LoadMesh. Want to obtain different references to change materials independently

[isidisi]

I need to change materials of meshes dynamically(using PaintSurface) and I find the following problem:

 

If I load the same .gmf using LoadMesh 2 times, LoadMesh returns the same reference. Thus when change a material in first object with PaintSurface, also changes in the second.

 

Is there any way to load gmfs more than once and get diferent instances, to change the materials independently?

 

Thanks

[DaDonik]

I'm not sure if changing the materials will be possible in Leadwerks3D, because it is not yet released.

 

In Leadwerks Engine 2 there is no way to change the material for a specific instance of a model. You

pretty much have to copy the .gmf file and rename it. That way it is the same model but you can use a

different material for it.

[isidisi]

I'm not sure if changing the materials will be possible in Leadwerks3D, because it is not yet released.

 

In Leadwerks Engine 2 there is no way to change the material for a specific instance of a model. You

pretty much have to copy the .gmf file and rename it. That way it is the same model but you can use a

different material for it.

 

Yes I know this, but is not a clean solution. It will be better to add a parameter to LoadMesh function in a future version. Same with materials...

[Rick]

LE3D will have that. Another solution for LE2 is to use a shader that lets you offset a giant texture that has the textures you want to use from a value in SetColor I believe. Here is the post and somewhere in here is the shader file you can try out.

 

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/topic/607-non-instancing-copy-command/page__p__5296__hl__instancing__fromsearch__1#entry5296