mtl

The current material in a material event; can be used to switch material properties or  A7  whole materials at runtime.

Type:

MATERIAL*

Example:

// use different material effects depending on the view - use ENABLE_TREE 
if (render_view == camera) { mtl.ambient_red = 255; }
...


// switch the material depending on the view - use ENABLE_RENDER
function mtl_event_render()
{
  if (render_view == view_radar) { 
    mtl = mtl_radar; return(0);
  }
  if (render_view == view_depth) {
    mtl = mtl_depth; return(0);
  }
}
...
MATERIAL* mtl_plain =
{
  event = mtl_event_render;
  flags = ENABLE_RENDER;
  ...
}

See also:

material.event, render_view, material flags