Ross, Yeah, I hope cloning is coming very soon. For the time being I managed to get it working with iterating over the children of a container, cloning them, then re-assembling in a new container. Not the best solution and it is cutting my FPS in half at the moment but thats due to the fact that according to Fabrice they have not optimized yet for many models on the stage at once. In any case, thanks for your help, it was essential in me coming to this conclusion.
Matt On Jun 22, 3:23 pm, Ross Smith <evolution...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Matt, I suppose the way I set up my code sidestepped the cloning of meshes > within meshes. I have groups of OBJ files with no mesh children, and I > simply clone those. In order to logically associate those OBJ meshes I > implemented the AssetManifest to map them to "game objects," conceptually > (so the barrel game object in the AssetManifest is made up of a barrel_rings > OBJ, barrel_top OBJ, and barrel_body OBJ). Also, in Broomstick you can only > have 1 material per OBJ file and my game objects have multiple materials > each. I don't know if this is true of other model file types, but it > figured largely in how I wrote these classes. > > Anyway, my code is cumbersome as a result, but it does obviate the need to > clone ObjectContainer3Ds or Meshes with Mesh children. I trust that a more > robust clone process is in Broomstick's future, and hasn't been written yet > as a matter of relative priority. > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Matt Przybylski > <m...@reintroducing.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry, don't mean to spam the list, but even odder, this works if you > > replace the newChair line: > > > var newChair:Mesh = Mesh(tempContainer.getChildAt(0).clone()); > > > It just doesn't work when you try to clone containers as opposed to > > the Meshes that live inside those containers by themselves. Very, > > very odd. > > > On Jun 22, 2:27 pm, Matt Przybylski <m...@reintroducing.com> wrote: > > > Actually, look at this, as it doesn't work either: > > > > var tempContainer:Mesh = new Mesh(); > > > tempContainer.addChild(AssetLibrary.getAsset(Constants.CHAIR) as > > > Mesh); > > > var newChair:Mesh = Mesh(tempContainer.clone()); > > > var newContainer:ObjectContainer3D = new ObjectContainer3D(); > > > newContainer.addChild(newChair); > > > > chairContainer.addChild(newContainer); > > > > So, if I access the AssetLibrary directly and pull the mesh out of > > > there, clone it, it works. If I put it inside another Mesh (which in > > > my case is necessary because I have 3 Meshes that go into the > > > container and then the container is to be cloned), clone that Mesh, it > > > no longer works. Very odd... > > > > Matt > > > > On Jun 22, 2:22 pm, Matt Przybylski <m...@reintroducing.com> wrote: > > > > > Ross, > > > > I simplified your code to apply to my app and got this to work: > > > > > var original:Object = AssetLibrary.getAsset(Constants.CHAIR); > > > > var newChair:Mesh = Mesh(original.clone()); > > > > var newContainer:ObjectContainer3D = new ObjectContainer3D(); > > > > newContainer.addChild(newChair); > > > > > This was great, however, when I substitute the Mesh that has 3 other > > > > meshes for original it no longer works: > > > > > chairSingleContainer = new Mesh(); > > > > chairSingleContainer.addChildren(chairCover.mesh, chairTie.mesh); > > > > > var original:Object = chairSingleContainer; > > > > var newChair:Mesh = Mesh(original.clone()); > > > > var newContainer:ObjectContainer3D = new ObjectContainer3D(); > > > > newContainer.addChild(newChair); > > > > > The reason why the addChildren call has chairCover.mesh and > > > > chairTie.mesh is because I've got another class that handles loading/ > > > > parsing of the assets and puts them in there and it's then accessed by > > > > calling instance.mesh (which normally works, it displays fine on > > > > screen). > > > > > So the conclusion here is that it seems you can only clone a single > > > > Mesh not a container with other Meshes inside of it. Is this true for > > > > your experience as well? > > > > > Matt > > > > > On Jun 22, 1:59 pm, Matt Przybylski <m...@reintroducing.com> wrote: > > > > > > Great, thanks a ton Ross. I'll take a look at the code now. > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > On Jun 22, 1:40 pm, Ross Smith <evolution...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I gotcha. You may find my AssetFactory more useful than I thought. > > It > > > > > > wasn't meant to be library code so it has some hard-coded stuff > > pertaining > > > > > > to OBJ parsing in it, but that's a simple fix. Check it out. > > > > > > >http://www.evolutioneer.com/away3d/AssetFactory_OBJ.zip > > > > > > > HTH, > > > > > > Ross > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Matt Przybylski < > > m...@reintroducing.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > Ross, > > > > > > > That would be very helpful if you could send it along. I > > switched my > > > > > > > OC3Ds to Meshes actually because I saw the Mesh class had a clone > > > > > > > method but was still unable to get it to work properly. I'd > > really be > > > > > > > interested in looking at your code if at all possible. > > > > > > > > What I'm doing is loading 3 3ds files, parsing the models and > > sticking > > > > > > > them into a mesh container, then trying to clone that mesh > > container > > > > > > > into four other meshes. I also need to retain mouse events if > > > > > > > possible but if not I suppose I can re-assign those to the > > children > > > > > > > meshes after the cloning takes place. > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > On Jun 22, 10:47 am, Ross Smith <evolution...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Matt, what does your clone operation need to accomplish? I > > noticed this > > > > > > > > function missing as well from ObjectContainer3D. > > > > > > > > > I got around it (and some other issues) by writing asset > > management > > > > > > > classes > > > > > > > > to walk a target "asset bundle", clone each of its mesh > > children, and > > > > > > > > perform an update method on each mesh's textures for lighting, > > etc. The > > > > > > > > code could be adapted to walk an ObjectContainer3D instead of > > my custom > > > > > > > > asset bundle object. > > > > > > > > > I will send the code to this list if you want to check it out. > > The code > > > > > > > > as-is only clones meshes. It does not recursively clone child > > non-mesh > > > > > > > > ObjectContainer3Ds. I don't know what your app needs in this > > sense. > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > Ross > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Matt Przybylski < > > > > > > > m...@reintroducing.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > anyone? :( > > > > > > > > > > really need this for a project i'm working on right now, > > would > > > > > > > > > appreciate if a core developer can take a look at this asap. > > > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 21, 9:17 pm, Matt Przybylski <m...@reintroducing.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hey guys, > > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to clone an ObjectContainer3D in Broomstick and > > I noticed > > > > > > > > > > that method is not implemented yet. It's in Object3D but > > you can't > > > > > > > > > > use it with ObjectContainer3D. A quick scan of the code > > reveals this > > > > > > > > > > comment in Object3D's clone() method: > > > > > > > > > > > // todo: implement for all subtypes > > > > > > > > > > > Any idea when this will be implemented for > > ObjectContainer3D? I > > > > > > > tried > > > > > > > > > > to write a clone method for ObjectContainer3D but was > > unsuccessful in > > > > > > > > > > getting it to work. > > > > > > > > > > > Conversely, if anyone has run into this issue already and > > has a > > > > > > > > > > clone() method they used with ObjectContainer3D, please do > > post it if > > > > > > > > > > you could. It would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Ross Smith > > > > > > > > evolution...@gmail.com > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Ross Smith > > > > > > evolution...@gmail.com > > -- > Ross Smith > evolution...@gmail.com
