Finding out if an object is an instance

[vScourge]

Yeah, InstanceMgr is the ticket. Assuming you have obj, the object you want to find instances of:

instObjs = #()
InstanceMgr.GetInstances obj &instObjs

That leaves you with a populated array instObjs, which you can loop through and write transforms out for in your file. Here's a more complete example that outlines what I think you're after:

doneObjs = #()
for obj in geometry where (findItem doneObjs obj == 0) do (
-- write out first instance of an object
<mesh export code here>

-- Now loop through all instances of that object,
-- writing each transform to file. This includes the
-- base/first instance we exported above.
instObjs = #()
InstanceMgr.GetInstances obj &instObjs

for thisInst in instObjs do (
<write transforms out here>
append doneObjs thisInst -- mark this object done
)
)

I didn't test the above, but that's the pattern I've often used for that sort of thing.

[ZaPPZion]

Thanks, it works with just 1 correction, the getInstances also returns the object itself, so i removed that ;)

EDIT: just noticed you wrote that already;) I adjusted it a bit, since i want to write the main object's transform matrix at the same time i'm exporting the object as a .x file, but that's just because of the engine i'm using, makes it slightly easier to import. So your solution works perfectly, thanks again

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