thanks spooky. i might go back to doing it this way. right now i am trying to use an avi. but havving some problems. i am not sure if i am doing it right or not but for some reason it don't work right..
loads the avi
load animation "media\martrix anim2.avi",1
plays avi to image and prepare the matrix
if animation playing(1) = 0 then play animation to image 1,4,0,0,256,256:prepare matrix texture 1,4,2,2
i used matedit to make the matrix. i tried i few different ways with out it working. so now i am trying to make it like this..
here is the avi. its only 502 kb
http://members.shaw.ca/wgraham1/martrix%20anim2.avi
the probleming i am having is every thing is pic 1 and i can see the water under that.