Mike,
I have really enjoyed your tutorials and have refactored a lot of my game code to model after yours.? So, I already had a model class written for Beta 2 before your tutorial and I have a question about your design.
In the RenderChildren method why did you NOT do somthing like this...
/// <summary>
? ? ? ? /// Draws the model to the graphics stream
? ? ? ? /// </summary>
? ? ? ? /// <param name="device">Graphics Device object</param>
? ? ? ? public void RenderChildren(GraphicsDevice device)
? ? ? ? {
? ? ? ? ? ? // get the shader using the Shader object from the GEObject class
NOTE:? I moved this line in to the LoadGraphicsContent and made the shader object Class Level.? ? ? ? ?
? Shader shader = ShaderManager.GetShader(this.shaderName);? ?
? ? ? ? shader.SetParameters(this);
? ? ? ? ? ? // loop through the meshes in the model.Meshes collection
? ? ? ? ? ? foreach (ModelMesh mesh in model.Meshes)
? ? ? ? ? ? {
? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? // loop through all of the child meshes
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? foreach (ModelMeshPart part in mesh.MeshParts)
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? {
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? // set the effect
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? part.Effect = shader.EffectObject;
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? } // end ModelMeshPart foreach
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? mesh.Draw();
? ? ? ? ? ? } // end mesh foreach
? ? ? ? }
Your code seemed more complex and I was going for more of the "Let XNA do the work" with the Mesh.Draw().? I get the same effect with your code and mine.
Also, your camera causes my models to not be drawn 100% ( lots of culling going on ), where as if I use another camera ( Matrix based? ), my model is renderded correctly.
Anyway, just wondering if you noticed.
Thanx
Micah
