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How copy file texture_1.jpg to texture_2.jpg?

by Mark Brown · in Torque Game Engine · 04/02/2007 (1:55 pm) · 2 replies

Assume that you have five textures called:
outer_01.jpg, outer_02.jpg, outer_03.jpg, outer_04.jpg, outer_05.jpg.
You have several structures which call for the texture "outer.jpg".
Each time you play a new game, you want to randomly select and copy one of the five outer_0?.jpg files to overwrite a file called outer.jpg.
Any suggestion as to what code to write in an initialize.cs file to copy outer_04.jpg to outer.jpg???
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Torque Owner Tim Heldna
#1
04/02/2007 (8:01 pm)
Use the base.texture naming convention and change your textures in code with a simple random function. This will only work for dts objects and not interior objects. I think there's a resource somewhere that allows you to change interior textures on the fly.

Example:

- Create and assign a default material (in your case probably outer_01.jpg) to your dts shape.
- Use this naming convention "base.nameOfDts" for the material name.
- For the remainder of your materials use this naming convention "outer_02.nameOfDts.jpg" etc.
function setRandomTexture(%obj)
{
   %val = mFloor(getRandom(0, 4));

   switch(%val)
   {
      case 0:
         %obj.setSkinName("outer_01");
      case 1:
         %obj.setSkinName("outer_02");
      case 2:
         %obj.setSkinName("outer_03");
      case 3:
         %obj.setSkinName("outer_04");
      case 4:
         %obj.setSkinName("outer_05");
   }
}

Torque Owner Mark Brown
#2
04/10/2007 (8:17 am)
I found the solution I was looking for in a ConsoleFunction called "pathCopy"!

Many thanks for the help!

//####################
//#
//#
// ConsoleFunction(pathCopy, bool, 3, 4, "pathCopy(fromFile, toFile [, nooverwrite = true])")
//#
//#
//####################
function set_random_textures ( )
{
%ja = random_int ( 5 );
switch ( %ja )
{
case 1:
%from_file = "./data/structures/rooms/roof_floor_color_01.jpg";
case 2:
%from_file = "./data/structures/rooms/roof_floor_color_02.jpg";
case 3:
%from_file = "./data/structures/rooms/roof_floor_color_03.jpg";
case 4:
%from_file = "./data/structures/rooms/roof_floor_color_04.jpg";
case 5:
%from_file = "./data/structures/rooms/roof_floor_color_05.jpg";
}

%nooverwrite = false;
%to_file = "./data/structures/rooms/roof_floor_color_00.jpg";

pathCopy ( %from_file, %to_file, %nooverwrite );

}