THQ Material (RW Section)

THQ Material (Custom)
RenderWare Stream Section
Vendor	THQ
Module	Plug-In
Module ID	0x00CAFE
Identifier	0x45
Chunk ID	0x00CAFE45
Versions	All
Hierarchy
Parents: Material (Extension), Atomic (Extension, see below)
Children: None
Extensions: None
File Format

The custom material extension was developed by THQ to attach geometric rendering properties to a material, using alpha referencing, z-test flags, blend functions, and culling, used for the known game Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the Twonkies.

Structure

{
 uint32 header
 int32 sectionSize
 uint32 renderProps
 
 int32 AlphaTestRef
 uint32 ZWriteFlags
 int32 SrcBlend
 int32 DestBlend
 int32 FaceCullIndex
 
 RwBool AlphaEnabled
 RwCullMode FaceCullMode
 
 AlphaTestRef = ((renderProps << 1) & 0xFF000000) >> 24);
 SrcBlend = ((renderProps << 1) & 0xF0) >> 4;
 DstBlend = ((renderProps << 1) & 0xF00) >> 8;
 FaceCullIndex = (renderProps << 1) & 0xF;

 if (DstBlend == rwBLENDZERO)
   AlphaEnabled = FALSE
 else
   AlphaEnabled = TRUE
 
 switch( FaceCullIndex )
   {
       case 0:
       {
           FaceCullMode = rwCULLMODECULLNONE;
           break;
       }
 
       case 1:
       {
           FaceCullMode = rwCULLMODECULLBACK;
           break;
       }
 
       case 2:
       {
           FaceCullMode = rwCULLMODECULLFRONT;
           break;
       }
   }
}