updated from old repo

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/js/helper-classes/RDGE/GLMaterial.js b/js/helper-classes/RDGE/GLMaterial.js
index 51c27ace..c633f679 100644
--- a/js/helper-classes/RDGE/GLMaterial.js
+++ b/js/helper-classes/RDGE/GLMaterial.js
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ function GLMaterial( world )
         this.getShader                  = function()                    {  return this._shader;                         }
         this.getMaterialNode    = function()                    {  return this._materialNode;           }
 
+        // a material can be animated or not. default is not.  
+        // Any material needing continuous rendering should override this method
+        this.isAnimated                 = function()                    {  return false;                                        }
+
 
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // Common Material Methods
@@ -174,6 +178,31 @@ function GLMaterial( world )
                 // animated materials should implement the update method
         }
 
+        this.registerTexture = function( texture )
+        {
+                // the world needs to know about the texture map
+                var world = this.getWorld();
+                if (!world)
+                        console.log( "**** world not defined for registering texture map: " + texture.lookUpName );
+                else
+                        world.textureToLoad( texture );
+        }
+
+        this.loadTexture = function( texMapName, wrap, mips )
+        {
+                var tex;
+                var world = this.getWorld();
+                if (!world)
+                        console.log( "world not defined for material with texture map" );
+                else
+                {
+                        var renderer = world.getRenderer();
+                        tex = renderer.getTextureByName(texMapName, wrap, mips );
+                        this.registerTexture( tex );
+                }
+                return tex;
+        }
+
         this.export = function()
         {
                 // this function should be overridden by subclasses