SPDL shader and parameter of type texture

[dlanier]

Hi,

In a shader SPDL file, I set a parameter of type texture like this :

PropertySet "Example_pset"
{
Parameter "OcclusionTexture" input
	{
		title = "Ambient occlusion";
		guid = "{91F405C0-213D-4241-AB75-8ACE3A4668CD}";
		type = texture;
		flags = 0;
		texturable = on;
		writable = on;
		animatable = on;
		persistable = on;
		readable = on;
		inspectable = on;
	}
...
}
BEGIN "{24810490-56FF-11d2-BF23-00A0C982CE5D}"
Defaults
{

       OcclusionTexture
	{
		Description = "Ambient occlusion";
		Commands = "{F5C75F11-2F05-11d3-AA95-00AA0068D2C0}";
		UIType = "ImageBrowserItem.ImageBrowserItem.1";
		Items
		{
		}
	}
...
}

And when creating the shader, I get the "NoIcon_Pic" but it is considered and used as a texture by my shader. I would like to have nothing set in the texture parameter as default and not a bitmap which represent a no icon.
Is that possible ?
Thank you.
Regards,

[jayb]

Hi,
I would like to have nothing set in the texture parameter as default and not a bitmap which represent a no icon.
Is that possible ?
Thank you.
Regards,

I'm pretty sure XSI won't allow dangling texture connections --- you'll always get the NOICON unless you attach something else in the render tree.

j

[dlanier]

Thanks, that is what I was told...
That's too bad as my shader recognizes this no_icon texture as a real texture and uses it...

Regards,