3DX INTERACTIVE LAMPLIGHT

Download the TableLamp.msq.zip (47KB), and then load this in Motion Editor. The file scene is already been set and textured all you have to do is to modulate the light and Animate surface attributes in the scene. After that you will set the animation groups for each event then convert the scene to 3DX.

• First modulate the light; open the Light Modulations window in the Object menu then select bulb, and then under blub list select Color to modulate then click Modulate button. On the track editor add keys 4,5,6,9,10,11,14,15,16,19,20,21.

Input the following settings for the selected keys:

For key 5 input values for: R 255, G 255, B 255 for lighter color.
For key 10 input values for: R 59, G 59, B 255 for blue color
For key 15 input values for: R 255, G 595, B 59 for red color
For key 20 input values for: R 59, G 255, B 59 for green color.

This will change the light color when triggering events.

Next, under Color select Intensity, click on Modulate button then insert keys 4 and 5. Select the key 5 then change the Intensity value to 1 (this is the maximum intensity of the light).

• To Animate the surface attribute;

For the attribute open the Material Animation window in the Render menu. Click on lamptable.3da and then select BULB on the attribute list, then on the surface property list select Ambient to animate, then click on the Animate button. On the track editor insert keys 4 and 5. Select the key 5 and change the RGB value by R 255, G 255, and B 255.

Select another attribute; Shade, select Ambient to animate, then apply the same settings you made for the bulb light object.

• To set the animation groups open the Animation Groups window under Keyframe menu.

You will be using only 2 objects for all the groups namely the bulb and TableLamper, so drag this two objects towards the group list when adding groups. Select the Loop behavior for the Action, apply this to all the groups. Change only the Start and End value for each group added.

Apply settings as follows:

For the group name Off input a value of 0 for the Start and End options.
For the group name White input a value of 5 for the Start and End options.
For the group name Blue input a value of 10 for the Start and End options.
For the group name Red input a value of 15 for the Start and End options.
For the group name Green input a value of 20 for the Start and End options.

• To set the events, on the Attribute list you will notice the five group names is already listed as an attribute name (off, white, blue, red, green).

Apply a group name for each of the five attributes, select only a group name that carry the same name as the attribute in the Animation Group list.

On the Trigger option select only by Click, apply this to all five group events. After that click on Apply to initialize settings then your ready to convert the scene to 3DX.

• To covert files to 3dx open the File menu and select Export 3dx, and then save the file.

• To activate the lamp just click on the five colored button at the lower part of the lamp.

To see the finished version of the table lamp down load the TableLamp.3dx.zip (22KB) file.