Layer Textures on IBillboardSceneNode

[dmb]

So I've got this IBillboardSceneNode that acts as a base avatar. I want to layer a piece of "clothing" on the avatar with another texture.

When I set the clothing material texture layer to 1, it still only renders the original image. I looked at the API and saw that the setMaterialTexture() calls getMaterialCount() during the for loop, which returns 0. So there only exists one layer.

With code like this:

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IBillboardSceneNode * node3 = smgr->addBillboardSceneNode();
    node3->setMaterialFlag(EMF_LIGHTING, false);
    node3->setMaterialTexture(0,driver->getTexture("C:\\irrlicht-1.8\\media\\newwall3.bmp"));
    node3->setMaterialTexture(1,driver->getTexture("C:\\irrlicht-1.8\\media\\wallcover.bmp"));

I only ever see the original image. Is it a situation where I have to create my own sub-class of ISceneNode and overwrite this, or am I just missing something? Wiki gave me no information either, just showed me how to rotate the single layer.

[hendu]

Use a shader.

[Mel]

Use a shader that draws your clothing over your character. The materials that Irrlicht offer only blend the textures, don't draw texture layers one over the other.

Use a shader, read the textures and blend them bottom to top.

[zprg]

to use shaders for it isnt it like breaking a nut with a sledgehammer (or like we say shooting with cannons on sparrows) and you lose hardwareindependence besides?
why not using some prepared textures and if there are too many clothes to store them all in different textures why not creating them with rendertotexture after programstart in a texturearray?

[hendu]

Shooting sparrows with a bazooka is fun

There is very little HW that supports render targets but not shaders.

[zprg]

hendu, oops i didnt know