ITextSceneNode Issues Produces Darkened Screen.

[Zeuss]

Its easier to screenshot my issue than explain. I'm using Irrlicht 1.0 (1.1 has giving me offet models and stuff, will upgrade later)

Scene without the ITextSceneNode:


Scene with the ITextSceneNode:


Example Code I have tried with no success:

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m_PlayerText = CGame::Instance()->smgr->addTextSceneNode( CGame::Instance()->GetFont(), ms_PlayerName, video::SColor(0, 0, 255, 0 ) );

m_PlayerText = CGame::Instance()->smgr->addTextSceneNode( CGame::Instance()->GetFont(), ms_PlayerName, video::SColor(255, 0, 255, 0 ) );

m_PlayerText = CGame::Instance()->smgr->addTextSceneNode( CGame::Instance()->GetFont(), ms_PlayerName, video::SColor(0, 0, 255, 0 ) );
m_PlayerText->setMaterialFlag(EMF_LIGHTING, false );

m_PlayerText = CGame::Instance()->smgr->addTextSceneNode( CGame::Instance()->GetFont(), ms_PlayerName, video::SColor(255, 0, 255, 0 ) );
m_PlayerText->setMaterialFlag(EMF_LIGHTING, false );

With varying fonts to no avail. What am I doing wrong?

[Zeuss]

whenever I seem to ask a question rarely get answers

nevermind, I fixed it myself, this morning. Simple really, shadow issue. I just turned off shadow color and it was fixed.

smgr->setShadowColor(video::SColor( 0,0,0,0 ) );

[Eternl Knight]

Well, the image links do not seem to work - so I cannot see the problem let alone reply to fix it.

--EK

[hybrid]

However, this means that you have a shadow node completely over your camera, so remove it. There is definitely no place where this color is used except for drawing shadow nodes.

[Mikenoworth]

Zuess, it takes time. I'd rather wait two days and get one good answer than wait half an hour and get (off the top of my head) "what?".

But ya, shadows - those buggers. I wish I knew more about stencil buffer shadows in ogl/dx to work on irrlichts shadow issues and to implement shadow filters. *sigh*