Hi all, how can i properly add offset to element duplicated with pathDuplicator, in a way that these object are near the side of the track ? i found that PathDuplicator.alignToPath = true add all elements in the same position!

  var cc:PlaneGeometry = new PlaneGeometry(512*4 , 512*4 );
  var _sVec2:Vector.<Mesh> = new Vector.<Mesh>();
  for (var j:int = 0; j < 1000; j++) {   
  var color:uint = (j % 2 == 0) ? 0xFFFFFF : 0x0000FF;
  trace(color)
  var mm:Mesh = new Mesh(cc, new ColorMaterial(color));
    //mm.positi Vector3D(-900 , 512, 0);    //mm.rotati   //mm.rotati
  //MeshHelper.applyRotations(mm);
  //MeshHelper.applyPosition(mm, -100,0,0);
  mm.material.bothSides = true; 
  _sVec2.push(mm); 
  }
 
  _pathDuplicator = new PathDuplicator(_path, _sVec2, _view.scene,10, true, false, null,false);

Even if i dont apply any trasformation to the mesh(and align to path=false), during duplication these mesh are slightly rotated ... it seems also that MeshHelper isn’t helping so much ( obviously i’m doing something wrong) .... How can i do?

some code was stripped ... but the problem remains

No one faced this problem before, or have a solution?

Anyway, i found that _pathDuplicator.meshes[n].scenePosition is always (0,0,0) ! How is it possible ?

meshes is legacy from f10. Because of performance costs, it was handy to have an holder to toggle meshes depending on performance or path position.
Its position is not relevant as the meshes are relative to path into it.
for instance you could have road+trees+sand and say that when camera is not in given range that sand.meshes are removed/invisible.

Thanks Fabrice, in the meanwhile i have understand that i have to work on PathDuplicator.clones to get the ‘real’ meshes : now it will be (i hope) all easy .

Many thanks again!

Srry Fabrice, the last question : how to make ‘alignToPath’ param work ? if i set it to true, all duplicated meshes are added at (0,0,0) ! Is there something i need to add before duplicate meshes ?

Sounds like a bug… align to path should orientate the meshes. I’m having zero free time atm, but will try look at this asap.

Thanks Fabrice, i’ll wait for you to check it! I will compose the scene b hands ( i have a really close deadline, next monday) . However, is there a way , in prefab2 , to free move the camera (like the hand cursor in photoshop) ?
I have a really big track model, is quite impossible to me atm to add primitives where i want !

Another bug (?) : in pathanimator, setting the offset X of a path aligned object will result in changing its X in world coord!

set the camera to free (dropdown on top)

My version (the next update) has already keys, awsd, and free mode while in 3d mode as well. Indeed something that is missing for large sceneries in current public version. Unfortunatly, because of the many changes, addons and a busy life, I cannot release it yet.

Many thanks again! If you need an alpha tester, i’ll be glad to do it!