Multiple models

Scripting Issues
1

In my game, I load the tree model with:

tree = loader.loadModel("tree")

However if I want a second tree that is the same model, do I need to load the model again with a different name or is there some way I can make a copy of this one? ^^

Does loading the model have an big impact on the framerate? I am generating random terrain (with trees hopefully) so I wasn’t sure whether it was possible I could load them all at startup and just make copies :confused:

Thanks for any help :slight_smile:

2

Just load the model again, you don’t need to take care of it. Panda does everything for you.

3

You can also use copyTo
tree2=tree.copyTo(render)

Using the loader is also fine, panda will load the model from memory not from the hdd if it was loaded before.

4

Thanks for the replies :slight_smile: So should I just load them at startup and then load them again whenever I need a new one? That sounds pretty easy, thanks.