Graphics

Hi guys,

I'm trying to have a quad object take the texture of  a icon, depending on what number a widget is set to. So basically I have 4 Icons which are named Icon1_IMAGE, Icon2_IMAGE, Icon3_IMAGE and Icon4_IMAGE. I wanted to use dynamic materials linked to a widget so that it can be changed by just changing the number of the counter widget. All of the icons are imported into the file so what I tried to do is have the dynamic material look for Icon@COUNTER@_IMAGE. But this does not return anything. I can force it to change when changing the @COUNTER@ to one of the numbers to resolve the filepath but thats about it. Also I'd like to have the icons update on air just the way a counter widget would.

Hi guys,

I'm trying to have a quad object take the texture of  a icon, depending on what number a widget is set to. So basically I have 4 Icons which are named Icon1_IMAGE, Icon2_IMAGE, Icon3_IMAGE and Icon4_IMAGE. I wanted to use dynamic materials linked to a widget so that it can be changed by just changing the number of the counter widget. All of the icons are imported into the file so what I tried to do is have the dynamic material look for Icon@COUNTER@_IMAGE. But this does not return anything. I can force it to change when changing the @COUNTER@ to one of the numbers to resolve the filepath but thats about it. Also I'd like to have the icons update on air just the way a counter widget would.

As Malcolm says, make sure you are using the type suffix, or you could do it via visual logic if you only have so many choices.

You do mention updating on-air, I don't know if just me but I find that if you put the path as a dynamic material it won't update live, but just every time you take the scene offline/online again.

I have solved it in the past by using volatile textures.

For example, in this case I would make a hidden text object linked to your widget. Then in the script events of the text object I would add the following:

dim icon as xpQuadObject
scene.GetObjectByName("Icon", icon)
icon.SetVolatileTextureFile(0,"C:\Your Filepath\Icon" + Text + "_IMAGE.png")

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Jake Lew
Access Communications Co-Operative Limited
Regina Canada

Original Message:
Sent: 05-15-2025 07:15
From: Johannes Pedri
Subject: Dynamic Materials not resolving path

Hi guys,

I'm trying to have a quad object take the texture of  a icon, depending on what number a widget is set to. So basically I have 4 Icons which are named Icon1_IMAGE, Icon2_IMAGE, Icon3_IMAGE and Icon4_IMAGE. I wanted to use dynamic materials linked to a widget so that it can be changed by just changing the number of the counter widget. All of the icons are imported into the file so what I tried to do is have the dynamic material look for Icon@COUNTER@_IMAGE. But this does not return anything. I can force it to change when changing the @COUNTER@ to one of the numbers to resolve the filepath but thats about it. Also I'd like to have the icons update on air just the way a counter widget would.

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Thanks in advance and best wishes,
Johannes
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Hi guys,

I'm trying to have a quad object take the texture of  a icon, depending on what number a widget is set to. So basically I have 4 Icons which are named Icon1_IMAGE, Icon2_IMAGE, Icon3_IMAGE and Icon4_IMAGE. I wanted to use dynamic materials linked to a widget so that it can be changed by just changing the number of the counter widget. All of the icons are imported into the file so what I tried to do is have the dynamic material look for Icon@COUNTER@_IMAGE. But this does not return anything. I can force it to change when changing the @COUNTER@ to one of the numbers to resolve the filepath but thats about it. Also I'd like to have the icons update on air just the way a counter widget would.

Couple of things to note

Dynamic materials can resolve to project materials (Icon1_IMAGE), file paths (D:\Icons\Icon1.png) or relative file paths to your.xpf location (\Images\Icon1.png), among a few others, so both Johanne and Malcom's material path should resolve correctly.

Jake's OnSetText script works because it runs after the text object is set. If dynamic material paths aren't updating on-air, it's because the dynamic material is resolving BEFORE the text object get set, including when set from a widget.

Visual Logic is the last thing that runs each frame, so if you use visual logic to set your material based on a text widget, it will update on-air

That said, you can get a Dynamic Material Path to update live on-air by adding an OnSetText script with a simple "scene.RefreshDynamicMaterials" command to your text object. This way, after the widget updates the text object, the scene will refresh any Dynamic Material paths based on the updated text.

Hi guys,

I'm trying to have a quad object take the texture of  a icon, depending on what number a widget is set to. So basically I have 4 Icons which are named Icon1_IMAGE, Icon2_IMAGE, Icon3_IMAGE and Icon4_IMAGE. I wanted to use dynamic materials linked to a widget so that it can be changed by just changing the number of the counter widget. All of the icons are imported into the file so what I tried to do is have the dynamic material look for Icon@COUNTER@_IMAGE. But this does not return anything. I can force it to change when changing the @COUNTER@ to one of the numbers to resolve the filepath but thats about it. Also I'd like to have the icons update on air just the way a counter widget would.

Couple of things to note

Dynamic materials can resolve to project materials (Icon1_IMAGE), file paths (D:\Icons\Icon1.png) or relative file paths to your.xpf location (\Images\Icon1.png), among a few others, so both Johanne and Malcom's material path should resolve correctly.

Jake's OnSetText script works because it runs after the text object is set. If dynamic material paths aren't updating on-air, it's because the dynamic material is resolving BEFORE the text object get set, including when set from a widget.

Visual Logic is the last thing that runs each frame, so if you use visual logic to set your material based on a text widget, it will update on-air

That said, you can get a Dynamic Material Path to update live on-air by adding an OnSetText script with a simple "scene.RefreshDynamicMaterials" command to your text object. This way, after the widget updates the text object, the scene will refresh any Dynamic Material paths based on the updated text.

Hi guys,

I'm trying to have a quad object take the texture of  a icon, depending on what number a widget is set to. So basically I have 4 Icons which are named Icon1_IMAGE, Icon2_IMAGE, Icon3_IMAGE and Icon4_IMAGE. I wanted to use dynamic materials linked to a widget so that it can be changed by just changing the number of the counter widget. All of the icons are imported into the file so what I tried to do is have the dynamic material look for Icon@COUNTER@_IMAGE. But this does not return anything. I can force it to change when changing the @COUNTER@ to one of the numbers to resolve the filepath but thats about it. Also I'd like to have the icons update on air just the way a counter widget would.