blending between 2 textures

[michael voeller]

I have a model that has been exported from max with 1 uv set, no sub
materials, pretty basic. Now I've duplicated it about 100 times, I need to
have 2 texures and be able to blend between them independently on each
model. Can I set up 1 shader and have it blend differently for each model?
and if so what is the lingo for this? The "Lingo Dictionary" wasn't much
help.

Any help would be apreciated,
Mike

[nick kang]

Assign your new texture to the second texture layer and set the blend function
to blend:

shader.textureList[2] = newTexture
shader.blendFunctionList[2] = #BLEND

Then to blend between the two textures, just set the blend constant of the
second layer:

shader.blendConstantList[2] = b

where b varies from 0 (=100% original texture) to 100 (=100% new texture)

[michael voeller]

Thanks for the help.
I got the script working but it doesn't blend them independently. Is it
possible to blend them independently using only 1 shader or will I have to
create a new shader for each model I want to blend independently?

"nick kang" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:ca16hk$r1h$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Assign your new texture to the second texture layer and set the blend

function

> to blend:
>
> shader.textureList[2] = newTexture
> shader.blendFunctionList[2] = #BLEND
>
> Then to blend between the two textures, just set the blend constant of

the

> second layer:
>
> shader.blendConstantList[2] = b
>
> where b varies from 0 (=100% original texture) to 100 (=100% new texture)
>
>
>

[nick kang]

Yes, you'll need a different shader for each model that you want different
shader properties. SW3D doesn't have a cloneShader() function, but Alex De
Franca has written one (look here: [url]www.farbflash.de[/url]).