You can already have more than one material listed in the lightSourceMaterialName# property. Just separe them with one or more spaces.
I didn't know that. That will solve the problem in some cases where lightsources need different colors. They will still be controlled with a single power setting but tweaking with more or less transparency of a panel in front of the lightsource can solve that in some situations.Then, sorry, but adding a light power setting to the Material modification dialog box is weird too, even if it wouldn't be too difficult to program.
I don't understand why that is weird. It's a property of the material so the only logical location is in the modify material dialogue. I always thought that the current location is weird. Its current location suggests that it is a property of the object while it's a material property. The fact that you can list multiple material names clearly proves that.I know that adding to the dialog is easy. The storage in the pluginFurnitureCatalog.properties file is already supported. Adding a similar property lightSourceMaterialPower# adds the option to preset the power settings. Without that property line all default to 50%, so backward compatibility solved too. Storage in the Home.xml file is also easy (see my first post in this thread).
As a developer I have made wrong design decisions too but I always redesign and refactor them, hopefully before a client comes with a request that needs the change anyway. I do understand your reluctance to change this, I just keep hoping you get over the 'weird' issue since technically I see no real problem
The biggest problem is time and priorities, now those I understand VERY well!
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