Material

UT2003 :: Object >> Material (Package: Engine)

UT2004 :: Object >> Material (Package: Engine)

The superclass of all texture-like objects that can be applied to surfaces or drawn on a Canvas.

Any Material object can be created at runtime and used by script code (whereas in UT the attempt to do so crashed the game). You can, however, set up a Material's properties only once per frame before the Material is drawn the first time that frame; subsequent property changes remain uneffective.

See also: Material Context Menu, Topics On Materials topic page

Properties

Editable

Material FallbackMaterial: A fallback material. Automatically used by the engine if the user's video card cannot cope with a complex shader construction used in this material.
ESurfaceTypes SurfaceType: Type of surface, see ESurfaceTypes.

Internal

Material DefaultMaterial: The default material goes by the intuitive name DefaultMaterial.
bool UseFallback (transient, const): Render device should use the fallback.
bool Validated (transient, const): Material has been validated as renderable.

The default texture.

Methods

Reset ( ): Resets the material. The material class's Reset method only calls the FallbackMaterial's Reset method.
Trigger (Actor Other, Actor EventInstigator): Triggers the material. The material class's Trigger method method only triggers the FallbackMaterial.
int MaterialUSize ( ) [native]: Returns the width of the material.
int MaterialVSize ( ) [native]: Returns the height of the material.

Known Subclasses