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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Clone object doesn't like me

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Volund
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2005 17:22
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Hi all, I'm having very wierd problems with Clone Object

Basically: The command produces 3 different results, depending on the object I clone (not the object number but the file it was originally loaded from):
1) crashes
2) works like a charm
3) creates an invisible duplicate
(I know for a fact it's creating an invisible duplicate because I am drawing circles around the object- there's a circle there, but no object)

I've been debugging this for an hour now, I'm completely clueless as to why this is hapening - mainly because different models are producing different responses, there's nothing I can put my finger on.
I was wondering if anyone else had encountered problems with Clone Object and had hints or tips as to what on earth is going on here?

Maybe it's just too late at night :\

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Van B
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2005 17:46
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I have had some minor success with clone object, it does greatly depend on the object though, for example animated objects tend not to like cloning.

If I clone a simple mesh with just 1 texture and no animation/rigging it would most certainly work, but objects that have bone structures or unusual transparency modes tend not to work (like don't show or are invisible, or get buckled with their bone structure).

Personally, I'm getting more into using loaded meshes and generating objects from them - for things like animated characters I stick to loading them as it's most reliable - but unfortunately slow.


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Posted: 23rd Mar 2005 18:39
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You could try converting the object to a memblock, and then use make object from memblock (something akin to what VanB is suggesting). I would assume this could be somewhat faster than making it from a mesh seeing as it should be in the correct internal format anyway, not sure if it allows you to keep the texture though.

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Van B
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2005 18:42
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Actually that is the intention, maybe for different reasons though. My level is made from little bits that I intend to stick together to form buildings (dunno if you've played blockland, but it's very much like that). Plan is to have all these meshes in memory, then when adding a mesh to a building I'll convert to a memblock and vert lightmap it before adding it to the main object, should be pretty neat when it's done.


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Nice idea, are you going to optimise the mesh in memory to reduce overlapping faces etc on the inside of the combined objects?

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Oh well. In my annoyance I forgot to look for previous posts in the forum - apparently many people had similar problems. Thanks for your help though, I'll just load the objects

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