API Question a question about oapiLoadMeshGlobal

[jedidia]

There's something I'm not quite sure about... What happens if I call oapiLoadMeshGlobal for a mesh that was already loaded globally? I'll have different vessels using the same templates, but I' won't know which ones they are beforehand.

Should I check if GetMeshTemplate() returns NULL for every mesh before loading oapiLoadMeshGlobal, or does the function check if the mesh was already created and in this case just returns a handle to the template?

 

[Face]

or does the function check if the mesh was already created and in this case just returns a handle to the template?

According to /Orbitersdk/doc/API_Reference.pdf, p. 114, this should indeed be the case:

When called for the first time for any given file name, the mesh is loaded from file and stored as a system
resource. Every further request for the same mesh directly returns a handle to the stored mesh without
additional file I/O.

 

[jedidia]

Oops, somehow that line escaped me. Should read more careful in the future. Thanks!