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<texture> XML Node

XML Node Summary

<texture
  name=""
  filename=""
  pixel_format="RGBA"
  filtering_mode="LINEAR"
  anisotropy="1.0"
  addressing_mode="WRAP"
  function_type="MODULATE"
  gen_coord_mode="NONE"
  type="TEXTURE_2D"
  s3tc="FALSE"
  play_avi="TRUE"
  vertical_flip="FALSE"
  horizontal_flip="FALSE"
  perlin_noise="FALSE"
  mipmapping="TRUE"
  >
  <cube_map
    face="XPOS"
    filename=""
    uv_map_op="NO_SWAP"
    >
  </cube_map>
  <perlin_noise_params
    min_color_r="0.0"
    min_color_g="0.0"
    min_color_b="0.0"
    min_color_a="0.0"
    max_color_r="1.0"
    max_color_g="0.0"
    max_color_b="0.0"
    max_color_a="1.0"
    amplitude="200.0"
    frequency="15.0"
    >
  </perlin_noise_params>
  <size
    width="256"
    height="256"
    >
  </size>
  <inject_opacity_map
    filename=""
    >
  </inject_opacity_map>
</texture>

<texture>

Description
The texture node allows to create and load textures from image files. Texturing is one of the most important operations in real time 3D.

texture element has 15 attributes and 4 sub-element(s)

Attributes

name [STRING]: Name of the texture object
filename [STRING]: Name of the texture's file. Path is relative to the scene main file.
pixel_format [STRING]: Texture data pixel format. This is the data stored on system memory and not the pixmap uploaded to graphics memory. - Default value = RGBA - Values = RGB | BGR | RGBA | BGRA | RGBA_FLOAT | RGBA_16F | RGBA_32F
filtering_mode [STRING]: Texture filtering mode. - Default value = LINEAR - Values = NONE | LINEAR | TRILINEAR
anisotropy [REAL]: Texture anisotrpic filtering value. - Default value = 1.0
addressing_mode [STRING]: Texture addressing mode. - Default value = WRAP - Values = WRAP | MIRROR | CLAMP
function_type [STRING]: Texture function for fixed pipeline operations. - Default value = MODULATE - Values = MODULATE | REPLACE | ADD | ADD_SIGNED | SUB | BLEND | INTERPOLATE_CONSTANT | INTERPOLATE_TEXTURE_ALPHA
gen_coord_mode [STRING]: Specifies the way uv texture coordinates are automatically generated. - Default value = NONE - Values = NONE | SPHERE_ENV_MAP | CUBE_ENV_MAP
type [STRING]: Texture type. - Default value = TEXTURE_2D - Values = TEXTURE_1D | TEXTURE_2D | TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_2D | TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP
s3tc [BOOLEAN]: Enables (TRUE) or disables (FALSE) the creation of a compressed S3TC texture (DXT1 or DXT5). - Default value = FALSE - Values = TRUE|FALSE
play_avi [BOOLEAN]: Enables (TRUE) or disables (FALSE) the playing of an AVI animated texture. - Default value = TRUE - Values = TRUE|FALSE
vertical_flip [BOOLEAN]: Allows to vertically flip the texture. - Default value = FALSE - Values = TRUE|FALSE
horizontal_flip [BOOLEAN]: Allows to hozizontally flip the texture. - Default value = FALSE - Values = TRUE|FALSE
perlin_noise [BOOLEAN]: Enables (TRUE) the generation of a noise texture using Perlin noise. - Default value = FALSE - Values = TRUE|FALSE
mipmapping [BOOLEAN]: Enables (TRUE) autimatic mip maps generation. - Default value = TRUE - Values = TRUE|FALSE

<cube_map>

Description
Sets a cubemap face.

cube_map element has 3 attributes and 0 sub-element(s)

Attributes

face [STRING]: Cubemap face - Default value = XPOS - Values = XPOS | XNEG | YPOS | YNEG | ZPOS | ZNEG
filename [STRING]: Texture file (relative path) for this face
uv_map_op [STRING]: Allows to change face texture coordinates - Default value = NO_SWAP - Values = NO_SWAP | SWAP_U | SWAP_V | SWAP_UV

<perlin_noise_params>

Description
Sets the Perlin noise parameters.

perlin_noise_params element has 10 attributes and 0 sub-element(s)

Attributes

min_color_r [REAL]: Minimun red color value - Default value = 0.0
min_color_g [REAL]: Minimun green color value - Default value = 0.0
min_color_b [REAL]: Minimun blue color value - Default value = 0.0
min_color_a [REAL]: Minimun alpha color value - Default value = 0.0
max_color_r [REAL]: Maximun red color value - Default value = 1.0
max_color_g [REAL]: Maximun green color value - Default value = 0.0
max_color_b [REAL]: Maximun blue color value - Default value = 0.0
max_color_a [REAL]: Maximun alpha color value - Default value = 1.0
amplitude [REAL]: Amplitude. - Default value = 200.0
frequency [REAL]: Frequency - Default value = 15.0

<size>

Description
Sets the texture size. This is a no-op parameter if the texture is created/loaded from a file.

size element has 2 attributes and 0 sub-element(s)

Attributes

width [INTEGER]: Texture's width - Default value = 256
height [INTEGER]: Texture's height - Default value = 256

<inject_opacity_map>

Description
Allows to inject an opacity map (RGB) in the alpha channel of the texture.

inject_opacity_map element has 1 attributes and 0 sub-element(s)

Attributes