Class GLGE.Material

Extends GLGE.Animatable.
The Material class creates materials to be applied to objects in the graphics engine
Defined in: glge.js.

Class Summary
Constructor Attributes	Constructor Name and Description
	GLGE.Material()

Method Summary
Method Attributes	Method Name and Description
	addMaterialLayer(layer) Add a new layer to the material
	addTexture(image) Adds a new texture to this material
	getAlpha() Gets the alpha of the material
	getColor() Gets the current base color of the material
	getEmit() Gets the amount this material emits
	getLayers() Gets all the materials layers
	getReflectivity() Gets the materials reflectivity
	getShininess() Gets the shininess of the material
	getSpecular() Gets the specular of the material
	getSpecularColor() Gets the current base specular color of the material
	setAlpha(value) Sets the alpha of the material
	setColor(r, g, b) Sets the base colour of the material
	setEmit(value) Sets how much the material should emit
	setReflectivity(value) Sets reflectivity of the material
	setShininess(value) Sets the shininess of the material
	setSpecular(value) Sets the specular of the material
	setSpecularColor(r, g, b) Sets the base specular colour of the material

Methods borrowed from class GLGE.Animatable:: animate, getAnimation, getFrameRate, setAnimation, setFrameRate

Class Detail

GLGE.Material()

See:: GLGE.Object

Method Detail

{Number} addMaterialLayer(layer)

Add a new layer to the material

Parameters:
{MaterialLayer} layer: The material layer to add to the material

Returns:: {Number} index of the added layer

{Number} addTexture(image)

Adds a new texture to this material

Parameters:
{String} image: URL of the image to be used by the texture

Returns:: {Number} index of the new texture

{Number} getAlpha()

Gets the alpha of the material

Returns:: {Number} The current alpha of the material

{[r|g|b]} getColor()

Gets the current base color of the material

Returns:: {[r|g|b]} The current base color

{Number} getEmit()

Gets the amount this material emits

Returns:: {Number} The emit value for the material

{GLGE.MaterialLayer[]} getLayers()

Gets all the materials layers

Returns:: {GLGE.MaterialLayer[]} all of the layers contained within this material

{Number} getReflectivity()

Gets the materials reflectivity

Returns:: {Number} The reflectivity of the material

{Number} getShininess()

Gets the shininess of the material

Returns:: {Number} The current shininess of the material

{Number} getSpecular()

Gets the specular of the material

Returns:: {Number} The current specular of the material

{[r|g|b]} getSpecularColor()

Gets the current base specular color of the material

Returns:: {[r|g|b]} The current base specular color

setAlpha(value)

Sets the alpha of the material

Parameters:
{Number} value: how much alpha

setColor(r, g, b)

Sets the base colour of the material

Parameters:
{Number} r: The new red level 0-1
{Number} g: The new green level 0-1
{Number} b: The new blue level 0-1

setEmit(value)

Sets how much the material should emit

Parameters:
{Number} value: how much to emit (0-1)

setReflectivity(value)

Sets reflectivity of the material

Parameters:
{Number} value: how much to reflect (0-1)

setShininess(value)

Sets the shininess of the material

Parameters:
{Number} value: how much shine

setSpecular(value)

Sets the specular of the material

Parameters:
{Number} value: how much specular

setSpecularColor(r, g, b)

Sets the base specular colour of the material

Parameters:
{Number} r: The new red level 0-1
{Number} g: The new green level 0-1
{Number} b: The new blue level 0-1

Classes

Class GLGE.Material