How to override a texture?
by J "hplus" W · in Torque Game Engine · 09/11/2006 (10:16 pm) · 6 replies
OK, so I have a DTS model, and a TSShapeConstructor datablock to pre-load it and its animations.
In my PlayerData datablock, I call out the shapeFile. However, I can't figure out how to override the texture for the dts -- surely I don't need to export a separate dts for each re-skin of a character?
Looking at TSShapeInstance, there's a funciton setOverrideTexture(), but it has no documentation, and it says nothing about where a TextureHandle might be coming from, or how I could create one in a script.
Help!
In my PlayerData datablock, I call out the shapeFile. However, I can't figure out how to override the texture for the dts -- surely I don't need to export a separate dts for each re-skin of a character?
Looking at TSShapeInstance, there's a funciton setOverrideTexture(), but it has no documentation, and it says nothing about where a TextureHandle might be coming from, or how I could create one in a script.
Help!
#2
You need to set your dts to have a texture named base.myDts first. Then all other textures are named accordingly: texture1.myDts, texture2.myDts and so forth.
09/11/2006 (10:33 pm)
Unless I'm misreading your post, this feature already exists in the engine.%player.setSkinName("someOtherTexture");You need to set your dts to have a texture named base.myDts first. Then all other textures are named accordingly: texture1.myDts, texture2.myDts and so forth.
#3
09/12/2006 (10:16 am)
Thank you. That's slightly different from what I want, though -- I want the datablock data to specify the texture name (or, ideally, multiple texture names, but I didn't implement that).
#4
The RTS-SK does have a function called "setOverrideTexture()", but I'm honestly not sure if this is RTS-SK only, or a stock TGE function that isn't currently exposed to script.
09/12/2006 (11:08 am)
Normal practice within stock Torque is basically what Tim said, and you export multiple skins into a single dts, then swap between them.The RTS-SK does have a function called "setOverrideTexture()", but I'm honestly not sure if this is RTS-SK only, or a stock TGE function that isn't currently exposed to script.
#5
I don't want to store the skins in the model, because I don't want to re-export the model when trying things out in the world; hence the ability to choose between textures in datablocks instead. The patch was very small.
The resouce I created for this got approved by the way.
09/12/2006 (2:07 pm)
TGE 1.4 also has setOverrideTexture(), but with zero documentation. However, I ended up using it in my posted resource, and it worked fine (after some looking). It's also used by the "cloaking" ability of ShapeBase, btw.I don't want to store the skins in the model, because I don't want to re-export the model when trying things out in the world; hence the ability to choose between textures in datablocks instead. The patch was very small.
The resouce I created for this got approved by the way.
Torque Owner J "hplus" W
So I implemented it, and posted as a resource. Might be okayed by moderators sometime.
http://www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=resource&page=view&qid=11250