Actor Directory Reference

Entities that contribute to the final image directly.

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Directories
	Basic
	Dome
	Geometry
	Defines basic shapes.
	Image
	Defines image generating functions.
	Light
	Defines energy emitting entities.
	Material
	Describes surface properties of geometries.
	ModelParser
	MotionSource
	Describes movement of geometries.
	SDLExtension

Files
	Actor.cpp
	Actor.h
	ADome.cpp
	ADome.h
	AMaskedModel.cpp
	AMaskedModel.h
	AModel.cpp
	AModel.h
	APhantomModel.cpp
	APhantomModel.h
	ATransformedInstance.cpp
	ATransformedInstance.h
	ModelBuilder.cpp
	ModelBuilder.h
	ModelLoader.cpp
	ModelLoader.h
	PhysicalActor.cpp
	PhysicalActor.h
	StandaloneSdlResource.h

Detailed Description

Entities that contribute to the final image directly.

A composite data container.

Actors are composite data containers and are a higher level concept than standalone data containers. In Photon, composite containers are often called actors since they usually contribute to the final image directly, in a sense similar to film actors. Little can be achieved if we have only standalone data containers at hand. The purpose of composite containers is to achieve aggregate behaviors on data blocks.