I think I'd need one of the dev's to have input on this conversation because I haven't done much with C# and XPression personally.
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Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-24-2023 19:04
From: David
Subject: Using c# adding new textures to more than one material and then updating
Hello,
thanks for your response. I don't understand what you are saying but I partially solved the problem. We have a system where we change the assets at any point while the graphic is online. I had always been told to have that happen as soon as we get the signal to update. This would happen separately from the rendering. If I switch to have it happen when it renders, it works. However, then there is a huge delay before the assets update. They do appear all at once but it is seconds. I would understand if it was a frame or maybe two (it was happening immediately but not all at once). Unfortunately, these are show stoppers. I'm a big fan of Xpression and how we can use it but this might be the last straw for my company.
thanks for your help.
Original Message:
Sent: 6/24/2023 1:12:00 PM
From: Red
Subject: RE: Using c# adding new textures to more than one material and then updating
It shouldn't really do that someone like @Garner Millward might be able to speak to that.
What you could do depending on number you are dealing with is have a hidden object for each that you right to from C# and then trigger a scene director with a script on it the does the copy within XPression which should do it all in one go. You shouldn't need to do this but it might be a solution if no one else has a better idea.
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Simon Redmile
Senior Graphic Programmer & Designer
Ross Video
Bristol United Kingdom
Original Message:
Sent: 06-23-2023 14:00
From: David
Subject: Using c# adding new textures to more than one material and then updating
I am using c# to change the image in a material's texture. I do this for a number of materials. The issue I am having is that the updates visually happen sequentially. Is there a way to have them update and then get drawn to the screen at once? The way I currently do it is fine with the development Xpression version but when we run in production, we can see each update sequentially.
thanks in advance.
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David Ball
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