3do Surface cog commands...

[JDKNITE188]

In a patch I am making, I need to change a 3do surface's cel when the 3do character dies, is touched, etc. What cog commands could I use to do this??

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[Fernando_the_Hunn]

you cant. you have to change the whole model. just have different models and use SetThingModel();

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[JDKNITE188]

Why can't I? The console 3do's have different cels and they alternate randomly..

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[cignop]

why dont you look in the cogs that control the console's surfaces for some hints?

[JDKNITE188]

I guess I could do that LJ.... I will just look in MOTS.tpl and find the console template

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[Deathbane27]

The console with the alternating surface uses MaterialAnim, I believe.

[Hideki]

Consoles are surfaces and not 3do, so they rotate, but can't rotate surfaces on 3do, so change the whole thing.

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[GuNbOy]

hmm, i have used MaterialAnim(); on a 3do before...

so you just cant use the SetMaterialCell();

[Hideki]

MaterialAnim() will rotate every single surfaces that uses the same mats.

It rotates the multi-surfaced mats by material reference and not surface reference, if you make an unique mat for that 3do only, then this can work. But that can be a lot of work for many 3do.

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[LoC_Warhead]

Wait, so could you animate the mats on a 3do, and would you just assign that cog to the 3do's template to get it to work?

[Hideki]

If that specific mat that you're going to rotate is used somewhere else in levels, 3do etc, then that will rotate as well.

So to be on the safe side, making a new mat, even by duplicating an existing one but renaming, and rotating it for the 3do you use then it does the trick.

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[Val_Langley]

Look in the sequencer cog. It has lights that blink.