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Old 01-27-2013, 06:28 PM
tokola tokola is offline
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Unhappy Texture map channel =! texture unit

Hi there,

I've been struggling for too long to make an effect using a turning belt (attached). I wanted to make the texture move along the T dimension but it happens on both sides of the belt which is not natural, since they should move in reverse to simulate a circular motion. So I split the belt in two element (in 3DS Max) and applied the same texture in different channels, but Vizard refuses to recognize the second channel no matter what! The code belt.getTexture('',1) returns always a blank node (-1).

What is the right way to do this in Max, so that it is recognized in Vizard? (I am using the .ive format with the OSG exporter). I noticed Max uses the "Map channel" which goes from 1 and on, but also has a "Material ID Number" going from #0 and on (right-clicking on a material in the material editor). Which one is the one corresponding to the "texture unit" in Vizard? I've made my multi-object material use both different UV maps in different channels but also different material IDs, with no result.

Thanks,
--tokola
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Old 01-29-2013, 10:29 AM
Veleno Veleno is offline
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Hi Tokola,

I'd recommend doing animated UVs in Max instead of doing them through code. It will be easier and give you more control.

First, make sure your exporter is up to date (and probably your copy of Vizard as well). Next, add a bitmap to a material. Under coordinates you can animate the following values:
  • Offset
  • Tiling
  • Angle
I've attached an image showing the rollout.


Also, some terminology:
  • Map channels split up a mesh into multiple sub-objects, each with it's own material, that behave as if they were a single object.
  • Texture units correlate to a series of textures contained within a single material (eg. diffuse + lightmap + reflection).
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Old 01-29-2013, 04:21 PM
tokola tokola is offline
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animating textures

Veleno, thanks for the response!

Although you did clear some things I still can't make Vizard recognize any other texture besides the one assigned in the diffuse port of the material (unit #0). I assigned the same material under Opacity for the second object of my multi-object material, but Vizard still returns viz.VizTexture(-1) when I try to get the texture in unit #1.

The reason I am insisting in making the animation in Vizard is that I want to have control over starting/stopping the animation and I don't know of any way to do this if using 3DMax texture animations. Plus, I have the impression that Vizard (or the OSG format) creates a mesh for every frame of an animation, which makes models really heavy (I don't know if this is the case for texture animations).

Overall, which one do you feel would be the best (more efficient) approach to simulating (and controlling) a turning belt? I also attach the .max file in case you feel like playing with it.

Thanks for your help,
--tokola
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Old 01-29-2013, 05:11 PM
tokola tokola is offline
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animating textures - addendum

This is an update of what HAS worked for me so far, although it seems counter intuitive. I had to split the object vertically in two sub-objects with names belt1 and belt2, and use the following code to simulate the stripes going up on one side (node) and down on the other side (node):
Code:
def TurnBelt():
		global matrix1, matrix2, belt
		matrix1.postTrans(0,.04,0)
		matrix2.postTrans(0,-.04,0)
		belt.texmat(matrix1,'belt1',0)
		belt.texmat(matrix2,'belt2',0)
timer = vizact.ontimer(.01, TurnBelt)
Then, I am using timer.setEnabled(viz.TOGGLE) to enable/disable the belt motion, according to demands.
Although this works perfectly, I really don't know if it's the most efficient way, both CPU-wise, since I have lots of belts, but also as far as the work that is demanded in 3DSMax to format all belts appropriately (they are initially an extruded editable spline). If I could do everything with a single rotating UVMap/texture on a single object, I would be thrilled!

Thanks again for the assistance,
--tokola
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Old 02-05-2013, 11:17 PM
Jeff Jeff is offline
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You can control any type of imported OSG animation from Vizard. Only animations created with the OSG seguence helper store a mesh for each frame. See the following thread for some information on animation controls:

http://forum.worldviz.com/showthread.php?t=4419

Add the following lines to the example script in that thread to toggle the water UV animation:
Code:
#toggle between pause/play
water_animation = animations.getChild('water')
vizact.onkeydown('w',water_animation.setAnimationState,viz.TOGGLE)
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