In the Example #1702 : 'Terrain Functionality' ..the sky is completely black.
I use Windows 7. I think maybe direct x objects do not work in Windows 7.
The rest of the example works great.....you can manuever around the landscape with the arrow keys.
When I had Windows xp the sky showed up then. But now I have a more modern p.c. and windows 7.
rem Load sky object
load object "sky\sb.x",1
scale object 1,40,40,40
set object cull 1,0
set object light 1,0
set object texture 1,2,5
rem Terrain Functionality
rem Standard Setup Code for all examples
sync on : sync rate 0 : color backdrop 0
set text font "arial" : set text size 16
set text to bold : set text transparent
rem Make Simple Terrain
TerrainNumber=1
make terrain TerrainNumber,"land.bmp"
rem Position The Terrain
position terrain TerrainNumber, 0, 0, 1025
rem Texture terrain
ImageNumber=1
load image "grass.bmp",ImageNumber
texture terrain TerrainNumber,ImageNumber
size#=1025
rem Load sky object
load object "sky\sb.x",1
scale object 1,40,40,40
set object cull 1,0
set object light 1,0
set object texture 1,2,5
rem Position camera in center of terrain
position camera 512,10, 512 ` 5120
rem Main loop
desc$="LOD Terrain from Bitmap"
while mouseclick()=0
rem Control camera over terrain
control camera using arrowkeys 0,1,1
cx#=camera position x(0)
cz#=camera position z(0)
if cx#<0.0 then cx#=0
if cx#>size# then cx#=size#
if cz#<0.0 then cz#=0
if cz#>size# then cz#=size#
position camera cx#,get terrain height(TerrainNumber,cx#,cz#)+5,cz#
rem Terrain Data
set cursor 0,0
print "TERRAIN DATA"
print " exist:";terrain exist(TerrainNumber)
if terrain exist(TerrainNumber)=1
print " x:";terrain position x(TerrainNumber)
print " y:";terrain position y(TerrainNumber)
print " z:";terrain position z(TerrainNumber)
print " height:";get terrain height(TerrainNumber, cx#, cz#)
print " totalheight:";get total terrain height(TerrainNumber)
endif
print
print "CAMERA DATA"
print " x:";camera position x(0)
print " y:";camera position y(0)
print " z:";camera position z(0)
rem Position sky at player
position object 1,camera position x(0),camera position y(0)-150,camera position z(0)
rem Show Framerate
text 20,screen height()-40,desc$
fps$="DBPro Fps: "+str$(screen fps())
text screen width()-20-text width(fps$),screen height()-40,fps$
rem Update screen
sync
rem End loop
endwhile
rem Delete Terrain
delete terrain TerrainNumber
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