PRT Loader Objects Explorer

 Available in: Krakatoa v1.0.0 and higher.

• 1 PRT Loader Objects Explorer
  • 1.1 Selecting PRT Loaders
  • 1.2 Property Display
  • 1.3 Selecting and Deselecting Loaders In the Listbox
  • 1.4 Enable/Disable Selected Loaders In Viewport and Rendering
  • 1.5 Change Mode Of Selected Loaders for Viewport and Rendering
  • 1.6 SEE ALSO

Selecting PRT Loaders

• The PRT Loader Objects rollout in the Krakatoa Explorers floater will display dynamically all PRT Loaders in the scene.
  • Adding, Renaming, Editing and Deleting Loaders will be reflected by the content of the list box.

• Selecting Loaders in the Scene and selecting one or more loaders in the listbox will be synchronized by default.
  • To disable this behaviour, uncheck the [>Synch. Selection] option.

Property Display

• The name of each Loader will always be displayed inside [] brackets.
• The list box will only display one set of properties at a time to avoid cluttering the view.
• The available property sets are:

• • Particle Files: number of file sequences followed by their file names without path.
  • Render Settings: on state, percentage, limit toggle and value in thousands and Loading mode. When off, the rest will not be shown.
  • Viewport Settings: on state, percentage, limit toggle and value in thousands and Loading mode. When off, the rest will not be shown.
  • Particle Display Mode: shows small, large dots or velocities display in the viewport.
  • Particle Color Source: viewport and renderer particle color source mode.
  • Timing: Frame Offset plus Load Whole File Sequence or Load Single Frame Only mode.
  • Options: Use Transformations mode
  • Missing Frames In Scene: Displays a list of all missing frames with respect to the current scene segment.
  • Missing Frames In Render: Displays a list of all missing frames with respect to the list of frames to be rendered.

• The last two display modes can be used to detect potential problems when rendering the scene.
  • The displayed frames take into account the frame offset and playback graph animation for all Particle Loaders.

• Switching the properties display mode via the drop-down list will refresh the list.

Selecting and Deselecting Loaders In the Listbox

• The list box allows multiple selections
  • To select more than one entry, hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and click multiple items.
  • You can also use the Shift key to select a range of items between two clicks.

• A set of 3 buttons underneath the list box provide fast selection operations:
  • Select All Loaders: selects all Loaders in the list box. If the [>Synch. Selection] option is checked, this will also select all Loaders in the scene.
  • Deselect All Loaders: deselects all Loaders in the list box and optionally in the scene if the [>Synch. Selection] option is checked.
  • Invert Loaders Selection: selects the unselected and deselects the selected Loaders.

Enable/Disable Selected Loaders In Viewport and Rendering

• A set of 4 buttons in this group of controls can be used to control the display of the Loaders in the viewports and in the final rendering.
  • Enable In Viewport: enables the viewport display for all Loaders selected in the list box.
  • Disable In Viewport: disables the viewport display for all Loaders selected in the list box.
  • Enable In Render: enables the rendering for all Loaders selected in the list box.
  • Disable In Render: disables the rendering for all Loaders selected in the list box.

Change Mode Of Selected Loaders for Viewport and Rendering

• A set of drop-down lists and [Set Mode] buttons allow the user to quickly switch the particle loading and color source settings of any number of selected Particle Loaders.

• To change the mode
  • select one or more Loaders from the list
  • select the mode from the corresponding drop-down list
  • press the [Set Mode] button to the right of the drop-down list

SEE ALSO

• PRT Loader Object