Material

Lens Studio v1.0.0+

Scripting Name: Asset.Material

Inherits from Asset

Description

An asset that describes how visual objects should appear. Each Material is a collection of Passes which define the actual rendering passes. Materials are used by MeshVisuals for drawing meshes in the scene.

Methods

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clone() : Material

Returns a copy of the Material.

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getPass(Number index) : Pass

Returns the Pass of the Material at index index.

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getPassCount() : Number

Returns the number of Passes for the Material.

Properties

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mainPass : Pass

The first Pass of the Material.

Inherited Methods

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isSame(SerializableWithUID other) : Boolean

Returns true if this object is the same as other. Useful for checking if two references point to the same thing.

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getTypeName() : String

Returns the name of this object’s type.

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isOfType(String type) : Boolean

Returns true if the object matches or derives from the passed in type.

Inherited Properties

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name : String

The name of the Asset in Lens Studio.

Examples

// Gets the first pass of a material on a sprite and plays the animation from its texture
var sprite = script.getSceneObject().getFirstComponent("Component.SpriteVisual");
var material = sprite.getMaterial(0);
material.getPass(0).baseTex.control.play(-1,0.0);

// Print number of passes
print("Pass count = " + material.getPassCount().toString());