User Guide

renderFormat 953
Example
This statement shows the renderers available on the current system:
put getRendererServices().rendererDeviceList
-- [#openGL, #software]
See also
getRendererServices(), renderer, preferred3dRenderer, active3dRenderer
renderFormat
Usage
member(whichCastmember).texture(whichTexture).renderFormat
member(whichCastmember).texture[index].renderFormat
member(whichCastmember).shader(whichShader).texture.renderFormat
member(whichCastmember).model(whichModel).shader.texture\
.renderFormat
member(whichCastmember).model(whichModel).shader.textureList\
[index].renderFormat
member(whichCastmember).model(whichModel).shaderList[index].\
texture(whichTexture).renderFormat
member(whichCastmember).model(whichModel).shaderList[index].\
textureList[index].renderFormat
Description
3D property; allows you to get or set the textureRenderFormat for a specific texture by
specifying one of the following values:
#default uses the value returned by getRendererServices().textureRenderFormat.
#rgba8888
#rgba8880
#rgba5650
#rgba5550
#rgba5551
#rgba4444
See textureRenderFormat for information on these values.
Setting this property for an individual texture overrides the global setting set using
textureRenderFormat.
The
renderFormat property determines the pixel format the renderer uses when rendering the
specified texture. Each pixel format has a number of digits, with each digit indicating the color
depth being used for red, green, blue, and alpha. The value you choose determines the accuracy of
the color fidelity (including the precision of the optional alpha channel) and thus the amount of
memory used on the video card. You can choose a value that improves color fidelity or a value that
allows you to fit more textures into memory on the video card. You can fit roughly twice as many
16-bit textures as 32-bit textures in the same space.
Example
The following statement sets the renderFormat property of the texture TexPic to #rgba4444.
The red, blue, green, and alpha components of the texture will each be drawn using 4 bits of
information.
member("3d").texture("TexPic").renderFormat = #rgba4444