[Feature Request] Cloned Mesh, A Node That Reuses The Textures In Another Mesh Node

[mechPenSketch]

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Description

There are some nodes I want to duplicate. For example, for parts that comes in pairs. A further example would be the eyes, where I can import all part of the left eye, then duplicate them to create the right eye.

Suggested solution

A new type of node with a unique variable that stores a mesh (node). It will then have all same parts of data (such as Albedo) as the referred mesh.

Alternative solution

No response

Additional Context

• With this suggestion, users won't even have to duplicate + flip for their pair of parts on their .psd or .kra files. They only have to draw half of the pair.
  • Also, in the future, if they were to update their model, they only have to work on that half. The other half would be automatically updated upon merging.
• Reusing textures help reduce space in Atlas.

[mechPenSketch]

According to discord, one of the to-do items is Resource-Handling for Texture. Does that mean texture are treated as a resource (Like Resource in Godot) separated from a node, and then another node's albedo can link to the texture?

[r888800009]

If you are interested in contributing, I suggest you go to discord to discuss, because the specifications of inochi2d 0.8 and 0.9 are different.

For 0.8, you can view the code at https://github.com/Inochi2D/inochi2d/tree/v0_8 to find implementations of drawables, nodes, etc.

[r888800009]

for this issue, I think this feature can be implemented by extending a transformation matrix for drawables.