entity::setSubMaterialName

[Shando]

[SolarPortal]

yes, all materials that you wish to call through lua using the "setEntityMaterialName" or "setSubMaterialName" have to be declared inside a .material file.

They don't have to be in the same .material file. You could have as many .material files as you want with any number of materials inside each one, but when calling you have to call the material file name that would exist inside any of those .material files.

Obviously, the .material files have to exist within the asset library or your project

Check out the "$(Tech Demos)\Lua\Entity Materials\setEntityMaterial" tech demo.
In this demo we change the material when the number 1 or 2 key is pressed, which sets the material either as "Proto_Red_adv" or "Proto_Sand_adv", both of these materials exist in different .material files.

Hope this helps

[Shando]

Cool

At least I don't have to worry about remembering to include everything I need from the start as I can just set up another .material file when needed.

Shando

[Shando]

[Shando]

OK, been doing some digging, and this problem is to do with "Shadows"

I've switched from "Stencil" to "Mapped" in the "Scene Settings" dialog, and everything is now coloured correctly BUT I now have no Shadows

Any ideas on how I can have both????

Thanks

Shando

[SolarPortal]

[Shando]

[SolarPortal]

sounds like the materials being changed to e.g. "sec_" + "main_" have got a material problem or missing properties.
Are they using the same base material as the crystal, and are they using the set mat property (example: set $color"1 1 1") or inheriting from the base.

I cant imagine it being the shadows if the crystals are working.
i would compare the crystals material to the other materials.

Without seeing anything, i can only guess. lol

Hope this helps

[Shando]

Hi SolarPortal,

They are identical, except for the $diffuseMap, and that the Crystals use a ShadowCaster (see my earlier post for the details of the various materials).

Regards

Shando