Change Environment Type

DraagonStorm

How would I get the Environment type (None or Backdrop) and change it?

When I do a Scene.getBackdrop().clear(); it set the Environment Type to None, and I need to set it back to Backdrop.

Richard Haseltine

Using Rob's standard code-crawling, one approach (though there's probably a better) might be:

 var paneMgr = MainWindow.getPaneMgr();
 // if successful, get the Content Library pane
 if ( paneMgr ) {
  var env = paneMgr.findPane( "DzEnvironmentPane" );
  // if successful, get the current container (folder or category)
  if ( env ) {
   // for ( item in env ) {
    env.noneSelected( true );
   // }
  }
 }

to clear the backdrop and

 var paneMgr = MainWindow.getPaneMgr();
 // if successful, get the Content Library pane
 if ( paneMgr ) {
  var env = paneMgr.findPane( "DzEnvironmentPane" );
  // if successful, get the current container (folder or category)
  if ( env ) {
   // for ( item in env ) {
    env.backDropSelected( true );
   // }
  }
 }

to set it on.

rbtwhiz

The API for the Environment pane will change.

The Render To Backdrop sample shows how to set the backdrop.

-Rob

DraagonStorm

rbtwhiz said:

The API for the Environment pane will change.

The Render To Backdrop sample shows how to set the backdrop.

-Rob

I tried the Render to BackDrop, and that's when I discovered that when you clear the backdrop, that sets the Type to None. I you no longer see the backdrop. You have to physically go Windows->Panes-Environment and set the Type back to BackDrop...

I want to be able to set the type to BackDrop with code, or at least check what the type is.

rbtwhiz

// Get the backdrop for the scene
var oBackdrop = Scene.getBackdrop();

// Make the backdrop visible
oBackdrop.visible = true;

// Get the backdrop for the scene
var oBackdrop = Scene.getBackdrop();
// Get the image manager
var oImageMgr = App.getImageMgr();

// Get an image
var sImage = String("%1/../Pictures/Sample Pictures/Desert.jpg").arg( App.getCommonUserDocumentPath() );
var oImage = oImageMgr.getImage( sImage );

// Set the backdrop image
oBackdrop.setTexture( oImage );
// Make the backdrop visible
oBackdrop.visible = true;

-Rob

DraagonStorm

Thank You! oBackdrop.visible = true; worked!

rbtwhiz said:

// Get the backdrop for the scene
var oBackdrop = Scene.getBackdrop();

// Make the backdrop visible
oBackdrop.visible = true;

// Get the backdrop for the scene
var oBackdrop = Scene.getBackdrop();
// Get the image manager
var oImageMgr = App.getImageMgr();

// Get an image
var sImage = String("%1/../Pictures/Sample Pictures/Desert.jpg").arg( App.getCommonUserDocumentPath() );
var oImage = oImageMgr.getImage( sImage );

// Set the backdrop image
oBackdrop.setTexture( oImage );
// Make the backdrop visible
oBackdrop.visible = true;

-Rob