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TXMT/Parameters/CategorisedList/TexturalAnimation

There're 4 known designed pathways to control textural animation(s). The following is a simple numeric hierarchy is to show how these txmt parameters work according to these pathways (the values of "stdMatTextureCoordAnimMode").

0. The first-most parameter to set for activation, deactivation, textural animation types is

• stdMatTextureCoordAnimMode

1. If the value is "none", then textural animation is disabled.

2. If the value is "tile", then the following parameters should be set and needed.

• These parameters set the properties of tile-animation as shown in JWoods' Cell Animation Tutorial here

• stdMatTextureCoordAnimNumTiles
• stdMatTextureCoordTileAnimSpeed

• an example - niol's recolour - Numenor_WallWindow_(Standard+Seamless)_Recolour-Moi_lightning-2048-compressed.rar

3. If the value is "transform", then the following parameters should be set and needed.

The translation parameters are essential for the rotation parameters to work out.

• This parameter sets the relative location of the "transform"-based textural animation of the mapped surfaces or region(s).

• stdMatTextureCoordTfAnimOrigin

• These parameters set how the essential "transform-based translation" animation behaves. Such translation can work independently from scaling and rotation.

• stdMatTextureCoordTfAnimTransSpeed
• stdMatTextureCoordTfAnimTransStart
• stdMatTextureCoordTfAnimTransStartY (not normally used in most textural animations, ignorable until its usage becomes clear and confirmed)
• stdMatTextureCoordTfAnimTransEnd
• stdMatTextureCoordTfAnimTransWaveform

• These parameters set how the "transform-based rotation" animation behaves. Such rotation can work independently from scaling.

• stdMatTextureCoordTfAnimRotSpeed
• stdMatTextureCoordTfAnimRotStartEnd
• stdMatTextureCoordTfAnimRotWaveform

• These parameters set how the "transform-based scaling" animation behaves. Such scaling can work independently from rotation.

• stdMatTextureCoordTfAnimScaleSpeed
• stdMatTextureCoordTfAnimScaleStartEnd
• stdMatTextureCoordTfAnimScaleWaveform

• an example - niol's recolour - Numenor(MTS2)_SphereMatte_Moi_sphere_Cthru_R000G000B255-g.rar

4. If the value is "video", then its potential usage(s) is unknown yet. It may be to specify and enable animation already existed in the material or something else.