[Papervision3D] Composite Material Problem

[nospam at therossman.org]

Thanks Xero,

I found out that I can use a MovieAssetMaterial, and then create a Shader
Material using that and a PhongShader, to achieve the effect I wanted.

Thanks for the comment though, appreciate it!

Cheers,
mark


> hey...
> sorry to be the bearer of bad news,
> but shaders are still not supported
> in composite materials. the only way
> to pull of this effect is to you two objects
> placed on top of each other and adjust
> the alpha of the top one. i know that's not
> what you wanted to hear, but it just isnt
> supported by the engine *yet*.
>
> g'luck!
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>> From: nospam at therossman.org
>> To: papervision3d at osflash.org
>> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:10:44 -0700
>> Subject: [Papervision3D] Composite Material Problem
>> Hey all,
>>
>> Expect that this is largely due to my inexperience with PV3D, but I am
>> trying to create a CompositeMaterial of a MovieAssetMaterial and a
>> PhongMaterial.
>>
>> In essence I have a cube that one side will have this composite
>> material,
>> and the goal is as the user moves their mouse side-to-side, the cube
>> will
>> rotate back and forth slightly and the reason I want to use the
>> PhongMaterial is to get a nice light-effect sheen kind of rolling across
>> the face of the cube.
>>
>> This doesn't seem to work though, if I do:
>>
>> var myFaceCompMaterial:CompositeMaterial = new CompositeMaterial();
>> myFaceCompMaterial.addMaterial( new MovieAssetMaterial( "image1_mc",
>> true,
>> false, false, true ) );
>> myFaceCompMaterial.addMaterial( new PhongMaterial( mylight, 0xE7FCFE ,
>> 0x6F6F6F, 1 ) );
>>
>>
>> I only see the PhongMaterial and if I reverse the order in which I add
>> them I only see the MovieAssetMaterial.
>>
>> I have a feeling there is some way to do what I want but I don't think
>> I'm
>> approaching this the right way.  I had thought perhaps I could set the
>> fillAlpha on the PhongMaterial but it has no effect.
>>
>> Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> mark
>>
>>
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