windmill

[wayneg]

I can turn the mesh using the first findchild, but not the blades, what am I doing wrong?

 

require("scripts/class")

local class=CreateClass(...)

function class:InitDialog(grid)
self.super:InitDialog(grid)
group=grid:AddGroup("Model")
group:AddProperty("Scale",PROPERTY_VEC3,"","Scale")
group:Expand(1)
end


function class:CreateObject(model)
local object=self.super:CreateObject(model)
local mesh1=CreateCube()

object.mesh=model:FindChild("U3D_STATIC_MESH")
object.blades=model:FindChild("blades")

object.scale=Vec3(0.05,0.05,0.05)
object.model:SetKey("scale","0.05,0.05,0.05")


function object:Update()

	if object.blades~=nil then
		object.blades:Turn(Vec3(0,1,0))
		mesh1:Turn(Vec3(0,1,0))
	end
end

function object:SetKey(key,value)
	if key=="scale" then
		self.scale=StringToVec3(value)
		object.model:SetScale(StringToVec3(value))

	else
		return self.super:SetKey(key,value)
	end
	--return 1
end

function object:GetKey(key,value)
	if key=="scale" then
		return self.scale.x..","..self.scale.y..","..self.scale.z
	else
		return self.super:GetKey(key,value)
	end
	return value
end

function object:Refresh()

	object.model:SetScale(StringToVec3(self.model:GetKey("scale")))

end

function object:RestoreDefaults()

end

function object:Free(model)

	self.super:Free()
	mesh1:Free()
end

object:Refresh()

end

[Canardia]

Make some checks if it finds the windmill mesh and its blades bone/submesh.

[macklebee]

is this the old windmill by wailingmonkey from the early 2.3 days? If so, then the lua script should be for the windmill gmf and the findchild name for the blades is "windmill_blades". If it is some other model, then without seeing the model i can only guess that you do not have the right name for the submesh.

 

and fyi, the '<>' icon in the reply toolbar is for code... just place your code in between...

[wayneg]

is this the old windmill by wailingmonkey from the early 2.3 days? If so, then the lua script should be for the windmill gmf and the findchild name for the blades is "windmill_blades". If it is some other model, then without seeing the model i can only guess that you do not have the right name for the submesh.

 

and fyi, the '<>' icon in the reply toolbar is for code... just place your code in between...

 

I downloaded the windmill off google into sketchup and then setup a group to include the blades and bearings.

I saved to skp, and then loaded UU3D and changed the bone name to 'blades' and saved to GMF. I confirmed the bone name with leadwerks model viewer.

 

I probably should of posted the windmill model, so I'll do that later today.

 

Thanks for quick reply

[wayneg]

Make some checks if it finds the windmill mesh and its blades bone/submesh.

 

if object.blades~=nil then

 

Do you mean I should do something other than this ?

[Canardia]

I mean like make some Print or Notify so that you can see if it actually finds the objects. Like Notify("Blades not found!").

[wayneg]

I mean like make some Print or Notify so that you can see if it actually finds the objects. Like Notify("Blades not found!").

 

That was the purpose of the cube, but yeah, I can add that check at the top.

I must confess I added a notify to the update section and that was a really bad idea since it notified me every frame!! doh! lo l

[wayneg]

Thank you Macklebee for pointing out UU3D limitations when exporting GMF, because that has lead to a solution !!

 

Testing new submeshes and goodies coming out of Sketchup, Deled, Hexagon...

 

The 3D warehouse is mine now!

[Guest Red Ocktober]

hey... the ole squeaky windmill... yeah, i remember that...

 

spent a lot of time around that thing... i also played around with spinning the blades (in Blitzmax code)...

 

 

 

 

like Mac said above, findchild will do it...

 

     '	  find the windmill blades... only they will spin, not the entire object '
     Local theBlades:TEntity=FindChild(Self.mesh,"windmill_blades")

 

 

 

--Mike