMapping(newMesh->getMesh(0), 0.003f);
        scene::IMesh* tangentMesh = smgr->getMeshManipulator()->createMeshWithTangents(newMesh->getMesh(0));
		node = smgr->addMeshSceneNode(tangentMesh);
		video::ITexture* normalMap = driver->getTexture("test.jpg");
		driver->makeNormalMapTexture(normalMap, 11.0f);
		node->setMaterialTexture(1, normalMap);
		node->setMaterialFlag(video::EMF_FOG_ENABLE, true);
		node->setMaterialType(video::EMT_PARALLAX_MAP_SOLID);
		// adjust height for parallax effect
		node->getMaterial(0).MaterialTypeParam = 1.3f;

		tangentMesh->drop(); 

[FuzzYspo0N]

node->setMaterialFlag(video::EMF_FOG_ENABLE, true);

Not sure if this is causing it, but it seems like theres no point to putting fog yet. Try not executing that line ?

[Holiday]

deleted that line with no result..

[DeM0nFiRe]

Well, what a parallax map does is selectively darken the mesh to give the illusion of depth. Are your nodes all created with the same mesh? Could it be possible that you are adding multiple parallax maps to the same mesh, therefore darkening it more and more?

[bitplane]

As DeM0nFiRe said-

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driver->makeNormalMapTexture(normalMap, 11.0f); 

Do you call this multiple times?
In this case you're making a normal map from a height map (copying height from brightness into the channel alpha, putting normals into colour channels), then doing the same again on the normal map. After calling it the first time the texture is no longer a height map, so subsequent calls will cause problems.

[Holiday]

yes, that was the cause.
Now i call it only once and the problem is solved!

Thank you very much