Texture projection onto clones/make texture stick Tweet

[miroklasinc]

hi there,

trying to project some bold type texture onto a grid array cloner, basically a wall made from x by x clones.
now I want to rotate those clones by 180deg at some point, the type is supposed to be on the backside of the clones and becomes fully visible once the rotation is completed.
found this reference:

is it possible to project the texture onto the clones and then make it stick so it follows the rotation of the cubes?
quite easy to do in c4d but not sure how to do it in octane.

thanks in advance!

[aoktar]

It should be same as you do in standard way. Have you tried somethings?

[miroklasinc]

I'm about to try it the usual way, wasn't aware that it should be working like this tbh, that's great!
I'll give it a shot right away and report! thank you aoktar!

[miroklasinc]

ok just tried, the projection works fine, set it to PERSPECTIVE, dragged the projection camera in and set the position to WORLD SPACE, then applied the material to the cloner.
the type is visible but it's currently on every single clone instead of being projected over all of them.
any clues?

EDIT

I should have mentioned that I have another material underneath that colorizes the clones using a random color node in combination with a gradient. if I remove this material and just use the projected one it works. is there a way to combine the two?

also, I set the Fix texture mode in the cloner to straight, but it doesn't follow rotation unfortunately

[miroklasinc]

any clues on how to tackle this aoktar?

[aoktar]

I couldn't understand what you mean. Use uvw mapping on your wall and texture will not float on wall.

[miroklasinc]

in the object manager the material projection is set to UVW, inside the material I set the texture projection to PERSPECTIVE because I want the type image to be projected across all the cubes in the cloner.
not sure how to tackle this, appreciate any help!

[miroklasinc]

this is the array of cubes:

this is the text that gets projected onto the cubes:

can it still be made stuck to the cubes even though it's camera projected within the octane material?

[aoktar]

can it still be made stuck to the cubes even though it's camera projected within the octane material?

No of course. You need to use c4d projections and convert to uvw map.

[miroklasinc]

oh I see, will give this a shot shortly, thank you!!