Ogre 3D 1.7

Time for action — creating a material

Now, we are going to create our own material using the white quad we created.

1. Change the material name in the application from BaseWhiteNoLighting to MyMaterial1:

   manual->begin("MyMaterial1", RenderOperation::OT_TRIANGLE_LIST);
   

2. Create a new file named Ogre3DBeginnersGuide.material in the media\materials\scripts folder of our Ogre3D SDK.
3. Write the following code into the material file:

   material MyMaterial1
   {
   technique
   {
   pass
   {
   texture_unit
   {
   texture leaf.png
   }
   }
   }
   }
   

4. Compile and run the application. You should see a white quad with a plant drawn onto it.
   

What just happened?

We created our first material file. In Ogre ...