Re: GetRaycastIntersections() weirdness

[Philipp Oeser <philipp.oeser(at)liga01.de>]

Hi Francois,
sorry for answering late (we had a day off here in Munich :) )
I'm not using SetupPointLocatorQueries. I built on top of the example 
that comes with the docs -> they dont use SetupPointLocatorQueries either.
Can you repro the slowdown/speedup?

Greetz
Philipp


Francois Lord schrieb:
> I am currently playing with GetRaycastIntersections() myself. The 
> documentations says to use the Geometry.SetupPointLocatorQueries() to 
> force a rebuild of the cache. Are you using it inside the SCOP update 
> function?
>
> Philipp Oeser wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > I have a car setup here and I use "GetRaycastIntersections()" inside a
> > SCOP as a basis to control wheel positions for a car driving on a uneven
> > bumpy road. "GetRaycastIntersections()" is a really nice addition
> > btw...so much uses to it... :-)
> > Anyway, I am experiencing some weird behaviour with it: It works
> > allright when I intersect my GroundMesh, I get the right data and
> > everything.
> > But I get a considerable speedup (about 4x) for my SCOP when I
> > shrinkwrap another object to the GroundMesh - which is totally unrelated
> > to my carsetup and the SCOP -.
> >
> > I am just guessing here:
> > Maybe the shrinkwrap prevents the SCOP from building the acceleration
> > cache on each update? (because it uses a similar/same cache already?)
> > How could I prevent the cache to be buit everytime I update my SCOP? (4x
> > speedup ?=? 4 calls to GetRaycastIntersections() for the 4 wheels btw..)
> >
> > Any hints welcome and thanx again for this great tool
> >
> > Philipp
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