[Closed] Complicate Scripted Shape Plug-ins

Hi , i made a modifier plugin only to rappresent a particular objects used into a game file, i need to store a list of vertex with a direction, but the vertices data don’t have faces, i use this solution to rappresent a vast number of point without slow 3dstudio.

I tried Normal modifier, Hair ecc… but didn’t work without faces…

Can i do a Mouse tool to rotate all vertex direction ??? i know the registerRedrawViewsCallback but don’t work in the modifier…

plugin modifier DeploymentModifier
	name:"DeploymentModifier"
	classID:#(0x133067, 0x54374)
	extends:MeshSelect
	replaceUI:false
	version:1
( 
	/*
		MeshSelect is the delegate
		DeploymentModifier is this
	*/
	local NumVerts
	local theNode
	function showLevels =
	(
		format "* DeploymentModifier showLevel()
"
		gw.setTransform(Matrix3 1)
		lenght = 10.0
		for L=1 to 4 do
		(
			level = case L of
			(1: this.level1 ; 2: this.level2 ; 3: this.level3 ; 4: this.level4)
			colore = case L of
			(1: green ; 2: blue ; 3: red ; 4: gray)
			gw.setColor #line colore
			for i=1 to NumVerts where level[i] do
			(
				v = getVert theNode i
				a = this.Direction[i]
				gw.Polyline #(v , v + [sin a , cos a , 0]*lenght) false
				gw.text v (i as string) color:colore
			)
			
		)
		gw.enlargeUpdateRect #whole 
		gw.updateScreen()
	)
	parameters main rollout:params
	(
		Direction type: #angleTab tabSizeVariable:true animatable:false tabSize:0 -- use only the Z rotation because are XY plane
		level1 type:#boolTab tabSizeVariable:true animatable:false tabSize:0 -- bitarray not exist , this i think is the smaller sizeof
		level2 type:#boolTab tabSizeVariable:true animatable:false tabSize:0
		level3 type:#boolTab tabSizeVariable:true animatable:false tabSize:0
		level4 type:#boolTab tabSizeVariable:true animatable:false tabSize:0
	)
	rollout params "Parameters"
	(
		-- the execute ("level"+ l as string) NOT WORK
		fn getLevelarray L = case L of
		(1: level1 ; 2: level2 ; 3: level3 ; 4: level4)
		
		fn printInternalData =
		(
			format "* DeploymentModifier print
"
			for L=1 to 4 do
			(
				levelX = getLevelarray L
				local selected = #{}
				selected.count = NumVerts
				for i=1 to NumVerts do selected[i] = levelX[i]
				format "Level % : %
" L selected
			)
			format "Direction : %
" Direction
		)
		
		fn applyselection L =
		(
			format "* DeploymentModifier apply %
" L
			/* apply selection as boolean array */
			level = 	getLevelarray L
			local selected = getVertSelection $
			for i=1 to NumVerts do level[i] = selected[i]
			/* clean other levels to avoid duplicated index */
			for LL=1 to 4 where LL!=L do
			(
				levelX = getLevelarray LL
				for i in selected do levelX[i]=FALSE
			)
			/* put all missing index into level1 */
			for i=1 to NumVerts do level1[i] = not level2[i] and not level3[i] and not level4[i]
			printInternalData()
		)

		button btnSetLevel1 "Apply to Level1"
		button btnSetLevel2 "Apply to Level2"
		button btnSetLevel3 "Apply to Level3"
		button btnSetLevel4 "Apply to Level4"
		on btnSetLevel1 pressed do applyselection 1
		on btnSetLevel2 pressed do applyselection 2
		on btnSetLevel3 pressed do applyselection 3
		on btnSetLevel4 pressed do applyselection 4
		
		button btnShowDirection "Show"
		on btnShowDirection pressed do showLevels()
	)
	on create do ( clearlistener() ; format "* DeploymentModifier create
")
	on attachedToNode theNode do --2
	(
		format "* DeploymentModifier attach to \"%\"
" theNode.name
		/* inizialize internal data */
		NumVerts = $.numverts
		this.theNode = theNode
		level1.count = level2.count = level3.count = level4.count = Direction.count = NumVerts
		for i=1 to NumVerts do
		(
			level1[i] = TRUE
			level2[i] = level3[i] = level4[i] = FALSE
			Direction[i] = random 0 360
		)
	)   
)

 

fn test =
(
	obj = getnodebyname "Object"
	if obj==undefined then
	(
	verts =	#()
	verts.count = 100
	for i=1 to 10 do for j=1 to 10 do verts[i+(j-1)*10] = [i-1,j-1,0]*10
	obj = mesh faces:#() vertices:verts vertexticks:true name:"Object"
	)

	select obj
	max modify mode
	depmode = obj.modifiers[#DeploymentModifier]
	if depmode!=undefined then deleteModifier obj 1
	depmod = DeploymentModifier()
	addModifier obj depmod
)
test()