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Element Information

Sample Code

Example code for the id PARTICLES_EMITTER_SOURCE_TEXTURE_CHANNEL_SCALE in Oxparticle

Note that this is not the actual code from the Oxparticle file.

This code is just an example to show you how to add a similar control to your own description.

Resource File Code (Oxparticle.res)


LONG  PARTICLES_EMITTER_SOURCE_TEXTURE_CHANNEL_SCALE
{
                        
    CYCLE 
    {         SOURCE_CHANNEL_NONE; 
        SOURCE_CHANNEL_COLOR; 
        SOURCE_CHANNEL_DIFFUSION; 
        SOURCE_CHANNEL_LUMINANCE; 
        SOURCE_CHANNEL_TRANSPARENCY; 
        SOURCE_CHANNEL_REFLECTION; 
        SOURCE_CHANNEL_BUMP; 
        SOURCE_CHANNEL_ALPHA; 
        SOURCE_CHANNEL_DISP; 
    }
}
            

Header File Code (Oxparticle.h)

#ifndef OXPARTICLE_H__
#define OXPARTICLE_H__
enum
{
  PARTICLES_EMITTER_SOURCE_TEXTURE_CHANNEL_SCALE = 1000,  //First ID should start at 1000
    SOURCE_CHANNEL_NONE = 1,
    SOURCE_CHANNEL_COLOR = 2,
    SOURCE_CHANNEL_DIFFUSION = 3,
    SOURCE_CHANNEL_LUMINANCE = 4,
    SOURCE_CHANNEL_TRANSPARENCY = 5,
    SOURCE_CHANNEL_REFLECTION = 6,
    SOURCE_CHANNEL_BUMP = 7,
    SOURCE_CHANNEL_ALPHA = 8,
    SOURCE_CHANNEL_DISP = 9,
};
#endif	// OXPARTICLE_H__

String File Code (Oxparticle.str)

// C4D-StringResource
// Identifier	Text
STRINGTABLE
{
  PARTICLES_EMITTER_SOURCE_TEXTURE_CHANNEL_SCALE    "ScaleChannel";
    SOURCE_CHANNEL_NONE    "None";
    SOURCE_CHANNEL_COLOR    "Color";
    SOURCE_CHANNEL_DIFFUSION    "Diffusion";
    SOURCE_CHANNEL_LUMINANCE    "Luminance";
    SOURCE_CHANNEL_TRANSPARENCY    "Transparency";
    SOURCE_CHANNEL_REFLECTION    "Reflection";
    SOURCE_CHANNEL_BUMP    "Bump";
    SOURCE_CHANNEL_ALPHA    "Alpha";
    SOURCE_CHANNEL_DISP    "Displacement";
}