I’m encountering a bit of an odd issue:
It seems that, given an Actor that contains multiple “Groups”, on loading these are merged into a single Geom.
Now, for a static model (i.e. a non-Actor), it seems that a Group can be retained by giving it a tag that has a value.
But this doesn’t seem to work for Actors… :/
(And I have confirmed that the Group in question is present in the text of the egg-file, and that it has the tag and value that was set on it.)
So, is there any way to have a Group within an Actor remain separate after loading…?
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Here below is a quick test-program demonstrating the issue, along with the two models that it uses:
from direct.showbase.ShowBase import ShowBase
from direct.actor.Actor import Actor
class Game(ShowBase):
def __init__(self):
ShowBase.__init__(self)
self.mew = loader.loadModel("subPartTest_static")
self.mew.reparentTo(render)
self.mew.setY(20)
self.mew.setX(-3)
self.mew.setH(90)
self.mew.ls()
self.mew2 = Actor("subPartTest_animated", {"mew" : "subPartTest_animated-ArmatureAction"})
self.mew2.loop("mew")
self.mew2.reparentTo(render)
self.mew2.setX(3)
self.mew2.setY(20)
self.mew2.setH(90)
self.mew2.ls()
app = Game()
app.run()
Egg-files:
subPartTest.zip (2.9 KB)
This program first loads a static model, and calls “ls()” on it. This–on my machine, at least–results in two GeomNodes being printed, one of which has a tag. It then loads an animated model, and likewise calls “ls()” on that. This–again, on my machine–results in only one GeomNode being printed, and that with no tags.
Reading of the egg-files involved should reveal that both have two geometry-Groups (and the animated model a third armature-Group), one of which has a tag.
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(For my particular purpose here I can just load the desired separate object as a separate model and parent it to the relevant joint in the Actor. But that’s a bit of a workaround, and I’d rather just have the object be part of the Actor-file.)
