Do I need a CollisionResponseAnimators for each node?

[jun]

Currently I have made a class that holds an IAnimatedMeshSceneNode and an ISceneNodeAnimator. In the class I have the following function to attach a new CollisionResponseAnimator to the contained node. My question is, do I really need a separate animator for each node to handle the gravity like I am doing now, or can I just make a global animator and add it to every node with m_node.AddAnimator(global_animator)??

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class mynode
{
 private Irrlicht.Scene.IAnimatedMeshSceneNode m_node = null;
 private ISceneNodeAnimator m_animator = null;        

 public bool attachAnimator(ISceneManager smgr, ITriangleSelector selector)
 {
   m_animator = smgr.CreateCollisionResponseAnimator(
       selector, m_node, new Vector3D(60, 100, 60),
       new Vector3D(0, -0.088f, 0),
       new Vector3D(0, 0, 0), 0.0005f);
    m_node.AddAnimator(m_animator);
    return true;
 }
 .....
}

[bgsteffens]

Only way to know for sure, try it out

If it doesn't work, you could still just derive from IAnimatedMesh and add the code to setup collision detection right into the constructor.

[omar shaaban]

yes u can but not with the same way u say it!!! my mind is closed now i cant haaam but yes u can !

[jun]

Well, I just tried it, and I don't think I can. The second argument of CreateCollisionResponseAnimator is a scene node, so you must have to make one for every scene node.