Using textures in THREE.js

Question

I am starting with THREE.js, and I am trying to draw a rectangle with a texture on it, lit by a single source of light. I think this is as simple as it gets (HTML omitted fo

Answer 1

In version r75 of three.js, you should use:

var loader = new THREE.TextureLoader();
loader.load('texture.png', function ( texture ) {
  var geometry = new THREE.SphereGeometry(1000, 20, 20);
  var material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({map: texture, overdraw: 0.5});
  var mesh = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
  scene.add(mesh);
});