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Posted: 6th Jan 2020 22:49

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Hello,

I'm just getting into AppGameKit and my last TGC product I've used was DarkBasic Classic. In DBC there was a very useful function called "texture object". Is there an equivalent in ADK?

I'm using "SetObjectImage" and it doesn't seem to work the same way. I'm basically just trying to slap a .png file on to a plane. When I texture my .png file to my plane instead of resizing my picture to the size of my plane and texturing it, it just puts the png on the plane with no resizing. Do I need to resize the picture manually? I'd prefer not to...

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Posted: 7th Jan 2020 00:09

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https://www.appgamekit.com/documentation/Reference/3D/SetObjectImage.htm

Quote: "instead of resizing my picture to the size of my plane and texturing it, it just puts the png on the plane with no resizing."

The set object image will apply an image to an object and will resize with the object automatically

Texture stage 0 is default
Texture stage 1 if you want full bright

If you are using shaders you may need to set the texture stage differently

but other than that im not sure what your doing perhaps if you showed an example someone may see why its not working for you

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Posted: 7th Jan 2020 03:16 Edited at: 7th Jan 2020 03:31

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Actually never mind. It was texturing like you say. I just missed something stupid. Thanks for the info though.

I have another related question though. There doesn't seem to be an equivalent to "TEXTURE BACKDROP" only skybox stuff. Is there an equivalent I'm missing?

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Posted: 7th Jan 2020 03:45 Edited at: 7th Jan 2020 03:47

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There is no backdrop per-se for 3D without a skybox or similar approach.
However with AppGameKit, as you can mix 3D and 2D in the same scene, you could apply a 2D sprite backdrop at a depth lower than your 3D render layer.

e.g . A sprite set to height and width of screen at depth 11 and your 3D objects at depth 10 (default) will do the job.
If you think of AppGameKit as really rendering sprites as a texture on a plane facing the screen, it helps

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