1.7.5 Plane mirroring

[Kilinich]

Mirror menu item for infinity plane do horizontal mirroring (as expected) but "mirror key" action do nothing.
So I think "mirror key" is useless for planes and must be removed or grayed out.

[tatt61880]

Mirror menu item for infinity plane do horizontal mirroring (as expected) but "mirror key" action do nothing.
So I think "mirror key" is useless for planes and must be removed or grayed out.

This is not bug.
Mirror key is not useless.
Mirror key works when you choose same mirror key for more than two objects.
Press "M"-key.
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[Kilinich]

Mirror menu item for infinity plane do horizontal mirroring (as expected) but "mirror key" action do nothing.
So I think "mirror key" is useless for planes and must be removed or grayed out.

This is not bug.
Mirror key is not useless.
Mirror key works when you choose same mirror key for more than two objects.
Press "M"-key.

Oh IC why it's not working in my case, as I say before - mirroring line is very unpredictable.
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If box lay down on plane - It's not mirroring.

p.s. btw I found another bug, see next post

[emilk]

FYI: Mirror key mirrors across the longest axis of the bounding box of the objects. For something whose bounding box is close to square, this will be unpredictable.

The mirror key is meant to be used on cars etc.

[Kilinich]

FYI: Mirror key mirrors across the longest axis of the bounding box of the objects. For something whose bounding box is close to square, this will be unpredictable.

The mirror key is meant to be used on cars etc.

I know I just don't like it.
My suggestion was define only horizontal mirror (at moment of key assign).

[emilk]

But then how would you make a working Action SuperCross/Elasto Mania clone?

[Kilinich]

But then how would you make a working Action SuperCross/Elasto Mania clone?

I mean _initial_ mirroring line.
Later that line turns with objects and keep mirroring correct way (horizontally, related to object).

[tatt61880]

But then how would you make a working Action SuperCross/Elasto Mania clone?

I mean _initial_ mirroring line.
Later that line turns with objects and keep mirroring correct way (horizontally, related to object).

I don't know there is good way to solve this issue.
How should Algodoo calculate the mirroring line?

For example: You make simple car with 1 box and 2 circles.
When the box rotated 15 degree, you expect that mirroring line also rotate 15 degree.
But do not forget circles also rotate (and the rotated angles will not be 15 degrees).

Selecting box as main object may solve this (i.e. you select "main body for mirroring" from mirroring structure group and the other objects' angles will be ignored).
But I don't know this way also work fine for complex structures.