LOVR-OOP-Graphics-Engine

Node Class

Description

• A node object is a container with a transform applied to it.
• Each node has attachments which can be either model objects or light objects.

Properties of a Node object

• type string: The class type of the object. A node will always have this defaulted to "node".
• scene scene object: The scene object that the node will be parented to.
• name string: The name of the node.
• transform array: The transform object representing the position and rotation of a node.
• attachments array: The attachment categories the node object can have.
• attachments.models array: The model objects attached to the node.
• attachments.lights array: The light objects attached to a node.
• attachments.bodies body object: The body objects attached to a node.

Creating a Node object

• Creating a new node object is easily done by passing in an array.

  LGE.Node({
    scene = myScene,
    name = "myNode"
  })
  

Methods

• Deletes the node from the scene.

  Node:destroy()
  

• Deletes an attachment from the node.

  Node:destroyAttachment(attachment [object])
  

• Returns a model attached to a node given a name.

  Node:getModel(name [string])
  

• Returns a light attached to a node given a name.

  Node:getLight(name [string])