Material map names not recognized

Submitted by elpin on Fri, 2018-05-04 02:52

I'm sure it's something very simple that I'm just doing wrong...

Basically, I have a standard material with a texture in a diffuse map slot. The map holding the texture is the ordinary Bitmap map.

If I select an object assigned with this material and write this line into the listener:

$.material.diffuseMap

then I get an expected output saying MyTexture:Bitmap

However, if I try to put it into an "if" statement and write:

if $.material.diffuseMap == Bitmap then print "yes it is Bitmap" else print "no it isn't Bitmap"

then the output I'm getting is "no it isn't Bitmap"

Could anybody please tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks!
David

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Submitted by elpin on Sat, 2018-05-05 11:43.

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oh, I see. That solves it then. Thank you!

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Submitted by jahman on Sat, 2018-05-05 07:42.

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You can't compare class and instance of a class directly. 

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format "meditMaterials[1].diffuseMap == BitmapTexture >> %\n" (meditMaterials[1].diffuseMap == BitmapTexture)
format "meditMaterials[1].diffuseMap == Bitmap >> %\n" (meditMaterials[1].diffuseMap == Bitmap)
format "classOf meditMaterials[1].diffuseMap == Bitmap >> %\n" (classOf meditMaterials[1].diffuseMap == Bitmap)
format "classOf meditMaterials[1].diffuseMap == BitmapTexture >> %\n" (classOf meditMaterials[1].diffuseMap == BitmapTexture )
format "isKindOf meditMaterials[1].diffuseMap BitmapTexture >> %\n" (isKindOf meditMaterials[1].diffuseMap BitmapTexture )
format "isKindOf meditMaterials[1].diffuseMap.bitmap Bitmap >> %\n" (isKindOf meditMaterials[1].diffuseMap.bitmap Bitmap)	
)


meditMaterials[1].diffuseMap == BitmapTexture >> false
meditMaterials[1].diffuseMap == Bitmap >> false
classOf meditMaterials[1].diffuseMap == Bitmap >> false
classOf meditMaterials[1].diffuseMap == BitmapTexture >> true
isKindOf meditMaterials[1].diffuseMap BitmapTexture >> true
isKindOf meditMaterials[1].diffuseMap.bitmap Bitmap >> true

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