Applying a MeshManipulator to an ISceneNode?

[Spinland]

Apologies in advance for my confusion, but I'm stuck and it feels like I'm going over the same examples and just not getting it.

Let's say I create a node in this manner:

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	const SColor YELLOW    = SColor(255, 255, 255, 0);
	ISceneManager *smgr = device->getSceneManager();
	IMeshSceneNode* node=NULL;

	node = smgr->addCubeSceneNode(2.0, 0, 1000, vector3df(0,0,0), vector3df(0,0,0), vector3df(4.0,1.0,1.0));

Now for various reasons the value of node has changed, and I want to go back the one I created above and set its color. I tried this:

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	node = smgr->getSceneNodeFromId(1000,0);
		
	smgr->getMeshManipulator()->setVertexColors(node->getMesh(), YELLOW);

Of course this doesn't compile because getSceneNodeFromId() returns an ISceneNode* and node is of the wrong type. I got it to work by casting node but of course got a warning as well as the promise that would be a hard error in the future.

Please lend a hand and tell me how to convert the results of getSceneNodeFromId() into the proper form so I can use setVertexColors() on it?

Many thanks in advance!

[Lonesome Ducky]

You can use:

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node->getType()

To get the type of node.
Here is a list of types: http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/docu/na ... 9120f3b7bd

So, if it turns out the node's type is ESNT_MESH, you can always safely cast it to IMeshSceneNode.

Although in the case that you have, check for ESNT_CUBE, and you should still always be able to cast it to IMeshSceneNode if it is that type.

[Spinland]

Indeed, it's type ESNT_CUBE and I was able to cast it with no problems.

Thanks again!