Custom Import Plugin

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<scene name="my_custom_scene">
	<node name="root">
		<node name="Mesh1">
			<attribute type="mesh">
				<surfaces>
					<surface name="cube_surface1" offset="0" size="12"/>
					<surface name="cube_surface2" offset="12" size="12"/>
					<surface name="cube_surface3" offset="24" size="12"/>
				</surfaces>
				<vertices>
					<vertex>0.0 0.0 0.0</vertex>
					<vertex>0.0 1.0 0.0</vertex>
					<vertex>1.0 1.0 0.0</vertex>
					<vertex>1.0 0.0 0.0</vertex>
					<vertex>0.0 0.0 1.0</vertex>
					<vertex>0.0 1.0 1.0</vertex>
					<vertex>1.0 1.0 1.0</vertex>
					<vertex>1.0 0.0 1.0</vertex>
				</vertices>
				<indices num_indices="36">0 1 2 2 3 0 4 7 6 6 5 4 3 2 6 6 7 3 4 5 1 1 0 4 4 0 3 3 7 4 5 6 2 2 1 5</indices>
			</attribute>
			<transform>1 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0.0 -0.5 -1 0.0 1.0</transform>
		</node>
		<node name="OmniLight1">
			<attribute type="light">
				<light_type>LIGHT_OMNI</light_type>
				<color>0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0</color>
				<intensity>0.5f</intensity>
			</attribute>
			<transform>1 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 1.0</transform>
		</node>
		<node name="OmniLight2">
			<attribute type="light">
				<light_type>LIGHT_OMNI</light_type>
				<color>0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0</color>
				<intensity>0.5f</intensity>
			</attribute>
			<transform>1 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0.0 -5.0 5.0 5.0 1.0</transform>
		</node>
		<node name="ProjectedLight1">
			<attribute type="light">
				<light_type>LIGHT_PROJ</light_type>
				<color>1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0</color>
				<intensity>1.0f</intensity>
			</attribute>
			<transform>1 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 5.0 0 0 3.0 1.0</transform>
		</node>
		<node name="my_camera">
			<attribute type="camera">
				<camera_type>TYPE_PERSPECTIVE</camera_type>
				<near>0.001f</near>
				<far>10000.0f</far>
				<fov>60.0f</fov>
				<target>10.0 10.0 10.0</target>
			</attribute>
			<transform>1 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 -2.0 2.0 1.0</transform>
		</node>
	</node>
</scene>

#pragma once
#include <UniginePlugin.h>
#include <UnigineVector.h>

struct MyImporterParameters;

class MyImportPlugin : public Unigine::Plugin
{
protected:
	// specifying our plugin's name
	const char *get_name() override;

	// overriding methods for initialization and cleanup on shutdown
	int init() override;
	int shutdown() override;

private:
	MyImporterParameters *importer_parameters{ nullptr };
	Unigine::Vector<void *> registered_importers;
	Unigine::Vector<void *> registered_processors;
};

#include "MyImportPlugin.h"
#include "MyImporter.h" // our importer's header file
#include "MyImportProcessor.h" // our import processor's header file 

struct MyImporterParameters
{
	Unigine::String string_parameter;
};

namespace
{

	Unigine::Importer *importer_creator(void *args)
	{
		auto parameters = static_cast<MyImporterParameters *>(args);
		Unigine::Log::message("ImporterParameter: %s\n", parameters->string_parameter.get());
		return new MyImporter();
	}
	void importer_deletor(Unigine::Importer *importer, void *) { delete static_cast<MyImporter *>(importer); }

	Unigine::ImportProcessor *processor_creator(void *) { return new MyImportProcessor(); }
	void processor_deletor(Unigine::ImportProcessor *processor, void *) { delete processor; }

}

const char *MyImportPlugin::get_name()
{
	return "MyImportPlugin";
}

// plugin initialization
int MyImportPlugin::init()
{
	importer_parameters = new MyImporterParameters();
	importer_parameters->string_parameter = "MyStringParameter";

	// registering our custom importer and import processor
	for (const auto &ext : MyImporter::getExtensions())
	{
		registered_importers.append(Unigine::Import::registerImporter("MyVendorName", "MyImporter", ext, importer_creator, importer_deletor, importer_parameters));
	}

	if (!Unigine::Import::containsImportProcessor("MyImportProcessor"))
	{
		registered_processors.append(Unigine::Import::registerImportProcessor("MyImportProcessor", processor_creator, processor_deletor));
	}

	return 1;
}

// plugin cleanup on shutdown
int MyImportPlugin::shutdown()
{
	// removing our custom importer and import processor from the registry
	for (void *handle : registered_importers)
		Unigine::Import::unregisterImporter(handle);
	registered_importers.clear();

	for (void *handle : registered_processors)
		Unigine::Import::unregisterImportProcessor(handle);
	registered_processors.clear();

	delete importer_parameters;
	importer_parameters = nullptr;

	return 1;
}

extern "C"
{

	UNIGINE_EXPORT void *CreatePlugin()
	{
		return new MyImportPlugin();
	}

	UNIGINE_EXPORT void ReleasePlugin(void *plugin)
	{
		delete static_cast<MyImportPlugin *>(plugin);
	}

}

#pragma once
#include <UnigineMathLib.h>
#include <UnigineString.h>
#include <UnigineVector.h>

using namespace Unigine;

// camera metadata structure
struct MyCamera
{
	String type;
	float near_plane;
	float far_plane;
	float fov;
	Math::vec3 target;
};

// light metadata structure
struct MyLight
{
	String type;
	float intensity;
	Math::vec4 color;
};

// mesh metadata structure
struct MyMesh
{
	String type;
	Vector<String> surfaces;	
	Vector<Math::ivec3> polygons;
	Vector<Math::vec3> vertices;
	Vector<int> indices;
};

MyImporter::MyImporter()
{
	// setting up necessary import parameters
	setParameterInt("vertex_cache", 1);
	setParameterFloat("scale", 1.0f);

	// adding a custom pre-processor
	addPreProcessor("MyImportProcessor");
}

MyImporter::~MyImporter()
{
	// removing our custom pre-processor
	removePreProcessor("MyImportProcessor");

	// free memory
	for (MyLight *light : lights)
		delete light;
	for (MyCamera *camera : cameras)
		delete camera;
	for (MyMesh *mesh : meshes)
		delete mesh;
}

#pragma once

#include <UnigineImport.h>
#include <UnigineMesh.h>
#include <UnigineHashMap.h>
#include <UnigineXml.h>

struct MyCamera;
struct MyLight;
struct MyMesh;

// declaring our custom importer
class MyImporter : public Unigine::Importer
{
	using ImportScenePtr = Unigine::ImportScenePtr;
	using ImportProcessorPtr = Unigine::ImportProcessorPtr;
	using ImportMeshPtr = Unigine::ImportMeshPtr;
	using ImportLightPtr = Unigine::ImportLightPtr;
	using ImportCameraPtr = Unigine::ImportCameraPtr;
	using ImportNodePtr = Unigine::ImportNodePtr;

public:
	MyImporter();
	~MyImporter() override;

	// here we define file extensions to be exported by our plugin, let it be a single .myext
	UNIGINE_INLINE static Unigine::Vector<Unigine::String> getExtensions() { return{ "myext" }; }

protected:
	// overriding methods that we're going to use to import required scene components
	bool onInit(const ImportScenePtr &scene, const char *filepath) override;
	bool onImport(const char *output_path) override;
	bool onImportMesh(const ImportProcessorPtr &processor, const Unigine::MeshPtr &mesh, const ImportMeshPtr &import_mesh) override;
	Unigine::LightPtr onImportLight(const ImportProcessorPtr &processor, const ImportLightPtr &import_light) override;
	Unigine::PlayerPtr onImportCamera(const ImportProcessorPtr &processor, const ImportCameraPtr &import_camera) override;
	Unigine::NodePtr onImportNode(const ImportProcessorPtr &processor, const ImportNodePtr &import_node) override;

private:

	// method creating a new import scene, performing file format checks and parsing the input file
	// to fill the hierarchy of metadata structures
	bool import_scene(const ImportScenePtr &import_scene);

	// the methods below check required flags, perform necessary data preparations and
	// add components to the hierarchy of scene metada structures (import_scene)
	void process_node(const ImportScenePtr &import_scene, const ImportNodePtr &parent, Unigine::XmlPtr scene_node);
	void process_mesh(const ImportScenePtr &import_scene, const ImportNodePtr &node, MyMesh *my_mesh);
	void process_light(const ImportScenePtr &import_scene, const ImportNodePtr &node, MyLight *my_light);
	void process_camera(const ImportScenePtr &import_scene, const ImportNodePtr &node, MyCamera *my_camera);

private:
	float scale{ 1.0f }; // scale factor for the imported scene
	Unigine::XmlPtr my_scene; // initial xml scene structure
	Unigine::Vector<MyLight *> lights;
	Unigine::Vector<MyCamera *> cameras;
	Unigine::Vector<MyMesh *> meshes;

};

#include "MyImporter.h"
#include "MyImporterData.h"

#include <UnigineThread.h>
#include <UnigineFileSystem.h>
#include <UnigineMathLibGeometry.h>
#include <UnigineNodes.h>
#include <UnigineWorld.h>
#include <UnigineHashSet.h>
#include <UnigineMaterials.h>
#include <UnigineDir.h>
#include <UnigineSet.h>

using namespace Unigine;

// auxiliary functions creating UNIGINE objects
namespace
{

	bool create_mesh(const MeshPtr &mesh, const ImportMeshPtr &import_mesh, float scale);
	LightPtr create_light(const ImportLightPtr &import_light);
	PlayerPtr create_camera(const ImportCameraPtr &import_camera);

}

MyImporter::MyImporter()
{
	// setting up necessary import parameters
	setParameterInt("vertex_cache", 1);
	setParameterFloat("scale", 1.0f);

	// adding a custom pre-processor
	addPreProcessor("MyImportProcessor");
}

MyImporter::~MyImporter()
{
	// removing our custom pre-processor
	removePreProcessor("MyImportProcessor");

	// free memory
	for (MyLight *light : lights)
		delete light;
	for (MyCamera *camera : cameras)
		delete camera;
	for (MyMesh *mesh : meshes)
		delete mesh;
}

bool MyImporter::onInit(const ImportScenePtr &scene, const char *filepath)
{
	// getting all necessary import parameters and making necessary preparations for scene import
	scale = getParameterFloat("scale");

	String filesystem_filepath = FileSystem::getAbsolutePath(filepath);
	my_scene = Xml::create();
	my_scene->load(filesystem_filepath);

	Log::message("\n\nLAUNCHING IMPORTING PROCESS... \n");

	// parse input file and fill metadata structures
	return import_scene(scene);
}

bool MyImporter::onImport(const char *output_path)
{
	Log::message("\nOnImport() reporting... \n");

	ImportScenePtr scene = getScene();

	auto setup_processor = [this, output_path](ImportProcessorPtr proc) {
		proc->setOutputPath(output_path);
		proc->setImporter(getImporter());
	};

	// importing meshes
	if (ImportProcessorPtr proc = Import::createImportProcessor(getMeshesProcessor()))
	{
		setup_processor(proc);

		Unigine::MeshPtr mesh = Unigine::Mesh::create();

		int num_meshes = scene->getNumMeshes();
		for (int m = 0; m < num_meshes; ++m)
		{
			mesh->clear();
			importMesh(proc, mesh, scene->getMesh(m));
		}
	}

	// importing nodes
	if (ImportProcessorPtr proc = Import::createImportProcessor(getNodesProcessor()))
	{
		setup_processor(proc);

		int num_nodes = scene->getNumNodes();
		for (int n = 0; n < num_nodes; ++n)
		{
			ImportNodePtr node = scene->getNode(n);
			if (node->getParent() != nullptr)
				continue;

			NodePtr root_node = importNode(proc, node);
			setOutputFilepath(node->getFilepath());
			if (root_node)
				root_node.deleteForce();
		}
	}

	return true;
}

bool MyImporter::onImportMesh(const ImportProcessorPtr &processor, const MeshPtr &mesh, const ImportMeshPtr &import_mesh)
{
	Log::message("\n onImportMesh reporting... \n");

	// trying to generate a Unigine Mesh using the ImportMesh data
	if (!create_mesh(mesh, import_mesh, scale))
	{
		Log::error("MyImporter::onImportMesh: can't create mesh.\n");
		return false;
	}

	// checking vertex_cache parameter and optimizing cache if necessary
	if (getParameterInt("vertex_cache"))
		mesh->optimizeIndices(Unigine::Mesh::VERTEX_CACHE);

	// calling a default processor to save the mesh to a file
	return processor->processMesh(mesh, import_mesh);
}

PlayerPtr MyImporter::onImportCamera(const ImportProcessorPtr &processor, const ImportCameraPtr &import_camera)
{
	Log::message("\n onImportCamera reporting... \n");

	// trying to generate a Unigine player using the ImportCamera data
	PlayerPtr camera = create_camera(import_camera);
	if (!camera)
	{
		Log::error("MyImporter::onImportCamera: can't create camera.\n");
		return nullptr;
	}

	// process player
	processor->processCamera(camera, import_camera);
	return camera;
}

LightPtr MyImporter::onImportLight(const ImportProcessorPtr &processor, const ImportLightPtr &import_light)
{
	Log::message("\n onImportLight reporting... \n");
	// trying to generate a Unigine light source using the ImportLight data
	LightPtr light = create_light(import_light);
	if (!light)
	{
		Log::error("MyImporter::onImportLight: can't create light.\n");
		return nullptr;
	}

	// process light
	processor->processLight(light, import_light);
	return light;
}

NodePtr MyImporter::onImportNode(const ImportProcessorPtr &processor, const ImportNodePtr &import_node)
{
	Log::message("\n onImportNode reporting: importing %s node\n", import_node->getName());

	NodePtr node = convertNode(processor, import_node);
	processor->processNode(node, import_node);
	return node;
}

bool MyImporter::import_scene(const ImportScenePtr &import_scene)
{
	// performing necessary checks on file format
	String n = my_scene->getName();
	if (n != "scene")
	{
		Log::error("Scene loader: bad my_scene format\n");
		return 0;
	}

	// checking scene name
	String name = my_scene->getArg("name");
	if (name.empty())
	{
		Log::error("Scene loader: scene name can't be empty\n");
		return 0;
	}
	// parsing the input file and filling the ImportScene 
	auto num_nodes = my_scene->getNumChildren();
	Log::message("Importing [%s] scene num_nodes = %d\n", name.get(), num_nodes);
	for (int i = 0; i < num_nodes; i++)
	{
		const XmlPtr child_xml = my_scene->getChild(i);
		const String &child_name = child_xml->getName();

		if (child_name == "node")
		{
			process_node(import_scene, nullptr, child_xml);
		}
		else
		{
			Log::error("Scene loader: unknown element \"%s\" in the \"%s\" scene\n",
				child_name.get(), name.get());
		}
	}

	return true;
}

void MyImporter::process_node(const ImportScenePtr &import_scene, const ImportNodePtr &parent, XmlPtr scene_node)
{
	ImportNodePtr node = import_scene->addNode(parent);
	node->setName(scene_node->getArg("name"));
	if (scene_node->getChild("transform"))
	{
		Math::dmat4 transform = scene_node->getChild("transform")->getDMat4Data();
		transform.m03 *= scale;
		transform.m13 *= scale;
		transform.m23 *= scale;
		node->setTransform(transform);
	}

	// processing node attributes
	XmlPtr attribute = scene_node->getChild("attribute");
	if (attribute)
	{
		String attr_type = attribute->getArg("type");
		if (attr_type == "light")
		{
			// creating and filling light metadata
			MyLight *light = new MyLight();
			lights.append(light);
			light->type = attribute->getChildData("light_type");
			light->color = attribute->getChild("color")->getVec4Data();
			light->intensity = attribute->getChild("intensity")->getFloatData();

			// processing light metadata and adding ImportLight to the scene
			process_light(import_scene, node, light);

			Log::message("Artribute light: named %s , type %s, color (%f, %f, %f, %f)\n",
				node->getName(), light->type.get(),
				light->color.x, light->color.y, light->color.z, light->color.w);
		}
		else if (attr_type == "camera")
		{
			// creating and filling camera metadata
			MyCamera *camera = new MyCamera();
			cameras.append(camera);

			camera->type = attribute->getChildData("player_type");
			camera->fov = attribute->getChild("fov")->getFloatData();
			camera->near_plane = attribute->getChild("near")->getFloatData();
			camera->far_plane = attribute->getChild("far")->getFloatData();
			camera->target = attribute->getChild("target")->getVec3Data();

			// processing camera metadata and adding ImportCamera to the scene
			process_camera(import_scene, node, camera);
			Log::message("Artribute camera: named %s , type %s, target (%f, %f, %f)\n",
				node->getName(), camera->type.get(),
				camera->target.x, camera->target.y, camera->target.z);
		}
		else if (attr_type == "mesh")
		{
			// creating and filling mesh metadata
			MyMesh *mesh = new MyMesh();
			meshes.append(mesh);

			int num_surfaces = attribute->getChild("surfaces")->getNumChildren();
			int num_vertices = attribute->getChild("vertices")->getNumChildren();

			Log::message("Artribute mesh: named %s , %d surfaces, %d vertices\n",
				node->getName(), num_surfaces, num_vertices);

			// getting all surfaces
			for (int i = 0; i < num_surfaces; ++i) {
				XmlPtr xml_surf = attribute->getChild("surfaces")->getChild(i);
				mesh->surfaces.append(xml_surf->getArg("name"));
				// filling polygons data
				mesh->polygons.append(
					Math::ivec3(i, xml_surf->getIntArg("offset"), xml_surf->getIntArg("size")));
				Log::message("\nSurface [%d] named: %s\n", i, mesh->surfaces[i].get());
			}
			// getting all vertices
			for (int i = 0; i < num_vertices; ++i)
			{
				mesh->vertices.append(attribute->getChild("vertices")->getChild(i)->getVec3Data());

				Log::message("Vertex [%d] coordinates:(%f, %f, %f)\n",
					i, mesh->vertices[i].x, mesh->vertices[i].y, mesh->vertices[i].z);
			}
			// getting all indices
			XmlPtr indices_xml = attribute->getChild("indices");
			int num_indices = indices_xml->getIntArg("num_indices");

			mesh->indices.resize(num_indices);
			indices_xml->getIntArrayData(mesh->indices.get(), num_indices);

			// processing mesh metadata and adding ImportMesh to the scene
			process_mesh(import_scene, node, mesh);
		}
	}

	// processing all node's children
	int num_children = scene_node->getNumChildren();
	for (int i = 0; i < num_children; ++i) {
		XmlPtr child = scene_node->getChild(i);
		const String &child_name = child->getName();
		if (child_name == "node")
			process_node(import_scene, node, child);
	}
}

void MyImporter::process_mesh(const ImportScenePtr amp;import_scene, const ImportNodePtr &node, sMyMesh *my_mesh)
{
	Log::message("\n FUNCTION: process_mesh() reporting... \n");
	if ((getFlags() & IMPORT_MESHES) == 0)
		return;

	ImportMeshPtr mesh = import_scene->addMesh(node);
	mesh->setName(node->getName());

	ImportGeometryPtr geometry = mesh->addGeometry();
	geometry->setData(my_mesh);

	//adding surfaces to the mesh
	for (int i = 0; i < my_mesh->surfaces.size(); i++)
	{
		ImportSurfacePtr s = geometry->addSurface();
		s->setName(my_mesh->surfaces[i]);
		s->setTargetSurface(geometry->getNumSurfaces() - 1);
	}
}

void MyImporter::process_light(const ImportScenePtr &import_scene, const ImportNodePtr &node, MyLight *my_light)
{
	Log::message("\n FUNCTION: process_light() reporting... \n");
	// checking if the light import flag is set
	if ((getFlags() & IMPORT_LIGHTS) == 0)
		return;

	// adding a light source to the scene and setting lignt source data
	ImportLightPtr light = import_scene->addLight(node);
	light->setData(my_light);
}

void MyImporter::process_camera(const ImportScenePtr &import_scene, const ImportNodePtr &node, MyCamera *my_camera)
{
	Log::message("\n FUNCTION: process_camera() reporting... \n");
	// checking if the camera import flag is set
	if ((getFlags() & IMPORT_CAMERAS) == 0)
		return;

	// adding a camera to the scene and setting camera data
	ImportCameraPtr camera = import_scene->addCamera(node);
	camera->setData(my_camera);
}

namespace
{
	// auxiliary data structures to store mesh geometry information
	struct SurfaceData
	{
		int index;
		ImportSurfacePtr surface;
		Unigine::Vector<int> cindices;
		Unigine::Vector<int> tindices;
	};

	struct GeometryData
	{
		Unigine::Math::vec3 *vertices;
		Unigine::Math::dmat4 transform;
	};

	bool create_surfaces(const MeshPtr &mesh, const Unigine::Vector<SurfaceData> &surfaces, const GeometryData &geometry_data, float scale)
	{

		Log::message("\n FUNCTION: create_surfaces() reporting... \n");
		using namespace Unigine;
		using namespace Unigine::Math;

		const dmat4 &transform = geometry_data.transform;
		const Unigine::Math::vec3 *vertices = geometry_data.vertices;

		mat3 rotation = mat3(transform);
		// creating mesh surfaces using metadata
		for (const SurfaceData &surface : surfaces)
		{
			if (surface.cindices.empty())
				continue;

			int s = surface.surface->getTargetSurface();
			while (s >= mesh->getNumSurfaces())
				mesh->addSurface();

			mesh->setSurfaceName(s, surface.surface->getName());

			for (int index : surface.cindices) {
				mesh->addVertex(vec3(transform * vec3(vertices[index])), s);
				Log::message("\n FUNCTION: create_surfaces() reporting: adding vertex[%d] with coords (%f, %f, %f)... \n",
					index, vertices[index].x, vertices[index].y, vertices[index].z);
			}
			// applying scale
			mesh->setSurfaceTransform(Math::scale(vec3(scale)), s);
		}

		return true;
	}

	bool create_geometry(const Unigine::MeshPtr &mesh, const ImportGeometryPtr &geometry, float scale)
	{
		Log::message("\n FUNCTION: create_geometry() REPORTING... \n");
		using namespace Unigine;
		using namespace Unigine::Math;

		MyMesh *my_mesh = static_cast<MyMesh *>(geometry->getData());

		const dmat4 &transform = geometry->getTransform();

		GeometryData geometry_data;
		geometry_data.vertices = &my_mesh->vertices[0];
		geometry_data.transform = transform;

		Unigine::Vector<SurfaceData> surfaces_data;

		for (int n_surf = 0; n_surf < my_mesh->surfaces.size(); n_surf++)
		{
			// adding cindices and tindices and calling create surfaces
			SurfaceData &surface = surfaces_data.append();
			surface.index = n_surf;
			surface.surface = geometry->getSurface(n_surf);

			int offset = my_mesh->polygons[n_surf].y;
			int size = my_mesh->polygons[n_surf].z;
			for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
			{
				surface.cindices.append(my_mesh->indices[offset + i]);
				surface.tindices.append(my_mesh->indices[offset + i]);
			}
		}

		create_surfaces(mesh, surfaces_data, geometry_data, scale);
		return true;
	}

	bool create_mesh(const Unigine::MeshPtr &mesh, const ImportMeshPtr &import_mesh, float scale)
	{
		Log::message("\n FUNCTION: create_mesh() reporting... \n");
		int num_geometries = import_mesh->getNumGeometries();
		for (int i = 0; i < num_geometries; ++i)
			create_geometry(mesh, import_mesh->getGeometry(i), scale);

		int num_surfaces = mesh->getNumSurfaces();

		// creating mesh indices
		mesh->createIndices();

		for (int s = 0; s < num_surfaces; ++s)
		{
			if (!mesh->getNumTangents(s, 0))
				mesh->createTangents(s, 0);

			for (int t = 1; t < mesh->getNumSurfaceTargets(s); ++t)
				mesh->createTangents(s, t);
		}

		// creating mesh bounds
		mesh->createBounds();

		return true;
	}

	LightPtr create_light(const ImportLightPtr &import_light)
	{
		using namespace Math;

		MyLight *my_light = static_cast<MyLight *>(import_light->getData());

		// getting light parameters from the ImportLight structure
		String type = my_light->type;
		vec4 color = vec4(my_light->color);
		float intensity = my_light->intensity;

		// checking light source type and creating a corresponding light source
		if (type == "LIGHT_OMNI")
		{
			Log::message("\n FUNCTION: create_light() creating an OMNI light... \n");
			LightOmniPtr light_omni = LightOmni::create(color, 100.0f);
			light_omni->setIntensity(intensity);
			light_omni->setShapeType(Light::SHAPE_RECTANGLE);
			return light_omni;
		}
		else if (type == "LIGHT_PROJ")
		{
			Log::message("\n FUNCTION: create_light() creating a PROJ light... \n");
			return LightProj::create(color, 100.0f, 60.0f);
		}

		Log::error("create_light: unknown light type.\n");
		return nullptr;
	}

	PlayerPtr create_camera(const ImportCameraPtr &import_camera)
	{
		Log::message("\n FUNCTION: create_camera() reporting... \n");

		MyCamera *my_camera = static_cast<MyCamera *>(import_camera->getData());

		// getting camera parameters from the ImportCamera structure
		float fov = my_camera->fov;
		float znear = my_camera->near_plane;
		float zfar = my_camera->far_plane;

		PlayerDummyPtr player_dummy = PlayerDummy::create();
		player_dummy->setZNear(znear);
		player_dummy->setZFar(zfar);
		//player_dummy->worldLookAt((Math::Vec3)my_camera->target, Math::vec3_up);

		// setting player projection
		if (my_camera->type == "TYPE_ORTHOGONAL")
			player_dummy->setProjection(Math::ortho(-1.0f, 1.0f, -1.0f, 1.0f, znear, zfar));

		if (my_camera->type == "TYPE_PERSPECTIVE")
			player_dummy->setFov(fov);

		return player_dummy;
	}

}