Need help creating a Camera Modifier.

Sighman

Hi,

I have created a tree modifier that I want to apply to a camera. However, the modifier only shows up for instances. Does anyone know what needs to be done to get it registered as a camera modifier?

Thanks

Eric Winemiller

// Cognito Data

resource 'data' (200) 
{
 {
  'li  ', // light
  'ca  ', // camera
  'prim', // instanciable primitive
  'grou', // group
 }
};

Good luck,

Sighman

Thanks Eric but that didn't work. I managed to get it to work by adding a '# 1' to the category...

I guess there is no way to keep it out of the other menus?

resource 'COMP' (kPanoramicCameraModifier) {
 kRID_ModifierFamilyID,
 kPanoramicCameraModifierID,
 "Panoramic",
 "Panoramic # 1", // This is what makes it show up in the Camera menu.
 FIRSTVERSION,
 VERSIONSTRING,
 COPYRIGHT,
 kRDAPIVersion
};

resource 'GUID' (kPanoramicCameraModifier) 
{
 {
  R_IID_I3DExModifier,         /*I3DExModifier*/
  R_CLSID_PanoramicCameraModifier
 }            
};

resource 'PMap' (kPanoramicCameraModifier) {
 {
  'mode', 'in32', noFlags, "Panoramic Camera Mode", "",
  'hfov', 're32', interpolate, "Horizontal Field of View", "",
  'vfov', 're32', interpolate, "Vertical Field of View", ""
 }
};

// I added this anyway but I don't know what it does...
resource 'data' (kPanoramicCameraModifier) {
 { 'ca  ' }
};

Eric Winemiller

Huh. That data resource was all I did to make Cognito show up for cameras. Interesting to know.

Regards,

Sighman

Well, I ended up switching to a DataComponent. I can control when it shows up in the Effects Tab and for a particular Camera type which is what I need. That 'data' resource you provided works well with Data Components.

Thanks again for your invaluable help.