Multiple Objects, Same Material, Different Textures??

Mikhail Luzyanin wrote:

Yes you can even load scenes with empty textures in the materials and them replace them multiple times and reuse them on different objects. To optimize this process you can use procedures, and load csv with list wich will containt links to the textures.

Ok cool..
So, to get this straight…
I can have ONE object in a scene that I append into my main scene…

That one object, has ONE material…

I can load it in many times to make many copies of the SAME object..with the SAME material…

Then I can have a DIFFERENT TEXTURE loaded into EACH COPY of that ONE object with that ONE material?

Mikhail Luzyanin wrote:

Yes, because you will load them multiple times they will have different names like object.001, material.001 and etc, so you will need to deal with that carefully.

Ok great. Didn’t know it made new material name.
So will this take advantage of having ONE material, as in memory?
Or is each material copy am entirely new one,as if an entirely different material is used?
Is it actually re-using the same material?
That’s why I’m doing this.
(Just being extra sure)
Thanks.

will the same things you’re’ talking about happen with cloning an object instead of loading it?

Yuri Kovelenov wrote:

try this: myObj.name = 'newName';

now, that works for a string in the single quotes, however, for it to be used dynamically, i have:

app.ExternalInterface.changeObjectName = function(myObj, newName) {
        myObj.name = newName;
        console.log (myObj.name)
        };

with a JS call with myObj and newName as inputs from changing variables each time in a loop.

that should work, i feel.. however, i get this error:
“TypeError: can’t assign to property “name” on “blank_object_001″: not an object”

(blank_object_00* are 6 objects that need renaming.)

I understand i’m feeding it a variable that points to an object, though I think the syntax has issue with delivering that.

EDIT:
tried:

app.ExternalInterface.changeObjectName = function(myObj, newName) {
        var obj = app.scene.getObjectByName(myObj)
        obj.name = newName;
        console.log (obj.name)
        };

which i thought would seal the deal, but now get:
“TypeError: obj is undefined”
…but it IS…
hmm

Yuri Kovelenov wrote:

GlifTek wrote:

obj is undefined

cause it’s myObj, not obj

k so a facsimile of that worked..

 app.ExternalInterface.changeMyObjectName = function(obj,newName) {
        var myObj = app.scene.getObjectByName(obj)
        myObj.name = newName;
        console.log (myObj.name)
        };

but only after a previous process (texture replacement process) ..
NOT WITHIN it’s “when ready do” slot” (which i had it in)..