Dynamic Reflection

[TheCommander]

Hi all,

For my current project I want to produce some genmeshes from blender with reflective shaders, so they look like they have been painted with glossy paint

Using blender2crystal I have applied the stat_dyn_reflect shader along with a mask and cubemap however ideally I would like to reflect the surrounding environment, changing the reflected surface as the mesh moves (which it does very rapidly for 50 frames). Is there an easy way to do this such as a shader I have missed or would I be better off sticking with stat_dyn_reflect? Alternately, could I animate the reflection texture and start it when the mesh begins to move?

Thanks in advance

[res]

You'll need the trunk version of CrystalSpace. 1.4 and below don't have the necessary functionality.

Once you use trunk using a shader to get the reflection is relatively trivial, since it will then be provided automatically by the engine.
(A reflection shader as such is not present atm, but it's relatively easy to add. I can provide assistance with that, once needed.)

[TheCommander]

Thanks for the reply,

I am currently set up on the latest svn version (as of this morning) and am able to render the basic view, similar to blender's textured mode. Setting different shaders in blender2crystal seems to have absolutely no effect however I take it there is a way to fix this.

Would I be right in thinking that if the engine can do the calculations for a reflection it can apply a texture as well, so that the UV mapped texture assigned to the mesh provides a base colour (similar to the effect of setting up ray mirror in blender)

Thanks in advance

[res]

Setting different shaders in blender2crystal seems to have absolutely no effect however I take it there is a way to fix this.

The effect setting a shader has depends on some additional parameters; specifically, which rendermanager (or renderloop in case of using "legacy" render loop rendering). Might be best to try to find someone with practical experience to give you a rundown ...

Would I be right in thinking that if the engine can do the calculations for a reflection it can apply a texture as well, so that the UV mapped texture assigned to the mesh provides a base colour (similar to the effect of setting up ray mirror in blender)

Certainly. It's all a matter of what the shader does.

[TheCommander]

So, is there anyone around who could give a quick rundown on the render manager, documentation doesn't seem to exist yet (what it does, how to hook into and use it besides the default code found in simpmap tutorial etc)

Also, what do I have to do to a cg shader to use it in crystalspace?
EDIT: Just found the Shader 101 tutorial on tutorials page

Thanks in advance.

P.S: This is drifting more into the support forum, if any mods feel it necessary to move feel free (I don't think I can)