Material

new Material({ layer?, opacity?, shading?, side? })
THREE: THREE.Material

Base material. All materials share the layer, opacity, shading, and side properties. Not intended to be used directly - use a subclass.

Differs from THREE.js

opacity is a 0–8 integer (nine discrete steps), not a 0–1 float. No transparent boolean. layer has no THREE equivalent.

Properties

NameTypeDescription
id

number

Auto-incrementing unique identifier.

name

string

Optional display name.

layer

number

Draw order within a tile. Higher values draw later (on top). See Layer enum.

opacity

number

Discrete translucency: 0 = fully opaque, 8 = nearly transparent. Nine fixed steps.

shading

number

Shading.Flat or Shading.Gouraud.

side

number

Side.Front, Side.Back, or Side.Double.

visible

boolean

When false, meshes using this material are skipped.

needsUpdate

boolean

Flag for external cache invalidation.

Methods

MethodDescription
clone(): Material

Returns a copy of this material.

dispose(): void

Override in subclasses to release texture references.