Text as Texture?

elena · Posts: 3

Hi,

is it possible to use textnodes as textures for other pandanodes?
Can it be done that the text remains dynamic, i.e. allowing to change the text dynamically?

If so can anyone show how to do that?

Thanks a lot for your help,

-- Elena

treeform · Posts: 2027 Location: Seattle

No text nodes don't modify the texture. All text nodes are collections of blocks that share set of textures. But what you can do is create an off screen buffer and camera. Have camera look at the text. When text changes you refresh the buffer.
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ynjh_jo · Posts: 1596 Location: Malang, Indonesia

elena · Posts: 3

Hi ynjh_jo and treeform,

thanks for your replies and especially ynjh_jo for your code.
I will go testing and trying to understand it.

The reason for my question is: I am looking for an easy way of transferring text to arbitrary surface forms (spheres, cylinders, squares ...) I thought if texts can be used as textures I simply projekt them onto these forms.
(Thats why I miss the modules ProjectionScreen or NonLinearImager in the current panda3D release, see my below post)

Does this make sense or is there a more easy way?

Thanks a lot ,

Elena

ynjh_jo · Posts: 1596 Location: Malang, Indonesia

Easy way of what ? Converting text to texture ? RTT is the only way. Once you get it as a texture, you can project it anyway you like, follow the manual. You don't need projectionscreen for that.
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