Adobe Director Basics

ADOBE DIRECTOR BASICS
3D: Controlling appearance
-- Lingo
put member("3D").texture(1)
-- texture("DefaultTexture")
put member("3D").texture("LENOIR")
-- texture("Lenoir")
// JavaScript
trace (member("3D").getPropRef("texture", 1))
//
Note: You can obtain the name of a texture if you know its index number, but there is no shortcut for finding the index
number of a texture from its name.
When using JavaScript in Director 11.5, there is no way to access a texture by its name. You must use the syntax
a3DMember.getPropRef(“texture”, aIndex).
When you delete a texture, the index numbers of other textures may change. Textures imported in a W3D are already
applied to shaders for different models. Textures for overlays, backdrops, and particle systems can only be applied at
runtime. You can get and set the textures for any of these objects using these expressions:
aShader.texture
aShader.textureList[aIndex]
aCamera.overlay[aIndex].source
aCamera.backdrop[aIndex].source
aParticleResource.texture
Here are some examples:
--Lingo
vSprite = sprite(1)
vMember = vSprite.member
put vMember.model(2).shader.texture
-- texture("Wood")
vMember.model(3).shader.textureList = vMember.texture("Stone")
vSprite.camera(2).overlay[3].source = vMember.texture("North")
vMember.modelResource("Fire").texture = vMember.texture("Flame")
// JavaScript
vSprite = sprite(1);
vMember = vSprite.member;
trace (vMember.getPropRef("model", 1).getProp("shader").getProp("texture"));
//
vStoneTexture = vMember.getPropRef("texture", 2);
vMember.getPropRef("model", 1).getProp("shader").setProp("textureList", vStoneTexture;
vNorthTexture = vMember.getPropRef("texture", 3);
sprite(1).camera.getPropRef("overlay", 4).source = vNorthTexture;
Replace sprite(1).camera with an expression exquivalent to sprite(1).camera(2)
vFireParticle = vMember.getPropRef("modelResource", 5);
vFlameTexture = vMember.getPropRef("texture", 6);
vParticle.texture = vFlameTexture
Counting textures
To determine how many textures are stored in the texture palette of a 3D member, you can use the member3D.count
property (Lingo) or the member3D.count() function (JavaScript):
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