CAST II Game Engine

	Name	Description
	`BlendMatrices`
	`FCurrentTesselator`	Reference to current tesselator
	`FCurTechnique`	Current render technique
	`FCustomLighting`
	`FTesselatorKind`	Determines what kind tesselator will be used to tesselated the item
	`IndexInPass`	Index in TRenderPass.Items array
	`RetrieveTextureMatrix`	ToDO: optimize
	`VisibilityCheck`	/ Called every frame as last instance of visibility check. Assigned by default to DefaultVisibilityCheck. Should not be nil.

Methods

Overview

	`constructor Create(AManager: TItemsManager); override;`
	`destructor Destroy; override;`
	`procedure AddProperties(const Result: Props.TProperties); override;`
	`procedure AddToPasses;`
	`procedure BeginLighting;`
	`function CalculateLighting(const ALight: TLight): Boolean;`
	`function DefaultVisibilityCheck(const Camera: TCamera): Boolean;`
	`procedure DoHide;`
	`procedure DoShow;`
	`function GetMaterial: TMaterial;`
	`function GetSortValue(const Camera: TCamera): Single; virtual;`
	`function GetTesselatorClass: CTesselator; virtual;`
	`procedure HandleMessage(const Msg: TMessage); override;`
	`procedure Hide; virtual;`
	`class function IsAbstract: Boolean; override;`
	`function isActuallyVisible: Boolean;`
	`function isParentsVisible: Boolean;`
	`procedure OnInit; override;`
	`procedure OnSceneAdd; override;`
	`procedure OnSceneRemove; override;`
	`procedure RemoveFromPasses;`
	`procedure Render; virtual;`
	`procedure RetrieveShaderConstants(var ConstList: TShaderConstants); virtual;`
	`procedure SetCurrentLOD(const Value: Single); virtual;`
	`procedure SetCurTechnique(const Value: TTechnique);`
	`procedure SetMaterial(Value: TMaterial);`
	`procedure SetMesh; virtual;`
	`procedure SetParent(NewParent: TItem); override;`
	`procedure SetProperties(Properties: Props.TProperties); override;`
	`procedure SetState(const Value: TSet32); override;`
	`procedure Show; virtual;`

Description

constructor Create(AManager: TItemsManager); override;

destructor Destroy; override;

procedure AddProperties(const Result: Props.TProperties); override;

Manual lighting

procedure AddToPasses;

procedure BeginLighting;

Used for manual rendering only

function CalculateLighting(const ALight: TLight): Boolean;

Manual lighting begin

function DefaultVisibilityCheck(const Camera: TCamera): Boolean;

procedure DoHide;

procedure DoShow;

function GetMaterial: TMaterial;

function GetSortValue(const Camera: TCamera): Single; virtual;

function GetTesselatorClass: CTesselator; virtual;

procedure HandleMessage(const Msg: TMessage); override;

procedure Hide; virtual;

class function IsAbstract: Boolean; override;

function isActuallyVisible: Boolean;

Returns True if visibility mask of the item and all its parents has isVisible flag included

function isParentsVisible: Boolean;

Returns True if visibility mask of all parents has isVisible flag included

procedure OnInit; override;

procedure OnSceneAdd; override;

procedure OnSceneRemove; override;

procedure RemoveFromPasses;

procedure Render; virtual;

For sorted items

procedure RetrieveShaderConstants(var ConstList: TShaderConstants); virtual;

procedure SetCurrentLOD(const Value: Single); virtual;

procedure SetCurTechnique(const Value: TTechnique);

procedure SetMaterial(Value: TMaterial);

procedure SetMesh; virtual;

procedure SetParent(NewParent: TItem); override;

procedure SetProperties(Properties: Props.TProperties); override;

procedure SetState(const Value: TSet32); override;

procedure Show; virtual;

Properties

Overview

	`property CurrentLOD: Single;`
	`property CurrentTesselator: TTesselator;`
	`property CurTechnique: TTechnique;`
	`property CustomLighting: Boolean;`
	`property Material: TMaterial;`
	`property TesselatorKind: TTesselatorKind;`

Description

property CurrentLOD: Single;

property CurrentTesselator: TTesselator;

property CurTechnique: TTechnique;

property CustomLighting: Boolean;

property Material: TMaterial;

property TesselatorKind: TTesselatorKind;

write SetCurTechnique