And with a little tweak (confusion reading documentation) i've fixed my texture loading and we've got a very unlit looking sponza up and running!
Lighting comes soon, but I want to get some info up on the screen for sure :)

Finally figured out why my depth buffer was clearing incorrectly. No longer are they inside out like an eldritch abomination and I can start to figure out getting lighting working as expected (and those pesky missing textures)

hello bluesky I will be posting about game dev and getting good at graphics it will be nice I think :)