Various questions
YG> Larry, what Auto-Reflect map antialiasing setting are you using?
YG> (that's the AA setting INSIDE of the Auto-Reflect map setup dialog) If
YG> you've got that turned up to Medium or High and want more smoothing, try
YG> dropping out of Turbo mode.
I was using no antialiasing in the auto-reflect setup. I bumped it up,
jaggies went away. There is a note on page 9-39 of the reference manual
which says that the flat map option ignores the anti-alias setting.
YG> Regarding using BALL.SXP as a bump map… it wasn't designed to be used
YG> as a bump map. SXP's must be specifically coded to be "bump-mappable"
YG> if you want to use them that way, and BALL.SXP was so incredibly simple
YG> that we never did that.
Explains that… 🙂
YG> Regarding specular color… it can be 0, but the Shininess setting
YG> can't be 0 for reflections to be seen.
I played with the shininess, specular color, and reflection % for a while.
Still not quite sure of how all those are combined. If specular is 0, you
will not get a reflection, even with shininess and reflection set at 100%.
It appears that these 3 are all "and"ed to form the degree of reflection.
Seems that specular shouldn't make a difference, but it does. Personally
would prefer that it didn't, and allow it to perform it's "intended"
function (i.e., specular color).