VaM 1.x Plugin for loading whole evironments

[Okachu]

Sometimes I want to add an evironment to a scene but I have to load other assets to complete it.
Could a plugin help here to load the complete environment with the assets?

 

[SlimerJSpud]

You could put everything you want to load in a subscene and just load that. It's one of the native features of Vam, no plugin needed.

 

[atani]

If you're talking about environments in a VAR that are set up as a scene that includes multiple atoms, you can for example:

• Merge load in the new scene the environment VAR scene or a local copy you make
• On the environment scene, add a subscene atom assign all the environment atoms to the subscene, save it and it's ready to be loaded elsewhere

The subscene option is more flexible as you can more easily reposition the whole environment with the subscene atom.

P.S. @SlimerJSpud replied quicker, but here is also included the option for merge loading, although not as good an option.

 

[SlimerJSpud]

Thanks, @atani I found subscenes a convenient way to keep things together, like the pieces of the BDSM rig from ZRSX I used in some scenes. Subscenes have some issues with things like UI buttons not working across the subscene boundary. Loading environments mid-scene is also risky. Having walls collide with people can cause physics explosions. In general, I'd advise against having person atoms inside a subscene.

 

[Okachu]

I'm not thinking about a specific environment. If I'm loading a look scene and want to add an environment then sometimes the environment comes with extra assets (which is nice) and then I have to load every asset one by one or saving the look preset and load the environment scene. Maybe it's possible that a plugin loading all that assets?

Otherwise I have to create a sub scene for every environment. Thought there is a more comfortable way.