Automatic Material Definitions for TGEA

Greetings all!

Though I still suck at using Constructor, my scripting skills are holding strong. This is for all you TGEA users out there who haven't already written your own auto-material definition generator.

[b]In Constructor\client\scripts\editCmdScriptDlg.cs, copy this function:[/b]
function generateMaterialDef(%textureName, %fileExt)
{
   %materialDef = "new Material(Constr_"@%textureName@"){\n"@
                  "\t baseTex[0] = \"" @ %textureName @ %fileExt @"\";\n" @
                  "\t mapTo =  \"" @ %textureName @ "\";\n" @
                  "};";
   echo(%materialDef);
   return %materialDef;
}

Now, you are going to modify the CmdCopyTextures in the same script file

[b]In the same file, find [i]function CmdCopyTextures::execute(%this)[/i], and make these changes:[/b]

function CmdCopyTextures::execute(%this)
{
   %dir = expandCmdInserts(%this.directory);

   [b]%file = new FileObject();                       // <=== CODE CHANGE[/b]
   [b]%file.OpenForWrite(%dir @ "/materials.cs");     // <=== CODE CHANGE[/b]
//    ExecCmdScriptDlg.addLine("CopyTextures:");   
//    ExecCmdScriptDlg.addLine("   directory = " @ %this.directory @ " (" @ %dir @ ")");

   %map = scene.getCurrentMap();
   if(! isObject(%map))
   {
      ExecCmdScriptDlg.addLine("Couldnt copy map textures, no map found ?!");
      return false;
   }

   ExecCmdScriptDlg.addLine("Copying textures to " @ %dir @ " ...");

  // %file = new FileObject();
   
   for(%i = 0;%i < %map.getTextureCount();%i++)
   {
      %t = %map.getTextureName(%i);
      %f = MMGetTextureFullNameGivenName(%t);
      %ext = %this.getTextureFilename(%f);
      if(%ext !$= "")
      {
        [b] %file.writeLine(generateMaterialDef(%t, %ext));     // <=== CODE CHANGE[/b]
         %t = %t @ %ext;
         %f = %f @ %ext;
         %to = %dir @ "/" @ %t;

         ExecCmdScriptDlg.addLine("   " @ %t);
         %ret = pathCopy(%f, %to, false);
         if(! %ret)
         {
            ExecCmdScriptDlg.addLine("Failed to copy texture.");
            return false;
         }
      }
      else
         ExecCmdScriptDlg.addLine("Could not find texture " @ %t);
   }

   schedule(0, 0, executeNextCmd);
[b]   %file.close();     // <=== CODE CHANGE[/b]
[b]   %file.delete();     // <=== CODE CHANGE[/b]
   return true;
}

So, when you copy your textures and new .dif to your interiors folder, copy the "materials.cs" that is created with everything else. No more manual writing of materials definitions for you! Feel free to upload this to the Constructor TDN Wiki.