//creates an instance that holds the data object
public Transform createPart(Part newPart)
{
if (newPart == null)
return null;
//get the part info from library
ItemInfo info = new ItemInfo();
if (!itemLibrary.getItemInfo (info, newPart.item.id)) {
return null;
}
Transform oPart = PoolManager.Pools["parts"].Spawn(info.itemPrefab, newPart.getPosition(), newPart.thisRotation);
oPart.GetComponent<MeshFilter>().mesh = info.mesh;
oPart.GetComponent<MeshCollider> ().sharedMesh = info.mesh;
oPart.GetComponent<Renderer>().material = info.material;
//okay, we kinda need to populate the new object with the pickup data...
//this would mean that whatever the prefab just used, hopefully it has a partScript
partScript sPart = oPart.GetComponent("partScript") as partScript;
//perhaps in the future we could see how to attach a script from the item data, which would correspond
//directly to the type of object.
sPart.partData = newPart.getCopy ();
return oPart;
}