Change the Z-Sort of the material's parent

[Ameshi]

Hi guys,

 

Im getting a index error when I try do that.

 

Im using GetParent() and SetSortMode()

 

Script.pai = nil --entity "pai"
--To get the parent
function Script:Start()
self.pai = self.entity:GetParent()
end

 

--change the z-sort
self.pai.material:SetSortMode(false)

 

Error: attempted to index field 'material" (a nil value)

[nick.ace]

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/documentation/_/command-reference/entity/

 

Don't use self.pai.material, use self.pai.mat. You're getting an error because the field is mat and not material. You can also use GetMaterial instead if you wanted to.

[Ameshi]

Thanks for the help

 

I changed to

self.pai.mat:SetSortMode(false)

 

error:

 

attempt to call method 'SetSortMode' (a nill value)

 

 

I tried:

 

local material = self.pai:GetMaterial()

material:SetSortMode(false) or material.mat:SetSortMode(false)

 

 

attempt to index local 'material' (a nil value)

 

EDIT: error message

Edited January 17, 2015 by Ameshi

[nick.ace]

material.mat:SetSortMode(false)

Material isn't an entity, so you can't get the material.

 

For this though:

local material = self.pai:GetMaterial()

material:SetSortMode(false)

 

You may need to use this instead (I'm currently away from my computer):

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/documentation/_/command-reference/model/modelgetsurface-r344

 

So, you grab the Surface of the entity, and then get the Material. Something like this:

local surface=self.pai:GetSurface(0)
local material=self.pai:GetMaterial()
material:SetSortMode(false)

 

Also, does your model have 1 material attached to it or multiple materials?

 

Basically, a surface is, well, as surface. It's the class that handles the actual geometry. In Leadwerks, the surface is instantiated, so a change in a surface will change all of the entities with that surface (this improves performance but prevents some customization). Each surface can have a material assigned to it.

[Ameshi]

I know its not the best solution but to fix my problem I did this:

 

local material = Material:Load("Models/sc_models/props/sa_lamp/bra_outside.mat")
material:SetSortMode(false)