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[Closed] thePainterInterface hitFace bug

Hello.
I have some issues with thePainterInterface. In some situations getHitFaceData returns wrong face.
Here is a small gif demo.

Bug is not very stable, you need large faces, high camera FOV, some special camera view etc. Nothing unusual actually.
Anyway, test scene simulates this “problem” case, so you can’t just move camera or subdivide mesh and voila

Right now I’m forced to use workaround with RayMeshGridIntersect and I hope somebody can help me with this Painter behaviour

Test scene build script:

(	
	fn BuildScene =
	(
		delete objects
		
		p1 = plane length:3000 width:5120 lengthsegs:1 widthsegs:1
		p2 = plane length:3000 width:8831 lengthsegs:1 widthsegs:1
		p1.transform = (matrix3 [-1.62921e-007,-1,0] [-1.62921e-007,0,1] [-1,1.62921e-007,-1.62921e-007] [2770.24,-293.851,1500])
		p2.transform = (matrix3 [1,0,0] [0,-1.62921e-007,1] [0,-1,-1.62921e-007] [-2145.67,5988.01,1500])
		
		newMesh = convertToMesh p1
		attach newMesh p2
		newMesh.name = "PainterNodeTest"
		select newMesh
		
		cam = Freecamera fov:115
		cam.transform = (matrix3 [0.224951,-0.97437,0] [-0.0340051,-0.00785069,0.999391] [-0.973776,-0.224814,-0.0348996] [-2772.32,2634.33,1599.43])
		viewport.setType #view_camera
	)
	
	BuildScene()
)

And Painter bug itself

(
	local faceIndex = 0
	local bary = [0,0,0]
	local theNode = $PainterNodeTest
	
	fn StartStroke = ()
	fn EndStroke = ()
	fn CancelStroke = ()
	fn SystemEnd = thePainterInterface.endPaintSession()
	
	fn PaintStroke =
	(
		if thePainterInterface.getIsHit 0 then
		(
			thePainterInterface.getHitFaceData &bary &faceIndex theNode 0
			setFaceSelection theNode #{faceIndex}
		)
	)
	fn StartPaint =
	(
		if theNode != undefined then
		(
			select theNode
			max modify mode
			if thePainterInterface.InPaintMode() then
			(
				thePainterInterface.endPaintSession()
			)
			subobjectlevel = 3
			thePainterInterface.offMeshHitType = 2
			thePainterInterface.initializeNodes 0 #(theNode)
			thePainterInterface.scriptFunctions StartStroke PaintStroke EndStroke CancelStroke SystemEnd
			thePainterInterface.startPaintSession()			
		)
	)

	StartPaint()
)
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In 2020 max it behaves exactly the same way as shown in the gif you posted.