Objects shader

I created a new basic test game and grabed some of the objects from the demo and dropped them in my test world but the shaders are not working for them.

I put a testSphereThing in my mission which points to this as a datablock.

datablock ItemData( TestSphere )
{
shapeFile = "~/data/shapes/test/sphere_all.dts";
dynamicReflection = true;
};

I dont see anything in there to point this to a shader for it show the material properly.

I added a small pond and the water shader is hooked so I assumed the other shaders would work.