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Lingo Dictionary 95

Description

3D backdrop, overlay, and #standard shader property; indicates the opacity of the backdrop,

overlay, or shader.

Setting the

blend property of a shader will have no effect unless the shader’s transparent

property is set to

TRUE.

The range of this property is 0 to 100, and the default value is 100.

Example

This statement sets the blend property of the shader for the model named Window to 80. If the

transparent property of Window’s shader is set to TRUE, the model will be slightly transparent.

member("House").model("Window").shader.blend = 80

See also

bevelDepth, overlay, shadowPercentage, transparent

blendConstant

Syntax

member(whichCastmember).shader(whichShader).blendConstant

member(whichCastmember).model(whichModel).shader.blendConstant

member(whichCastmember).model(whichModel).shaderList{[index]}.\

blendConstant

Description

3D #standard shader property; indicates the blending ratio used for the first texture layer of

the shader.

If the shader’s

useDiffuseWithTexture property is set to TRUE, the texture blends with the color set

by the shader’s

diffuse property. If useDiffuseWithTexture is FALSE, white is used for blending.

Each of the other texture layers blends with the texture layer below it. Use the

blendConstantList property to control blending in those texture layers.

The blendConstant property works only when the shader’s blendSource property is set to

#constant. For more information, see blendSource and blendSourceList.

The range of this property is 0 to 100; the default is 50.

Example

In this example, the shader list of the model named MysteryBox contains six shaders. This

statement sets the

blendConstant property of the second shader to 20. This property is affected

by the settings of the

blendFunction, blendFunctionList, blendSource, and

blendSourceList properties.

member("Level2").model("MysteryBox").shaderList[2].\

blendConstant = 20