[SOLVED] Access to a material with Lua

[DoerrSt]

Hi,

 

I load models with the material automatically with LoadModel("....").

 

After the model is correctly loaded I try to change the material of this model (a modeller complaint about blurred textures - looks like I've to change the texture filter). The problem is that I can't get access to the material itself but not one of this commands returns a valid material:

 

mat0=player.material

mat1=player:GetChild(1).material

mat2=GetEntityMaterial(player)

mat3=GetEntityMaterial(player:GetChild(1))

 

If I use

 

material=LoadMaterial("abstract::cobblestones.mat")

ground=CreateCube()

ground:SetScale(Vec3(100.0,1.0,100.0))

ground:SetPosition(Vec3(0.0,-2.0,0.0))

ground:Paint(material)

 

 

the commands

mat0=ground.material

mat2=GetEntityMaterial(ground)

are returning the correct value.

 

Do I undestand something or do I've just found a bug?

 

What I want to do is creating a look to set the texture filter for each material with PIXEL instead of MIPMAP:

 

Thanks,

 

 

 

Stefan

[Rick]

In your first code that doesn't work are you loading a model with LoadModel() or are you doing that code in a model script in which the editor is loading the model for you?

[DoerrSt]

Hi Rick,

 

I load the model with LoadMode("mymodel.gmf"). This loads automatically the "mymodel.mat" and applies the materials. If I load the object in the model viewer the textures are automatically applied. The model script contains no code but on another model with code I've the same trouble.

 

Regards,

 

 

 

Stefan

[macklebee]

i dont currently have access to LE but this should work as i have done similar code in the past in lua:

mat1 = GetSurfaceMaterial(GetSurface(model:GetChild(1),1)))

of course this assumes the material you want is on Surface1 of the mesh...

[Matthew Nicholls]

If you are getting "blurred textures" don't you just need to set the anisotropic filter using framework

 

AFilter( 4 )

 

Sets the anisotropic filter. The mode can be from 1 to the value returned by MaxAFilter().

[DoerrSt]

Got it, thanks guys. AFilter was set to 8 but the TextureFilter setting changed to smooth improved the rendering quality.