| <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> |
| <html> |
| |
| <head> |
| <title></title> |
| <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> |
| </head> |
| <body> |
| |
| The <code>com.jme3.material</code> package contains classes for manipulating |
| jMonkeyEngine materials. |
| Materials are applied to {@link com.jme3.scene.Geometry geometries} in the |
| scene. |
| Each geometry has a single material which is used to render that |
| geometry. |
| <p> |
| Materials (also known as material instances) are extended from |
| material definitions. |
| |
| <h3>Material definitions</h3> |
| <p> |
| Material definitions provide the "logic" for the material. Usually a shader that |
| will handle drawing the object, and corresponding parameters that allow |
| configuration of the shader. |
| Material definitions can be created through J3MD files. |
| The J3MD file abstracts the shader and its configuration away from the user, allowing a |
| simple interface where one can simply set a few parameters on the material to change its |
| appearance and the way its handled. |
| |
| <h3>Techniques</h3> |
| <p> |
| Techniques specify a specific way of rendering a material. Typically |
| a technique is used to implement the same material for each configuration |
| of the system. For GPUs that do not support shaders, a "fixed function pipeline" |
| technique could exist to take care of rendering for that configuration |
| |
| <h3>Render states</h3> |
| <p> |
| See {@link com.jme3.material.RenderState}. |
| |
| <h3>Example Usage</h3> |
| <p> |
| Creating a textured material |
| <code> |
| // Create a material instance |
| Material mat = new Material(assetManager, "Common/MatDefs/Misc/Unshaded.j3md"); |
| |
| // Load the texture. |
| Texture tex = assetManager.loadTexture("Textures/Test/Test.jpg"); |
| |
| // Set the parameters |
| mat.setTexture("ColorMap", tex); |
| </code> |
| |
| |
| |
| </body> |
| </html> |
