User Guide

860 Chapter 14: Properties

missingFonts

Usage

member(textCastMember).missingFonts

Description

Text cast member property; this property contains a list of the names of the fonts that are

referenced in the text, but not currently available on the system.

This allows the developer to determine during run time if a particular font is available or not.

This property can be tested but not set.

See also

substituteFont

mode (emitter)

Usage

member(whichCastmember).modelResource(whichModelResource).\

emitter.mode

Description

3D property; when used with a model resource whose type is #particle, allows you to both get

and set the

mode property of the resource’s particle emitter.

This property can have the value

#burst or #stream (default). A mode value of #burst causes all

particles to be emitted at the same time, while a value of

#stream causes a group of particles to be

emitted at each frame. The number of particles emitted in each frame is determined using the

following equation:

particlesPerFrame = resourceObject.emitter.numParticles \

(resourceObject.lifetime x millisecondsPerRenderedFrame)

Example

In this example, ThermoSystem is a model resource of the type #particle. This statement sets the

emitter.mode property of ThermoSystem to #burst, which causes the particles of ThermoSystem

to appear in bursts. To create a single burst of particles, set

emitter.mode = #burst and

emitter.loop = 0.

member("Fires").modelResource("ThermoSystem").emitter.mode = #burst