Instance SplineMeshTiling to prevent copies overwriting each other

[lukemadera]

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using UnityEngine;

if UNITY_EDITOR

using UnityEditor.Experimental.SceneManagement;

endif

namespace SplineMesh { ///

/// Deform a mesh and place it along a spline, given various parameters. /// /// This class intend to cover the most common situations of mesh bending. It can be used as-is in your project, /// or can serve as a source of inspiration to write your own procedural generator. ///

[ExecuteInEditMode] [SelectionBase] [DisallowMultipleComponent] public class SplineMeshTiling : MonoBehaviour { string _instanceId = "";

    private GameObject generated;
    private Spline spline = null;
    private bool toUpdate = false;

    public bool initOnEnable = false;
    [Tooltip("Mesh to bend along the spline.")]
    public Mesh mesh;
    [Tooltip("Material to apply on the bent mesh.")]
    public Material material;
    [Tooltip("Physic material to apply on the bent mesh.")]
    public PhysicMaterial physicMaterial;
    [Tooltip("Translation to apply on the mesh before bending it.")]
    public Vector3 translation;
    [Tooltip("Rotation to apply on the mesh before bending it.")]
    public Vector3 rotation;
    [Tooltip("Scale to apply on the mesh before bending it.")]
    public Vector3 scale = Vector3.one;

    [Tooltip("If true, a mesh collider will be generated.")]
    public bool generateCollider = true;

    [Tooltip("If true, the mesh will be bent on play mode. If false, the bent mesh will be kept from the editor mode, allowing lighting baking.")]
    public bool updateInPlayMode;

    [Tooltip("If true, a mesh will be placed on each curve of the spline. If false, a single mesh will be placed for the whole spline.")]
    public bool curveSpace = false;

    [Tooltip("The mode to use to fill the choosen interval with the bent mesh.")]
    public MeshBender.FillingMode mode = MeshBender.FillingMode.StretchToInterval;

    private void OnEnable() {
        if (initOnEnable) {
            Init();
        }
    }

    public void Init() {
        if (_instanceId.Length < 1) {
            if (transform.childCount > 0 && transform.GetChild(0).name.Contains(GetType().Name)) {
                string name = transform.GetChild(0).name;
                _instanceId = name.Substring(0, name.IndexOf("_"));
            } else {
                _instanceId = UnityEngine.Random.Range(0, 999999999).ToString();
            }
        }
        // tip : if you name all generated content in the same way, you can easily find all of it
        // at once in the scene view, with a single search.
        string generatedName = _instanceId + "_genBy_" + GetType().Name;
        var generatedTranform = transform.Find(generatedName);
        generated = generatedTranform != null ? generatedTranform.gameObject : UOUtility.Create(generatedName, gameObject);

        spline = GetComponentInParent<Spline>();
        spline.NodeListChanged += (s, e) => toUpdate = true;

        toUpdate = true;
    }

    private void OnValidate() {
        if (spline == null) return;
        toUpdate = true;
    }

    private void Update() {
        // we can prevent the generated content to be updated during playmode to preserve baked data saved in the scene
        if (!updateInPlayMode && Application.isPlaying) return;

        if (toUpdate) {
            toUpdate = false;
            CreateMeshes();
        }
    }

    public void CreateMeshes() {

if UNITY_EDITOR

        // we don't update if we are in prefab mode
        if (PrefabStageUtility.GetCurrentPrefabStage() != null) return;

endif

        var used = new List<GameObject>();

        if (curveSpace) {
            int i = 0;
            foreach (var curve in spline.curves) {
                var go = FindOrCreate(_instanceId + "segment " + i++ + " mesh");
                go.GetComponent<MeshBender>().SetInterval(curve);
                go.GetComponent<MeshCollider>().enabled = generateCollider;
                used.Add(go);
            }
        } else {
            var go = FindOrCreate(_instanceId + "segment 1 mesh");
            go.GetComponent<MeshBender>().SetInterval(spline, 0);
            go.GetComponent<MeshCollider>().enabled = generateCollider;
            used.Add(go);
        }

        // we destroy the unused objects. This is classic pooling to recycle game objects.
        foreach (var go in generated.transform
            .Cast<Transform>()
            .Select(child => child.gameObject).Except(used)) {
            UOUtility.Destroy(go);
        }
    }

    private GameObject FindOrCreate(string name) {
        var childTransform = generated.transform.Find(name);
        GameObject res;
        if (childTransform == null) {
            res = UOUtility.Create(name,
                generated,
                typeof(MeshFilter),
                typeof(MeshRenderer),
                typeof(MeshBender),
                typeof(MeshCollider));
            res.isStatic = !updateInPlayMode;
        } else {
            res = childTransform.gameObject;
        }
        res.GetComponent<MeshRenderer>().material = material;
        res.GetComponent<MeshCollider>().material = physicMaterial;
        MeshBender mb = res.GetComponent<MeshBender>();
        mb.Source = SourceMesh.Build(mesh)
            .Translate(translation)
            .Rotate(Quaternion.Euler(rotation))
            .Scale(scale);
        mb.Mode = mode;
        return res;
    }
}

}

[programming2012]

This way can fix the bug, but will create more than one "generated by SplineMeshTiling" GameObject.

[lukemadera]

Yep, I realized that and made more updates to block the duplicates. I just updated my post with the update.