/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="meshName"></param>
private void PrepareEntity(string meshName)
{
if (objectEntity != null)
{
ClearEntity();
}
// load mesh if necessary
originalMesh = (Mesh)MeshManager.Instance.GetByName(meshName);
// load mesh with shadow buffer so we can do fast reads
if (originalMesh == null)
{
originalMesh = (Mesh)MeshManager.Instance.Load(
meshName,
BufferUsage.StaticWriteOnly,
BufferUsage.StaticWriteOnly,
true, true, 1);
if (originalMesh == null)
{
throw new Exception(string.Format("Can't find mesh named '{0}'.", meshName));
}
}
PrepareClonedMesh();
// create a new entity based on the cloned mesh
objectEntity = scene.CreateEntity(ENTITY_NAME, MESH_NAME);
// setting the material here propogates it down to cloned sub entites, no need to clone them
objectEntity.MaterialName = material.Name;
Pass pass = material.GetTechnique(0).GetPass(0);
// add original sub mesh texture layers after the new cube map recently added
for (int i = 0; i < clonedMesh.SubMeshCount; i++)
{
SubMesh subMesh = clonedMesh.GetSubMesh(i);
SubEntity subEntity = objectEntity.GetSubEntity(i);
// does this mesh have its own material set?
if (subMesh.IsMaterialInitialized)
{
string matName = subMesh.MaterialName;
Material subMat = MaterialManager.Instance.GetByName(matName);
if (subMat != null)
{
subMat.Load();
// Clone the sub entities material
Material cloned = subMat.Clone(string.Format("CubeMapTempMaterial#{0}", i));
Pass clonedPass = cloned.GetTechnique(0).GetPass(0);
// add global texture layers to the existing material of the entity
for (int j = 0; j < pass.NumTextureUnitStages; j++)
{
TextureUnitState orgLayer = pass.GetTextureUnitState(j);
TextureUnitState newLayer = clonedPass.CreateTextureUnitState(orgLayer.TextureName);
orgLayer.CopyTo(newLayer);
newLayer.SetColorOperationEx(currentLbx);
}
// set the new material for the subentity and cache it
subEntity.MaterialName = cloned.Name;
clonedMaterials.Add(cloned);
}
}
}
// attach the entity to the scene
objectNode.AttachObject(objectEntity);
// update noise if currently set to on
if (noiseOn)
{
UpdateNoise();
}
}