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Real Time Mirror -- Blender 3D Game Engine

Quick Instructions

1.  Add the game object to be used as the mirror
 
2.  Add a material to the Mirror.  Set to shadeless
Add a material
Buttons Window menu >> Shading (F5) >> Material buttons
Links and Pipeline tab
Link to Object
Add New
Links and Pipeline tab
Link to Object
MA:  Reflect
Material tab
Shadeless button
 
3.  Add a texture to the material
Buttons Window menu >> Shading (F5) >> Texture buttons (F6)
Texture Tab
Add New
Texture Type:  Image
Image tab
Load
 
4.  Add a UV Texture to the material
Buttons Window menu >> Editing (F9)
Mesh tab
UV Texture: New
 
5.  UV Unwrap the UV texture
U key
or
3D View menu >> Mesh >> UV Unwrap
Select UV Calculation method
 
6.  UV map UV Texture to image
UV/Image editor >> Image box
Select  image
Map to image
Mirror X Axis (for mirror image)
 
7.  Map Input:  UV
Buttons Window menu >> Shading (F5) >> Material buttons
Map Input tab
UV button
UV name
 
8.  Add Mirror.py to the Text Editor
Download:  Mirror.txt
Text Editor menu >> Text >> Open
Rename Mirror.txt to Mirror.py (if it isn't already)
 
9.  Add an Always Sensor to the Mirror
Buttons Window menu >> Logic (F4)
Sensors
Add
Always
Activate TRUE level triggering (pulse mode)
 
10.  Add a Python Controller:  Use Mirror.py
Buttons Window menu >> Logic (F4)
Controllers
Add
Python
Script:  Mirror.py
 
11.  Add a string Property named material to the Mirror
Buttons Window menu >> Logic (F4)
Add Property button
Type:  String
Name:  material
Enter the material name
 
12.  Connect the Always Sensor to the Python Controller
 
13.  Optional:  Add a  Int (integer) Property named channel to the Mirror

Note:
By default, the Mirror uses the 1st texture channel (channel 0) on the material for the mirror.  Add this if you want to use a different texture channel.

Add Property named material to the Camera
Buttons Window menu >> Logic (F4)
Add Property button
Type:  Int
Name:  channel
 
14.  Optional:  Make Mirror (semi) transparent

Note:
Blender GLSL Materials and Blender Multitexture Materials. 

Buttons Window menu >> Shading (F4) >> Materials buttons
Links and Pipeline tab
ZTransp button
Material tab
A (slider bar)

 
15.  Start Game Engine
P key
or
User Preference menu >> Game >> Start Game
 

 
 
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