Adobe Director Basics

ADOBE DIRECTOR BASICS
3D: Controlling appearance
clearValue
The following example shows that the colorBuffer.clearValue is closely related to the 3D cast member's background
color. Changing the member's bgColor will change the colorBuffer.clearValue for all cameras of that member.
put member("3D").bgColor
-- color( 0, 0, 0 )
put member("3D").camera(1).colorBuffer.clearValue
-- color( 0, 0, 0 )
vSecond = member("3D").newCamera("Second")
member("3D").bgColor = color( 111, 22, 3 )
put member(1).camera(1).colorBuffer.clearValue
-- color( 111, 22, 3 )
put vSecond.colorBuffer.clearValue
-- color( 111, 22, 3 )
You may want different cameras in the same 3D cast member to have different background colors. If so, you must first
adopt the camera for the 3D sprite, and then change the camera's colorBuffer.clearValue. If you set the
colorBuffer.clearValue first, then its value will be overwritten by the member's bgColor when you adopt the camera
for the sprite.
To see an example, download the movie MultipleViews.dir and launch it. Each of the sprites shows a view from a
different camera with a different colorBuffer.clearValue.
Set a camera's colorBuffer.clearValue after adopting the camera for a sprite
clearAtRender
When a camera refreshes its view of the world, the render process follows this order:
Fill view with background color
Show backdrops
Render visible models
Show overlays
Last updated 8/26/2011
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