Re: [cgkit-user] video as a texture

[Matthias B. <mat...@gm...>]

Hi Samuel,

On 26.11.10 23:24, Samuel Potter wrote:
> I'm using the OpenGL material, so setting the imagename property
> would be a great way to go - I'm a little unsure of how to change the
> parameter after instantiation, though... 

If you have an OpenGL material with a texture like this:

  mat = GLMaterial(..., texture=GLTexture(...), ...)

then you can change the image file as follows:

  mat.getTexture(0).imagename = "myimage.jpg"

> I thought of maybe using a
> ValueTable and image paths, but something like ValueTable(type =
> "string") didn't work. 

Yes, at the moment, such a value table can only be used for numeric types.
For animating the above image name, I would suggest connecting a
callback function to the STEP_FRAME event from where you can update your
animated textures. See the last section in the animation tutorial.

I hope that helped...

Cheers,

- Matthias -