Order rendering object in VP2

[Anonymous]

I'm implementing a visual effect in Maya VP2. Basically there two objects A & B in the scene, I want to ensure A is always rendered first (A could be assigned with a standard blinn material), and the rendering result is grabbed into a render target texture. Then in next rendering pass, when B is rendered, the render target texture is used to do some lookup in a shader assigned to B.

The only way to I can figure out in VP2 is via MRenderOverride: create one MSceneRender just for A and another one for B. I haven't get my mind very clear yet especially when except for A & B, lots of other rendering object in scene, will scalability become a big problem. I'd like to get some opinion before diving into the implementation.

Thanks.

[cheng_xi_li]

Hi,

I am afraid there is no API for ordering render objects in VP2. Sorry for the bad news.

Yours,

Li