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FreakyChest
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7 months ago
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Can we use setTexture in local mode

Trying to create gun with some texture switching, needs to run in local. I have a script that has no issue switching between images when it is global script, when I switch to local script and chan...
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    FreakyChest
    7 months ago

    Short answer is that since "local scripts cannot access or use texture assets", then MeshEntity.setTexture should not be used and  shouldn't work locally. "If you want to set a new UI-optimized texture for an entity, you must send an event to a default script and let it trigger the API call" (getting started with local scripting).

    MeshEntity.setTexture can work locally when you set options to the local player (but likely shouldn't work), but seems to have stability issues.

    meshEntity.setTexture(texture,{players:[this.entity.owner.get()]});
     
    I tested this with no options and empty array which both failed when ran locally (player owned).
    When I used the code above it works, but desktop editor has crashed more then once, takes a little bit of time (a min), volume goes out and freezes. 
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SeeingBlue
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7 months ago

Don't confused the UI ImageSource with the meshEntity styling. They are different. While the UI can update ImageSource on a per player basis, meshEntity cannot. I honestly was not aware that local scripts could not swap textures, but it looks like you've proved it here.

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FreakyChest
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7 months ago

I wasn't confused, another creator mentioned it (in discord) and I made sure to write why it wasn't possible. To me there was still a small chance that there was overlap, even if one is UI specific and one meshEntity specific I did still test to make sure it was still not possible, tested by just getting the image to trigger the image to load just in case (didn't work, not a big deal)....

I think the only other thing I can test is, can assets be spawned locally (player owned), if not then we maybe we can't access assets while local and its not just texture assets? If that is the case then that would mean .setTexture just can't be used locally and would need to use UI or entity switching or future update.... Going to test that now, access asset while player owned.

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