many objects
Hi,
small project,
Helping a colleague, she would like to be able to click on 3d objects in openGL, get names and then play a sound based on which name clicked. So the sound will be a midi note from a long coll, index will correspond to the object name. To import that I have a javascript box which reads a csv file.
The same can be used for other data import.
But here is it the problem.
First challenge: jit.gl.picker uses bounding box, is it possible to select based on the actual shape?
Second challenge: we have 10,000 objects, all different, how can I import them without using 10,000 jit.gl.model ?
I was thinking of loading with a string format but once I load the next there is just one on the scene.
And, usual problem, how do I locate them in the correct place, they always go to the origin... Do I need to import another dataset with the coordinate of the origin, save in coll and apply a shift for each object after import?
I have started a little patch, but of course the above needs resolving, any suggestions?
I am not looking cor copy paste, but for some fundamental guidance, just to di this in the most efficient way.
Thank you in advance
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you can use poly~ to make multiple instances of jit.gl.model, i'm not sure how it reacts with 10000 instances though !
Thank you! I would try with the mograph approach, but my challenge here is that each object uses a different mesh, so not instancing. Each object as one, in the right place and with a colour defined by a the coll data
any idea how to approach this?
maybe obj groups instead of single meshes?
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yes, that's precisely my point : poly~ will create as many instances of jit.model as you want, and for each one you can load a different gl model, set different placement and color etc.
I'm afraid poly~ is limited to 1024 voices.
oh. (that said, wouldn't it be better to not load more than 1024 gl models at a time, for example calculating those that are too far away to be rendered, and reusing instances to load those at a later time, when the user gets closer ?)
super! I think I can optimise and keep number low, so poly~ is
THANK YOU!
incidentally, to get a mouse ckick on an object, without the limitation of bounding box, what should be used?
G>
BTW this thing of using poly~ is genius...
G>
case close, used the physic engine.
hey, but would be so nicer to have a simple and single way...
G>