class ImpostorSettings
Settings for the ImpostorProcessor
Properties
| Property | Description |
| ImpostorType | Specifies which type of impostor should be created: BillboardCloud, Flipbook or ImpostorFromSingleView. |
| Name | The name of the ImpostorSettings object. (Inherited from Object) |
| ProcessSelectionSetID | Which selection set should be processed. If set to -1, all geometries in the scene will be processed. If both selection set name and ID are set, the name will be used. |
| ProcessSelectionSetName | Which selection set should be processed. If the name is not found, all geometries in the scene will be processed. If both selection set name and ID are set, the name will be used. |
Methods
| Method | Description |
| AddObserver | Adds a user-defined observer object to the interface, that will receive events from the interface. (Inherited from Object) |
| GetBillboardCloudSettings | The settings for creating the billboard cloud. |
| GetBoolParameter | Get a named parameter boolean value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| GetClass | Get the name of the ImpostorSettings class. (Inherited from Object) |
| GetDoubleParameter | Get a named parameter floating point value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| GetErrorString | Returns a string describing the error that was found the last time ValidateSettings was performed. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| GetFlipbookSettings | The settings for creating the flipbook. |
| GetImpostorFromSingleViewSettings | The settings for the single view impostor. |
| GetIntParameter | Get a named parameter integer value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| GetStringParameter | Get a named parameter string value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| GetUIntParameter | Get a named parameter unsigned integer value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| IsA | Returns true if ImpostorSettings is a or is a descendant of the class named as the type parameter. (Inherited from Object) |
| IsNull | Returns true if the ImpostorSettings object is invalid. (Inherited from Object) |
| IsSameObjectAs | Returns true if the ImpostorSettings object is valid. (Inherited from Object) |
| NonNull | Returns true if the ImpostorSettings object is valid. (Inherited from Object) |
| PrintInfo | Prints the content/info of the ImpostorSettings object to the log. (Inherited from Object) |
| RemoveObserver | Removes a previously added observer object. (Inherited from Object) |
| SetBoolParameter | Set a named parameter boolean value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| SetDoubleParameter | Set a named parameter floating point value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| SetIntParameter | Set a named parameter integer value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| SetStringParameter | Set a named parameter string value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| SetUIntParameter | Set a named parameter unsigned integer value. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| SetValidateParameterNames | Set if parameter names should be validated or not. Parameters that previously do not exist will generate and error if validation is enabled and be allowed if validation is disabled. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| ToJSON | Get settings as JSON for debugging purposes. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
| ValidateSettings | Validates the current settings values. (Inherited from SettingsObject) |
Static methods
| Method | Description |
| IsClassA | Returns true if the class is a or is a descendant of the class named as the type parameter. (Inherited from Object) |
| SafeCast | SafeCast makes sure the input object is of a class that can be cast into spImpostorSettings, and if this is the case, returns the object cast into spImpostorSettings. (Inherited from Object) |
Properties details
ImpostorType
Specifies which type of impostor should be created: BillboardCloud, Flipbook or ImpostorFromSingleView.
Syntax
SetImpostorType parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
| EImpostorType | value | | | The ImpostorType value to use. |
GetImpostorType return value
Type: EImpostorType
Default: BillboardCloud
| Key | Value | Comment |
| BillboardCloud | 0 | Generates a set of billboards that represents the scene. |
| Flipbook | 1 | Renders the scene from a number of views and generates an atlas with the images. |
| FromSingleView | 3 | Generates an impostor from a single view. |
Syntax
SetImpostorType parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
| EImpostorType | value | | | The ImpostorType value to use. |
GetImpostorType return value
Type: EImpostorType
Default: BillboardCloud
| Key | Value | Comment |
| BillboardCloud | 0 | Generates a set of billboards that represents the scene. |
| Flipbook | 1 | Renders the scene from a number of views and generates an atlas with the images. |
| FromSingleView | 3 | Generates an impostor from a single view. |
Syntax
SetImpostorType parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| value | EImpostorType | | | The ImpostorType value to use. |
GetImpostorType return value
Type: EImpostorType
Default: BillboardCloud
| Key | Value | Comment |
| EImpostorType_BillboardCloud | 0 | Generates a set of billboards that represents the scene. |
| EImpostorType_Flipbook | 1 | Renders the scene from a number of views and generates an atlas with the images. |
| EImpostorType_FromSingleView | 3 | Generates an impostor from a single view. |
Name
The name of the ImpostorSettings object. (Inherited from Object)
Syntax
SetName parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
const char * | name | | | New name of the object. |
GetName return value
Type: spString
Syntax
SetName parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
string | name | | | New name of the object. |
GetName return value
Type: string
Syntax
SetName parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| name | str | | | New name of the object. |
GetName return value
Type: str
ProcessSelectionSetID
Which selection set should be processed. If set to -1, all geometries in the scene will be processed. If both selection set name and ID are set, the name will be used.
Syntax
SetProcessSelectionSetID parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
rid | value | -1 | | The desired SelectionSet id. |
GetProcessSelectionSetID return value
Type: rid
Default: -1
Syntax
SetProcessSelectionSetID parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
int | value | -1 | | The desired SelectionSet id. |
GetProcessSelectionSetID return value
Type: int
Default: -1
Syntax
SetProcessSelectionSetID parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| value | int | -1 | | The desired SelectionSet id. |
GetProcessSelectionSetID return value
Type: int
Default: -1
ProcessSelectionSetName
Which selection set should be processed. If the name is not found, all geometries in the scene will be processed. If both selection set name and ID are set, the name will be used.
Syntax
SetProcessSelectionSetName parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
const char * | value | | | The desired SelectionSet name. |
GetProcessSelectionSetName return value
Type: spString
Default: nullptr
Syntax
SetProcessSelectionSetName parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
string | value | | | The desired SelectionSet name. |
GetProcessSelectionSetName return value
Type: string
Default: null
Syntax
SetProcessSelectionSetName parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| value | str | | | The desired SelectionSet name. |
GetProcessSelectionSetName return value
Type: str
Default: None
Methods details
AddObserver
Adds a user-defined observer object to the interface, that will receive events from the interface. (Inherited from Object)
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
Observer | observer | | | Observer is the object that will receive events. |
Return value
Type: rid
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
Observer | observer | | | Observer is the object that will receive events. |
Return value
Type: int
Syntax
Parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| observer | Observer | | | Observer is the object that will receive events. |
Return value
Type: int
GetBillboardCloudSettings
The settings for creating the billboard cloud.
GetBoolParameter
Get a named parameter boolean value.
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
const char * | name | | | Parameter name. |
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
string | name | | | Parameter name. |
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| name | str | | | Parameter name. |
Return value
Type: bool
GetClass
Get the name of the ImpostorSettings class. (Inherited from Object)
Syntax
Parameters
GetClass takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: spString
Syntax
Parameters
GetClass takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: string
Syntax
Parameters
GetClass takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: str
GetDoubleParameter
Get a named parameter floating point value.
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
const char * | name | | | Parameter name. |
Return value
Type: double
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
string | name | | | Parameter name. |
Return value
Type: double
Syntax
Parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| name | str | | | Parameter name. |
Return value
Type: float
GetErrorString
Returns a string describing the error that was found the last time ValidateSettings was performed.
Syntax
Parameters
GetErrorString takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: spString
Syntax
Parameters
GetErrorString takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: string
Syntax
Parameters
GetErrorString takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: str
GetFlipbookSettings
The settings for creating the flipbook.
Syntax
Parameters
GetFlipbookSettings takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: FlipbookSettings
Syntax
Parameters
GetFlipbookSettings takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: FlipbookSettings
Syntax
Parameters
GetFlipbookSettings takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: FlipbookSettings
GetImpostorFromSingleViewSettings
The settings for the single view impostor.
GetIntParameter
Get a named parameter integer value.
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
const char * | name | | | Parameter name. |
Return value
Type: int
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
string | name | | | Parameter name. |
Return value
Type: int
Syntax
Parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| name | str | | | Parameter name. |
Return value
Type: int
GetStringParameter
Get a named parameter string value.
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
const char * | name | | | Parameter name. |
Return value
Type: spString
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
string | name | | | Parameter name. |
Return value
Type: string
Syntax
Parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| name | str | | | Parameter name. |
Return value
Type: str
GetUIntParameter
Get a named parameter unsigned integer value.
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
const char * | name | | | Parameter name. |
Return value
Type: unsigned int
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
string | name | | | Parameter name. |
Return value
Type: uint
Syntax
Parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| name | str | | | Parameter name. |
Return value
Type: int
IsA
Returns true if ImpostorSettings is a or is a descendant of the class named as the type parameter. (Inherited from Object)
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
const char * | type | | | Name of the class to check if ImpostorSettings is, or is a descendant of. |
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
string | type | | | Name of the class to check if ImpostorSettings is, or is a descendant of. |
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| type | str | | | Name of the class to check if ImpostorSettings is, or is a descendant of. |
Return value
Type: bool
IsNull
Returns true if the ImpostorSettings object is invalid. (Inherited from Object)
Syntax
Parameters
IsNull takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
IsNull takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
IsNull takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: bool
IsSameObjectAs
Returns true if the ImpostorSettings object is valid. (Inherited from Object)
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
| Object | object | | | Object to compare with. |
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
| Object | object | | | Object to compare with. |
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| object | Object | | | Object to compare with. |
Return value
Type: bool
NonNull
Returns true if the ImpostorSettings object is valid. (Inherited from Object)
Syntax
Parameters
NonNull takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
NonNull takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
NonNull takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: bool
PrintInfo
Prints the content/info of the ImpostorSettings object to the log. (Inherited from Object)
Syntax
Parameters
PrintInfo takes no parameters.
Syntax
Parameters
PrintInfo takes no parameters.
Syntax
Parameters
PrintInfo takes no parameters.
RemoveObserver
Removes a previously added observer object. (Inherited from Object)
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
rid | observerId | | | ObserverId is the id returned by AddObserver when the observer was added. |
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
int | observerId | | | ObserverId is the id returned by AddObserver when the observer was added. |
Syntax
Parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| observerId | int | | | ObserverId is the id returned by AddObserver when the observer was added. |
SetBoolParameter
Set a named parameter boolean value.
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
const char * | name | | | Parameter name. |
bool | value | | | New value for parameter. |
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
string | name | | | Parameter name. |
bool | value | | | New value for parameter. |
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| name | str | | | Parameter name. |
| value | bool | | | New value for parameter. |
Return value
Type: bool
SetDoubleParameter
Set a named parameter floating point value.
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
const char * | name | | | Parameter name. |
double | value | | | New value for parameter. |
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
string | name | | | Parameter name. |
double | value | | | New value for parameter. |
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| name | str | | | Parameter name. |
| value | float | | | New value for parameter. |
Return value
Type: bool
SetIntParameter
Set a named parameter integer value.
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
const char * | name | | | Parameter name. |
int | value | | | New value for parameter. |
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
string | name | | | Parameter name. |
int | value | | | New value for parameter. |
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| name | str | | | Parameter name. |
| value | int | | | New value for parameter. |
Return value
Type: bool
SetStringParameter
Set a named parameter string value.
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
const char * | name | | | Parameter name. |
const char * | value | | | New value for parameter. |
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
string | name | | | Parameter name. |
string | value | | | New value for parameter. |
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| name | str | | | Parameter name. |
| value | str | | | New value for parameter. |
Return value
Type: bool
SetUIntParameter
Set a named parameter unsigned integer value.
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
const char * | name | | | Parameter name. |
unsigned int | value | | | New value for parameter. |
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
string | name | | | Parameter name. |
uint | value | | | New value for parameter. |
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| name | str | | | Parameter name. |
| value | int | | | New value for parameter. |
Return value
Type: bool
SetValidateParameterNames
Set if parameter names should be validated or not. Parameters that previously do not exist will generate and error if validation is enabled and be allowed if validation is disabled.
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
bool | validate | | | Flag indicating if validation is performed or not. |
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
bool | validate | | | Flag indicating if validation is performed or not. |
Syntax
Parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| validate | bool | | | Flag indicating if validation is performed or not. |
ToJSON
Get settings as JSON for debugging purposes.
Syntax
Parameters
ToJSON takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: spString
Syntax
Parameters
ToJSON takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: string
Syntax
Parameters
ToJSON takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: str
ValidateSettings
Validates the current settings values.
Syntax
Parameters
ValidateSettings takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
ValidateSettings takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
ValidateSettings takes no parameters.
Return value
Type: bool
Static methods details
IsClassA
Returns true if the class is a or is a descendant of the class named as the type parameter. (Inherited from Object)
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
const char * | type | | | Name of the class to check if the class is, or is a descendant of. |
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
string | type | | | Name of the class to check if the class is, or is a descendant of. |
Return value
Type: bool
Syntax
Parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| type | str | | | Name of the class to check if the class is, or is a descendant of. |
Return value
Type: bool
SafeCast
SafeCast makes sure the input object is of a class that can be cast into spImpostorSettings, and if this is the case, returns the object cast into spImpostorSettings. (Inherited from Object)
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
| Object | object | | | Object to cast. |
Return value
Type: ImpostorSettings
Syntax
Parameters
| Type | Name | Min | Max | Description |
| Object | object | | | Object to cast. |
Return value
Type: ImpostorSettings
Syntax
Parameters
| Name | Type | Min | Max | Description |
| object | Object | | | Object to cast. |
Return value
Type: ImpostorSettings