Setting textures in code

Corran · Nov 5, 2003

Hey, I'm having a problem with setting textures in my code. I'm setting the texture of a model according to the choice of the user. The user chooses the texture in the menu before the game and the texture is applied at the very start of the game, or should be. The line that's causing problems is this one:

Code:

BodyMaterial = Shader'UR-Nas_tex.Body.N_DrkBlu';

The compiler complains that it "Can't find Shader UR". I would assume that the comiler can't open the file or something if it wasn't for the fact that I do a very similar thing in the defaultproperties:

Code:

BodyMaterial=Shader'UR-Nas_tex.Body.N_DrkBlu'

And this one works fine.

Is there some kind of crazy thing you can't do in the code or is it something deeper? Any help would be appreciated.

punk129 · Nov 5, 2003

have you load the package?

#exec OBJ LOAD bla.utx;

EvilDrWong · Nov 5, 2003

IIRC you cant use spaces in the default properties unless theyre in a string
So something like MinDamage =800000 wont work whereas MinDamage=80000 will

punk129 · Nov 5, 2003

He didn't use spaces in the Defaults. He used them in the other part.

Corran · Nov 5, 2003

Yeah I've loaded the package and it works because if I remove the code and just use the defaultproperties setting, it compiles fine and the texture is applied. But as soon as I try to set it in the main body of the code, it says it cant find the package at compile time.

ceej · Nov 5, 2003

We encountered a similar problem and just ended up putting all our choosable textures into data structures that we set up in default properties. E.g.,

Code:

defaultproperties
{
   mNASBodySkins[0]=Shader'UR-Nas_tex.Body.N_DrkBlu'
   mNASBodySkins[1]=Shader'UR-Nas_tex.Body.N_LtRed'
}

then

Code:

if (choice == kDarkBlue)
   BodyMaterial = mNASBodySkins[0];
else
   BodyMaterial = mNASBodySkins[1];

etc etc. I'd like to know how to make this work 'right', but the workaround is clean enough.

Wormbo · Nov 6, 2003

The defaultproperties block uses a slightly different syntax for arrays and structs.

chip · Nov 6, 2003

is the hyphen in the package name causing the compile error? granted it works OK in the defaultproperties block, but perhaps that uses somewhat different rules. the error message from your original post seems to indicate that the compiler is looking only for a Shader called UR. maybe try renaming the package sans hyphen, or use ceej's method of referencing a variable that points to your package.

Corran · Nov 6, 2003

As you said I think the problem was caused by the hyphen, I had thought this may have been the problem but I wasn't sure. Thanks for the help all.

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