What's New in Director 8.5 > Controlling the 3D World > Rendering functionality > Movie properties

 

Movie properties

Use these properties to control which renderer the movie uses:

Property

Access

Description

the preferred3dRenderer

Get and set

The renderer a particular movie prefers. The default value is #auto, which allows the movie to pick the best available renderer. This property is not the same as the currentRenderer property. The preferred3dRenderer property stipulates which renderer the movie prefers, whereas the currentRenderer property gives the renderer currently in use. The possible values for the preferred3dRenderer property are as follows:

#openGL: openGL drivers for a hardware accelerator

#directX7_0: DirectX7_0 drivers for a hardware accelerator

#directX5_2: DirectX5_2 drivers for a hardware accelerator

#software: built-in Director software renderer

the active3DRenderer

Get

The renderer the movie is actually using. Equivalent to the RendererServices object currentRenderer property. Possible values are as follows:

#openGL: openGL drivers for a hardware accelerator

#directX7_0: DirectX7_0 drivers for a hardware accelerator

#directX5_2: DirectX5_2 drivers for a hardware accelerator

#software: built-in Director software renderer