CopyMesh question

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Adam Novagen (Posted 2009) [#1]

Heya, I'm just wondering, does CopyMesh() work with animated meshes? Because I'm having a little trouble using it with one, but I don't have enough other test subjects to be certain.

Stevie G (Posted 2009) [#2]

Copymesh() only copies the geometry and some brush properties. I think you should be using copyentity for animated meshes otherwise you won't get copies of the children or bones.

Adam Novagen (Posted 2009) [#3]

I only need the geometry. It's for some Cel Shading stuff I'm doing. It works fine with static meshes but I don't get anything from animated ones.

Warner (Posted 2009) [#4]

Yes, an animated mesh could exist out of multiple meshes that are linked together using a parent-child hierarchy. You would have to copy (and place) each of it's meshes individually. Sort of like this: Function MeshCopy(mesh) If EntityClass$(mesh) = "Mesh" Then newmesh = CopyMesh(mesh) RotateEntity newmesh, EntityPitch(mesh), EntityYaw(mesh), EntityRoll(mesh) PositionEntity newmesh, EntityX(mesh), EntityY(mesh), EntityZ(mesh) ScaleEntity newmesh, entitywidth(mesh), entityheight(mesh), entitydepth(mesh) Else newmesh = mesh End If For i = 1 To CountChildren(mesh) newm = MeshCopy(GetChild(mesh, i)) EntityParent newm, mesh Next Return newmesh End Function You should provide an entitywidth/height/depth routine yourself. It can be found elsewhere on this forum.