Data Material

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Hi,

Data Material plugin is not working as we used it before. Does anyone know if anything has changed? I've read the manuals, tried different computers and rebuilt.

Its a simple plugin and if anyone has any ideas that would be greatly appreciated.

Please check attached.

Thanks,
Charlotte

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Hi Charlotte,
This syntax works
COLOUR=COLOR 255 255 0;

COLOUR=DIFFUSE 255 0 0;

You are absolutely right. According to the releasenotes they did change something.
DP-214: Add built-in color options to DataMaterial instead of requiring prefix and support more value formats.
My old training scenes dont work anymore either using this method.
COLOUR=MATERIAL MATERIAL*GLOBALS/IMAGES/PARTY/LIB

A workaround would be to script the material codes and refere to them as a variable that way. Instead of DataPool.This is probably quicker than supportcases unfortunately. I have already set up a case with Case Number 00081178 anyway, so lets see what happens.

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Thanks again Lars!

That is another great option. Might even be more optimized than Data Pool.

Attached is the workaround we did still using DP Material.

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Quick update Charlotte. The case I set up has now been set to In Development, so hopefully it will be fixed soon.

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Hi Charlotte,
A year down the line and I now finally have a reply to the supportcase. As I said about the timing of supportcases.......
The reply was:
the fix version for this will be Engine 4.1 which is currently scheduled for March 2020.

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I have tested it in 4.1 and it seems to work again on that version, but that still doesnt help backward compatibility.