Naming a Monitor Item (Legacy 3DS MAX)

Use a Monitor when you require dynamic text on a texture. For example, you can use a Monitor to show the value of a variable inside a digital LCD display.

• The text area face of the text display must be multi-material with a dummy texture called monitor_default.tga.

• The dummy texture is generated at runtime by the engine.

Script node

ItemMonitor

Mesh hierarchy

root

|--monitor_xxx

|--(label_monitor_xxx

Building the item

• Create the mesh to be part of the display. The geometry can have other child monitor elements, such as a frame or some buttons.

• Rename the mesh as monitor_xxx.

• Assign your preferred shader and material.

• Use the UVW Map tool to create the correct map coordinates.

Comments

• The screen mesh material must contain a texture called monitor_default.tga that must be mapped 0-1 to the screen area.