@needle-tools/engine 4.4.0-beta → 4.4.0-beta.2

package/src/engine/engine_serialization_builtin_serializer.ts

@@ -1,474 +1,474 @@
-import { Color, CompressedTexture, Euler, LinearSRGBColorSpace, Object3D, RGBAFormat, Texture, WebGLRenderTarget } from "three";
-
-import { isDevEnvironment, showBalloonMessage, showBalloonWarning } from "../engine/debug/index.js";
-import { Behaviour, Component, GameObject } from "../engine-components/Component.js";
-import { CallInfo, EventList } from "../engine-components/EventList.js";
-import { AssetReference } from "./engine_addressables.js";
-import { debugExtension } from "./engine_default_parameters.js";
-import { SerializationContext, TypeSerializer } from "./engine_serialization_core.js";
-import { RenderTexture } from "./engine_texture.js";
-import { IComponent } from "./engine_types.js";
-import { resolveUrl } from "./engine_utils.js";
-import { RGBAColor } from "./js-extensions/index.js";
-
-// export class SourcePath {
-//     src?:string
-// };
-
-// class SourcePathSerializer extends TypeSerializer{
-//     constructor(){
-//         super(SourcePath);
-//     }
-//     onDeserialize(data: any, _context: SerializationContext) {
-//         if(data.src && typeof data.src === "string"){
-//             return data.src;
-//         }
-//     }
-//     onSerialize(_data: any, _context: SerializationContext) {
-
-//     }
-// }
-// new SourcePathSerializer();
-
-class ColorSerializer extends TypeSerializer {
-    constructor() {
-        super([Color, RGBAColor], "ColorSerializer")
-    }
-    onDeserialize(data: any): Color | RGBAColor | void {
-        if (data === undefined || data === null) return;
-        if (data.a !== undefined) {
-            return new RGBAColor(data.r, data.g, data.b, data.a);
-        }
-        else if (data.alpha !== undefined) {
-            return new RGBAColor(data.r, data.g, data.b, data.alpha);
-        }
-        return new Color(data.r, data.g, data.b);
-    }
-    onSerialize(data: any): any | void {
-        if (data === undefined || data === null) return;
-        if (data.a !== undefined)
-            return { r: data.r, g: data.g, b: data.b, a: data.a }
-        else
-            return { r: data.r, g: data.g, b: data.b }
-    }
-}
-export const colorSerializer = new ColorSerializer();
-
-class EulerSerializer extends TypeSerializer {
-    constructor() {
-        super([Euler], "EulerSerializer");
-    }
-    onDeserialize(data: any, _context: SerializationContext) {
-        if (data === undefined || data === null) return undefined;
-        if (data.order) {
-            return new Euler(data.x, data.y, data.z, data.order);
-        }
-        else if (data.x != undefined) {
-            return new Euler(data.x, data.y, data.z);
-        }
-        return undefined;
-    }
-    onSerialize(data: any, _context: SerializationContext) {
-        return { x: data.x, y: data.y, z: data.z, order: data.order };
-    }
-}
-export const euler = new EulerSerializer();
-
-declare type ObjectData = {
-    node?: number;
-    guid?: string;
-}
-class ObjectSerializer extends TypeSerializer {
-    constructor() {
-        super(Object3D, "ObjectSerializer");
-    }
-
-    onSerialize(data: any, context: SerializationContext) {
-        if (context.objectToNode !== undefined && data.uuid) {
-            const node = context.objectToNode[data.uuid];
-            if (debugExtension)
-                console.log(node, data.name, data.uuid);
-            return { node: node }
-        }
-        return undefined;
-    }
-
-    onDeserialize(data: ObjectData | string | null, context: SerializationContext) {
-
-        if (typeof data === "string") {
-            if (data.endsWith(".glb") || data.endsWith(".gltf")) {
-                // If the @serializable([Object3D, AssetReference]) looks like this we don't need to warn here. This is the case e.g. with SyncedCamera referencing a scene
-                if (context.serializable instanceof Array) {
-                    if (context.serializable.includes(AssetReference)) return undefined;
-                }
-                if (isDevEnvironment())
-                    showBalloonWarning("Detected wrong usage of @serializable with Object3D or GameObject. Instead you should use AssetReference here! Please see the console for details.");
-                const scriptname = context.target?.constructor?.name;
-                console.warn(`Wrong usage of @serializable detected in your script \"${scriptname}\"\n\nIt looks like you used @serializable(Object3D) or @serializable(GameObject) for a prefab or scene reference which is exported to a separate glTF file.\n\nTo fix this please change your code to:\n\n@serializable(AssetReference)\n${context.path}! : AssetReference;\n\0`);
-            }
-            // ACTUALLY: this is already handled by the extension_utils where we resolve json pointers recursively
-            // if(data.startsWith("/nodes/")){
-            //     const node = parseInt(data.substring("/nodes/".length));
-            //     if (context.nodeToObject) {
-            //         const res = context.nodeToObject[node];
-            //         if (debugExtension)
-            //             console.log("Deserialized object reference?", data, res, context?.nodeToObject);
-            //         if (!res) console.warn("Did not find node: " + data, context.nodeToObject, context.object);
-            //         return res;
-            //     }
-            // }
-            return undefined;
-        }
-
-        if (data) {
-            if (data.node !== undefined && context.nodeToObject) {
-                const res = context.nodeToObject[data.node];
-                if (debugExtension)
-                    console.log("Deserialized object reference?", data, res, context?.nodeToObject);
-                if (!res) console.warn("Did not find node: " + data.node, context.nodeToObject, context.object);
-                return res;
-            }
-            else if (data.guid) {
-                if (!context.context) {
-                    console.error("Missing context");
-                    return undefined;
-                }
-                // it is possible that the object is not yet loaded 
-                // e.g. if we have a scene with multiple gltf files and the first gltf references something in the second gltf
-                // we need a way to wait for all components to be created before we can resolve those references
-                // independent of order of loading
-                let res: GameObject | Behaviour | undefined | null = undefined;
-                // first try to search in the current gltf scene (if any)
-                const gltfScene = context.gltf?.scene;
-                if (gltfScene) {
-                    res = GameObject.findByGuid(data.guid, gltfScene);
-                }
-                // if not found, search in the whole scene
-                if (!res) {
-                    res = GameObject.findByGuid(data.guid, context.context.scene);
-                }
-                if (!res) {
-                    if (isDevEnvironment() || debugExtension)
-                        console.warn("Could not resolve object reference", context.path, data, context.target, context.context.scene);
-                    data["could_not_resolve"] = true;
-                }
-                else {
-                    if (res && (res as IComponent).isComponent === true) {
-                        if(debugExtension) console.warn("Deserialized object reference is a component");
-                        res = (res as IComponent).gameObject;
-                    }
-                    if (debugExtension)
-                        console.log("Deserialized object reference?", data, res, context?.nodeToObject);
-                }
-                return res;
-            }
-        }
-        return undefined;
-    }
-}
-export const objectSerializer = new ObjectSerializer();
-
-
-class ComponentSerializer extends TypeSerializer {
-
-    constructor() {
-        super([Component, Behaviour], "ComponentSerializer");
-    }
-
-    onSerialize(data: any, _context: SerializationContext) {
-        if (data?.guid) {
-            return { guid: data.guid }
-        }
-        return undefined;
-    }
-
-    onDeserialize(data: any, context: SerializationContext) {
-        if (data?.guid) {
-
-            // it's a workaround for VolumeParameter having a guid as well. Generally we will probably never have to resolve a component in the scene when it's coming from the persistent asset extension (like in the case for postprocessing volume parameters)
-            if (data.___persistentAsset) {
-                if(debugExtension) console.log("Skipping component deserialization because it's a persistent asset", data);
-                return undefined;
-            }
-
-            const currentPath = context.path;
-            // TODO: need to serialize some identifier for referenced components as well, maybe just guid?
-            // because here the components are created but dont have their former guid assigned
-            // and will later in the stack just get a newly generated guid
-            if (debugExtension)
-                console.log(data.guid, context.root, context.object, context.target);
-            // first search within the gltf (e.g. necessary when using AssetReference and loading a gltf without adding it to the scene)
-            // if we would search JUST the scene those references would NEVER be resolved
-            let res = this.findObjectForGuid(data.guid, context.root);
-            if (res) {
-                return res;
-            }
-            if (context.context) {
-                // if not found within the gltf use the provided context scene
-                // to find references outside
-                res = this.findObjectForGuid(data.guid, context.context?.scene);
-                if (res) return res;
-            }
-            if (isDevEnvironment() || debugExtension) {
-                console.warn("Could not resolve component reference: \"" + currentPath + "\" using guid " + data.guid, context.target);
-            }
-            data["could_not_resolve"] = true;
-            return undefined;
-        }
-        // if (data?.node !== undefined && context.nodeToObject) {
-        //     return context.nodeToObject[data.node];
-        // }
-        return undefined;
-    }
-
-    findObjectForGuid(guid: string, root: Object3D): any {
-        // recursively search root
-        // need to check the root object too
-        if (root["guid"] === guid) return root;
-
-        const res = GameObject.foreachComponent(root, (c) => {
-            if (c.guid === guid) return c;
-            return undefined;
-        }, false);
-        if (res !== undefined)
-            return res;
-
-        // if not found, search in children
-        for (let i = 0; i < root.children.length; i++) {
-            const child = root.children[i];
-            const res = this.findObjectForGuid(guid, child);
-            if (res) return res;
-        }
-    }
-}
-export const componentSerializer = new ComponentSerializer();
-
-
-declare class EventListData {
-    type: string;
-    calls: Array<EventListCall>;
-}
-declare type EventListCall = {
-    method: string,
-    target: string,
-    argument?: any,
-    arguments?: Array<any>,
-    enabled?: boolean,
-}
-
-const $eventListDebugInfo = Symbol("eventListDebugInfo");
-
-class EventListSerializer extends TypeSerializer {
-    constructor() {
-        super([EventList]);
-    }
-
-    onSerialize(_data: EventList<any>, _context: SerializationContext): EventListData | undefined {
-        console.log("TODO: SERIALIZE EVENT");
-        return undefined;
-    }
-
-    onDeserialize(data: EventListData, context: SerializationContext): EventList<any> | undefined | null {
-        // TODO: check that we dont accidentally deserialize methods to EventList objects. This is here to make is easy for react-three-fiber to just add props as { () => { } } 
-        if (typeof data === "function") {
-            const evtList = new EventList([new CallInfo(data, null, [], true)]);
-            return evtList;
-        }
-        else if (data && data.type === "EventList") {
-            if (debugExtension)
-                console.log("DESERIALIZE EVENT", data);
-            const fns = new Array<CallInfo>();
-            if (data.calls && Array.isArray(data.calls)) {
-                for (const call of data.calls) {
-                    if (debugExtension)
-                        console.log(call);
-                    let target = componentSerializer.findObjectForGuid(call.target, context.root);
-                    // if the object is not found in the current glb try find it in the whole scene
-                    if (!target && context.context?.scene) {
-                        target = componentSerializer.findObjectForGuid(call.target, context.context?.scene);
-                    }
-                    const hasMethod = call.method?.length > 0;
-                    if (target && hasMethod) {
-                        const printWarningMethodNotFound = () => {
-                            const uppercaseMethodName = call.method[0].toUpperCase() + call.method.slice(1);
-                            if (typeof target[uppercaseMethodName] === "function") {
-                                console.warn(`EventList method:\nCould not find method ${call.method} on object ${target.name}. Please rename ${call.method} to ${uppercaseMethodName}?\n`, target[uppercaseMethodName], "\n in script: ", target);
-                                showBalloonWarning("EventList methods must start with lowercase letter, see console for details");
-                                return;
-                            }
-                            else {
-                                console.warn(`EventList method:\nCould not find method ${call.method} on object ${target.name}`, target, typeof target[call.method]);
-                            }
-                        }
-                        const method = target[call.method];
-                        if (typeof method !== "function") {
-                            let foundMethod = false;
-                            let currentPrototype = target;
-                            // test if the target method is actually a property setter
-                            while (currentPrototype) {
-                                const desc = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(currentPrototype, call.method);
-                                if (desc && (desc.writable === true || desc.set)) {
-                                    foundMethod = true;
-                                    break;
-                                }
-                                currentPrototype = Object.getPrototypeOf(currentPrototype);
-                            }
-                            if (!foundMethod && (isDevEnvironment() || debugExtension))
-                                printWarningMethodNotFound();
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    function deserializeArgument(arg: any) {
-                        if (typeof arg === "object") {
-                            // Try to deserialize the call argument to either a object or a component reference
-                            let argRes = objectSerializer.onDeserialize(arg, context);
-                            if (!argRes) argRes = componentSerializer.onDeserialize(arg, context);
-                            if (argRes) return argRes;
-                        }
-                        return arg;
-                    }
-
-                    if (target) {
-                        let args = call.argument;
-                        if (args !== undefined) {
-                            args = deserializeArgument(args);
-                        }
-                        else if (call.arguments !== undefined) {
-                            args = call.arguments.map(deserializeArgument);
-                        }
-                        const method = target[call.method];
-                        if (!method) {
-                            console.warn(`EventList method not found: \"${call.method}\" on ${target?.name}`);
-                        }
-                        else {
-                            if (args !== undefined && !Array.isArray(args)) {
-                                args = [args];
-                            }
-                            // This is the final method we pass to the call info (or undefined if the method couldnt be resolved)
-                            // const eventMethod = hasMethod ? this.createEventMethod(target, call.method, args) : undefined;
-                            const fn = new CallInfo(target, call.method, args, call.enabled);
-                            fns.push(fn);
-                        }
-                    }
-                    else if (isDevEnvironment()) {
-                        console.warn("[Debug] EventList: Could not find event listener in scene", call, context.object, data);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            const evt = new EventList(fns);
-
-            if (debugExtension)
-                console.log(evt);
-
-            const eventListOwner = context.target;
-            if (eventListOwner !== undefined && context.path !== undefined) {
-                evt.setEventTarget(context.path, eventListOwner);
-            }
-
-            return evt;
-        }
-        return undefined;
-    }
-
-    // private createEventMethod(target: object, methodName: string, args?: any): Function | undefined {
-
-    //     return function (...forwardedArgs: any[]) {
-    //         const method = target[methodName];
-    //         if (typeof method === "function") {
-    //             if (args !== undefined) {
-    //                 // we now have support for creating event methods with multiple arguments
-    //                 // an argument can not be an array right now - so if we receive an array we assume it's the array of arguments that we want to call the method with
-    //                 // this means ["test", true] will invoke the method like this: myFunction("test", true) 
-    //                 if (Array.isArray(args))
-    //                     method?.call(target, ...args);
-    //                 // in any other case (when we just have one argument) we just call the method with the argument
-    //                 // we can not use ...args by default becaue that would break string arguments (it would then just use the first character)
-    //                 else
-    //                     method?.call(target, args);
-    //             }
-    //             else // support invoking EventList with any number of arguments (if none were declared in unity)
-    //                 method?.call(target, ...forwardedArgs);
-    //         }
-    //         else // the target "method" can be a property too
-    //         {
-    //             target[methodName] = args;
-    //         }
-    //     };
-    // }
-}
-export const eventListSerializer = new EventListSerializer();
-
-
-/** Map<Clone, Original> texture. This is used for compressed textures (or when the GLTFLoader is cloning RenderTextures)
- * It's a weak map so we don't have to worry about memory leaks
- */
-const cloneOriginalMap = new WeakMap<Texture, Texture>();
-const textureClone = Texture.prototype.clone;
-Texture.prototype.clone = function () {
-    const clone = textureClone.call(this);
-    if (!cloneOriginalMap.has(clone)) {
-        cloneOriginalMap.set(clone, this);
-    }
-    return clone;
-}
-
-export class RenderTextureSerializer extends TypeSerializer {
-    constructor() {
-        super([RenderTexture, WebGLRenderTarget]);
-    }
-
-    onSerialize(_data: any, _context: SerializationContext) {
-    }
-
-    onDeserialize(data: any, context: SerializationContext) {
-        if (data instanceof Texture && context.type === RenderTexture) {
-            let tex = data as Texture;
-            // If this is a cloned render texture we want to map it back to the original texture
-            // See https://linear.app/needle/issue/NE-5530
-            if (cloneOriginalMap.has(tex)) {
-                const original = cloneOriginalMap.get(tex)!;
-                tex = original;
-            }
-            tex.isRenderTargetTexture = true;
-            tex.flipY = true;
-            tex.offset.y = 1;
-            tex.repeat.y = -1;
-            tex.needsUpdate = true;
-            // when we have a compressed texture using mipmaps causes error in threejs because the bindframebuffer call will then try to set an array of framebuffers https://linear.app/needle/issue/NE-4294
-            tex.mipmaps = [];
-            if (tex instanceof CompressedTexture) {
-                //@ts-ignore
-                tex["isCompressedTexture"] = false;
-                //@ts-ignore
-                tex.format = RGBAFormat;
-            }
-
-            const rt = new RenderTexture(tex.image.width, tex.image.height, {
-                colorSpace: LinearSRGBColorSpace,
-            });
-            rt.texture = tex;
-            return rt;
-        }
-        return undefined;
-    }
-}
-new RenderTextureSerializer();
-
-
-export class UriSerializer extends TypeSerializer {
-    constructor() {
-        super([URL]);
-    }
-
-    onSerialize(_data: string, _context: SerializationContext) {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    onDeserialize(data: string, _context: SerializationContext) {
-        if (typeof data === "string" && data.length > 0) {
-            return resolveUrl(_context.gltfId, data);
-        }
-        return undefined;
-    }
-}
+import { Color, CompressedTexture, Euler, LinearSRGBColorSpace, Object3D, RGBAFormat, Texture, WebGLRenderTarget } from "three";
+
+import { isDevEnvironment, showBalloonMessage, showBalloonWarning } from "../engine/debug/index.js";
+import { Behaviour, Component, GameObject } from "../engine-components/Component.js";
+import { CallInfo, EventList } from "../engine-components/EventList.js";
+import { AssetReference } from "./engine_addressables.js";
+import { debugExtension } from "./engine_default_parameters.js";
+import { SerializationContext, TypeSerializer } from "./engine_serialization_core.js";
+import { RenderTexture } from "./engine_texture.js";
+import { IComponent } from "./engine_types.js";
+import { resolveUrl } from "./engine_utils.js";
+import { RGBAColor } from "./js-extensions/index.js";
+
+// export class SourcePath {
+//     src?:string
+// };
+
+// class SourcePathSerializer extends TypeSerializer{
+//     constructor(){
+//         super(SourcePath);
+//     }
+//     onDeserialize(data: any, _context: SerializationContext) {
+//         if(data.src && typeof data.src === "string"){
+//             return data.src;
+//         }
+//     }
+//     onSerialize(_data: any, _context: SerializationContext) {
+
+//     }
+// }
+// new SourcePathSerializer();
+
+class ColorSerializer extends TypeSerializer {
+    constructor() {
+        super([Color, RGBAColor], "ColorSerializer")
+    }
+    onDeserialize(data: any): Color | RGBAColor | void {
+        if (data === undefined || data === null) return;
+        if (data.a !== undefined) {
+            return new RGBAColor(data.r, data.g, data.b, data.a);
+        }
+        else if (data.alpha !== undefined) {
+            return new RGBAColor(data.r, data.g, data.b, data.alpha);
+        }
+        return new Color(data.r, data.g, data.b);
+    }
+    onSerialize(data: any): any | void {
+        if (data === undefined || data === null) return;
+        if (data.a !== undefined)
+            return { r: data.r, g: data.g, b: data.b, a: data.a }
+        else
+            return { r: data.r, g: data.g, b: data.b }
+    }
+}
+export const colorSerializer = new ColorSerializer();
+
+class EulerSerializer extends TypeSerializer {
+    constructor() {
+        super([Euler], "EulerSerializer");
+    }
+    onDeserialize(data: any, _context: SerializationContext) {
+        if (data === undefined || data === null) return undefined;
+        if (data.order) {
+            return new Euler(data.x, data.y, data.z, data.order);
+        }
+        else if (data.x != undefined) {
+            return new Euler(data.x, data.y, data.z);
+        }
+        return undefined;
+    }
+    onSerialize(data: any, _context: SerializationContext) {
+        return { x: data.x, y: data.y, z: data.z, order: data.order };
+    }
+}
+export const euler = new EulerSerializer();
+
+declare type ObjectData = {
+    node?: number;
+    guid?: string;
+}
+class ObjectSerializer extends TypeSerializer {
+    constructor() {
+        super(Object3D, "ObjectSerializer");
+    }
+
+    onSerialize(data: any, context: SerializationContext) {
+        if (context.objectToNode !== undefined && data.uuid) {
+            const node = context.objectToNode[data.uuid];
+            if (debugExtension)
+                console.log(node, data.name, data.uuid);
+            return { node: node }
+        }
+        return undefined;
+    }
+
+    onDeserialize(data: ObjectData | string | null, context: SerializationContext) {
+
+        if (typeof data === "string") {
+            if (data.endsWith(".glb") || data.endsWith(".gltf")) {
+                // If the @serializable([Object3D, AssetReference]) looks like this we don't need to warn here. This is the case e.g. with SyncedCamera referencing a scene
+                if (context.serializable instanceof Array) {
+                    if (context.serializable.includes(AssetReference)) return undefined;
+                }
+                if (isDevEnvironment())
+                    showBalloonWarning("Detected wrong usage of @serializable with Object3D or GameObject. Instead you should use AssetReference here! Please see the console for details.");
+                const scriptname = context.target?.constructor?.name;
+                console.warn(`Wrong usage of @serializable detected in your script \"${scriptname}\"\n\nIt looks like you used @serializable(Object3D) or @serializable(GameObject) for a prefab or scene reference which is exported to a separate glTF file.\n\nTo fix this please change your code to:\n\n@serializable(AssetReference)\n${context.path}! : AssetReference;\n\0`);
+            }
+            // ACTUALLY: this is already handled by the extension_utils where we resolve json pointers recursively
+            // if(data.startsWith("/nodes/")){
+            //     const node = parseInt(data.substring("/nodes/".length));
+            //     if (context.nodeToObject) {
+            //         const res = context.nodeToObject[node];
+            //         if (debugExtension)
+            //             console.log("Deserialized object reference?", data, res, context?.nodeToObject);
+            //         if (!res) console.warn("Did not find node: " + data, context.nodeToObject, context.object);
+            //         return res;
+            //     }
+            // }
+            return undefined;
+        }
+
+        if (data) {
+            if (data.node !== undefined && context.nodeToObject) {
+                const res = context.nodeToObject[data.node];
+                if (debugExtension)
+                    console.log("Deserialized object reference?", data, res, context?.nodeToObject);
+                if (!res) console.warn("Did not find node: " + data.node, context.nodeToObject, context.object);
+                return res;
+            }
+            else if (data.guid) {
+                if (!context.context) {
+                    console.error("Missing context");
+                    return undefined;
+                }
+                // it is possible that the object is not yet loaded 
+                // e.g. if we have a scene with multiple gltf files and the first gltf references something in the second gltf
+                // we need a way to wait for all components to be created before we can resolve those references
+                // independent of order of loading
+                let res: GameObject | Behaviour | undefined | null = undefined;
+                // first try to search in the current gltf scene (if any)
+                const gltfScene = context.gltf?.scene;
+                if (gltfScene) {
+                    res = GameObject.findByGuid(data.guid, gltfScene);
+                }
+                // if not found, search in the whole scene
+                if (!res) {
+                    res = GameObject.findByGuid(data.guid, context.context.scene);
+                }
+                if (!res) {
+                    if (isDevEnvironment() || debugExtension)
+                        console.warn("Could not resolve object reference", context.path, data, context.target, context.context.scene);
+                    data["could_not_resolve"] = true;
+                }
+                else {
+                    if (res && (res as IComponent).isComponent === true) {
+                        if(debugExtension) console.warn("Deserialized object reference is a component");
+                        res = (res as IComponent).gameObject;
+                    }
+                    if (debugExtension)
+                        console.log("Deserialized object reference?", data, res, context?.nodeToObject);
+                }
+                return res;
+            }
+        }
+        return undefined;
+    }
+}
+export const objectSerializer = new ObjectSerializer();
+
+
+class ComponentSerializer extends TypeSerializer {
+
+    constructor() {
+        super([Component, Behaviour], "ComponentSerializer");
+    }
+
+    onSerialize(data: any, _context: SerializationContext) {
+        if (data?.guid) {
+            return { guid: data.guid }
+        }
+        return undefined;
+    }
+
+    onDeserialize(data: any, context: SerializationContext) {
+        if (data?.guid) {
+
+            // it's a workaround for VolumeParameter having a guid as well. Generally we will probably never have to resolve a component in the scene when it's coming from the persistent asset extension (like in the case for postprocessing volume parameters)
+            if (data.___persistentAsset) {
+                if(debugExtension) console.log("Skipping component deserialization because it's a persistent asset", data);
+                return undefined;
+            }
+
+            const currentPath = context.path;
+            // TODO: need to serialize some identifier for referenced components as well, maybe just guid?
+            // because here the components are created but dont have their former guid assigned
+            // and will later in the stack just get a newly generated guid
+            if (debugExtension)
+                console.log(data.guid, context.root, context.object, context.target);
+            // first search within the gltf (e.g. necessary when using AssetReference and loading a gltf without adding it to the scene)
+            // if we would search JUST the scene those references would NEVER be resolved
+            let res = this.findObjectForGuid(data.guid, context.root);
+            if (res) {
+                return res;
+            }
+            if (context.context) {
+                // if not found within the gltf use the provided context scene
+                // to find references outside
+                res = this.findObjectForGuid(data.guid, context.context?.scene);
+                if (res) return res;
+            }
+            if (isDevEnvironment() || debugExtension) {
+                console.warn("Could not resolve component reference: \"" + currentPath + "\" using guid " + data.guid, context.target);
+            }
+            data["could_not_resolve"] = true;
+            return undefined;
+        }
+        // if (data?.node !== undefined && context.nodeToObject) {
+        //     return context.nodeToObject[data.node];
+        // }
+        return undefined;
+    }
+
+    findObjectForGuid(guid: string, root: Object3D): any {
+        // recursively search root
+        // need to check the root object too
+        if (root["guid"] === guid) return root;
+
+        const res = GameObject.foreachComponent(root, (c) => {
+            if (c.guid === guid) return c;
+            return undefined;
+        }, false);
+        if (res !== undefined)
+            return res;
+
+        // if not found, search in children
+        for (let i = 0; i < root.children.length; i++) {
+            const child = root.children[i];
+            const res = this.findObjectForGuid(guid, child);
+            if (res) return res;
+        }
+    }
+}
+export const componentSerializer = new ComponentSerializer();
+
+
+declare class EventListData {
+    type: string;
+    calls: Array<EventListCall>;
+}
+declare type EventListCall = {
+    method: string,
+    target: string,
+    argument?: any,
+    arguments?: Array<any>,
+    enabled?: boolean,
+}
+
+const $eventListDebugInfo = Symbol("eventListDebugInfo");
+
+class EventListSerializer extends TypeSerializer {
+    constructor() {
+        super([EventList]);
+    }
+
+    onSerialize(_data: EventList<any>, _context: SerializationContext): EventListData | undefined {
+        console.log("TODO: SERIALIZE EVENT");
+        return undefined;
+    }
+
+    onDeserialize(data: EventListData, context: SerializationContext): EventList<any> | undefined | null {
+        // TODO: check that we dont accidentally deserialize methods to EventList objects. This is here to make is easy for react-three-fiber to just add props as { () => { } } 
+        if (typeof data === "function") {
+            const evtList = new EventList([new CallInfo(data, null, [], true)]);
+            return evtList;
+        }
+        else if (data && data.type === "EventList") {
+            if (debugExtension)
+                console.log("DESERIALIZE EVENT", data);
+            const fns = new Array<CallInfo>();
+            if (data.calls && Array.isArray(data.calls)) {
+                for (const call of data.calls) {
+                    if (debugExtension)
+                        console.log(call);
+                    let target = componentSerializer.findObjectForGuid(call.target, context.root);
+                    // if the object is not found in the current glb try find it in the whole scene
+                    if (!target && context.context?.scene) {
+                        target = componentSerializer.findObjectForGuid(call.target, context.context?.scene);
+                    }
+                    const hasMethod = call.method?.length > 0;
+                    if (target && hasMethod) {
+                        const printWarningMethodNotFound = () => {
+                            const uppercaseMethodName = call.method[0].toUpperCase() + call.method.slice(1);
+                            if (typeof target[uppercaseMethodName] === "function") {
+                                console.warn(`EventList method:\nCould not find method ${call.method} on object ${target.name}. Please rename ${call.method} to ${uppercaseMethodName}?\n`, target[uppercaseMethodName], "\n in script: ", target);
+                                showBalloonWarning("EventList methods must start with lowercase letter, see console for details");
+                                return;
+                            }
+                            else {
+                                console.warn(`EventList method:\nCould not find method ${call.method} on object ${target.name}`, target, typeof target[call.method]);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        const method = target[call.method];
+                        if (typeof method !== "function") {
+                            let foundMethod = false;
+                            let currentPrototype = target;
+                            // test if the target method is actually a property setter
+                            while (currentPrototype) {
+                                const desc = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(currentPrototype, call.method);
+                                if (desc && (desc.writable === true || desc.set)) {
+                                    foundMethod = true;
+                                    break;
+                                }
+                                currentPrototype = Object.getPrototypeOf(currentPrototype);
+                            }
+                            if (!foundMethod && (isDevEnvironment() || debugExtension))
+                                printWarningMethodNotFound();
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    function deserializeArgument(arg: any) {
+                        if (typeof arg === "object") {
+                            // Try to deserialize the call argument to either a object or a component reference
+                            let argRes = objectSerializer.onDeserialize(arg, context);
+                            if (!argRes) argRes = componentSerializer.onDeserialize(arg, context);
+                            if (argRes) return argRes;
+                        }
+                        return arg;
+                    }
+
+                    if (target) {
+                        let args = call.argument;
+                        if (args !== undefined) {
+                            args = deserializeArgument(args);
+                        }
+                        else if (call.arguments !== undefined) {
+                            args = call.arguments.map(deserializeArgument);
+                        }
+                        const method = target[call.method];
+                        if (!method) {
+                            console.warn(`EventList method not found: \"${call.method}\" on ${target?.name}`);
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            if (args !== undefined && !Array.isArray(args)) {
+                                args = [args];
+                            }
+                            // This is the final method we pass to the call info (or undefined if the method couldnt be resolved)
+                            // const eventMethod = hasMethod ? this.createEventMethod(target, call.method, args) : undefined;
+                            const fn = new CallInfo(target, call.method, args, call.enabled);
+                            fns.push(fn);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else if (isDevEnvironment()) {
+                        console.warn("[Debug] EventList: Could not find event listener in scene", call, context.object, data);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            const evt = new EventList(fns);
+
+            if (debugExtension)
+                console.log(evt);
+
+            const eventListOwner = context.target;
+            if (eventListOwner !== undefined && context.path !== undefined) {
+                evt.setEventTarget(context.path, eventListOwner);
+            }
+
+            return evt;
+        }
+        return undefined;
+    }
+
+    // private createEventMethod(target: object, methodName: string, args?: any): Function | undefined {
+
+    //     return function (...forwardedArgs: any[]) {
+    //         const method = target[methodName];
+    //         if (typeof method === "function") {
+    //             if (args !== undefined) {
+    //                 // we now have support for creating event methods with multiple arguments
+    //                 // an argument can not be an array right now - so if we receive an array we assume it's the array of arguments that we want to call the method with
+    //                 // this means ["test", true] will invoke the method like this: myFunction("test", true) 
+    //                 if (Array.isArray(args))
+    //                     method?.call(target, ...args);
+    //                 // in any other case (when we just have one argument) we just call the method with the argument
+    //                 // we can not use ...args by default becaue that would break string arguments (it would then just use the first character)
+    //                 else
+    //                     method?.call(target, args);
+    //             }
+    //             else // support invoking EventList with any number of arguments (if none were declared in unity)
+    //                 method?.call(target, ...forwardedArgs);
+    //         }
+    //         else // the target "method" can be a property too
+    //         {
+    //             target[methodName] = args;
+    //         }
+    //     };
+    // }
+}
+export const eventListSerializer = new EventListSerializer();
+
+
+/** Map<Clone, Original> texture. This is used for compressed textures (or when the GLTFLoader is cloning RenderTextures)
+ * It's a weak map so we don't have to worry about memory leaks
+ */
+const cloneOriginalMap = new WeakMap<Texture, Texture>();
+const textureClone = Texture.prototype.clone;
+Texture.prototype.clone = function () {
+    const clone = textureClone.call(this);
+    if (!cloneOriginalMap.has(clone)) {
+        cloneOriginalMap.set(clone, this);
+    }
+    return clone;
+}
+
+export class RenderTextureSerializer extends TypeSerializer {
+    constructor() {
+        super([RenderTexture, WebGLRenderTarget]);
+    }
+
+    onSerialize(_data: any, _context: SerializationContext) {
+    }
+
+    onDeserialize(data: any, context: SerializationContext) {
+        if (data instanceof Texture && context.type === RenderTexture) {
+            let tex = data as Texture;
+            // If this is a cloned render texture we want to map it back to the original texture
+            // See https://linear.app/needle/issue/NE-5530
+            if (cloneOriginalMap.has(tex)) {
+                const original = cloneOriginalMap.get(tex)!;
+                tex = original;
+            }
+            tex.isRenderTargetTexture = true;
+            tex.flipY = true;
+            tex.offset.y = 1;
+            tex.repeat.y = -1;
+            tex.needsUpdate = true;
+            // when we have a compressed texture using mipmaps causes error in threejs because the bindframebuffer call will then try to set an array of framebuffers https://linear.app/needle/issue/NE-4294
+            tex.mipmaps = [];
+            if (tex instanceof CompressedTexture) {
+                //@ts-ignore
+                tex["isCompressedTexture"] = false;
+                //@ts-ignore
+                tex.format = RGBAFormat;
+            }
+
+            const rt = new RenderTexture(tex.image.width, tex.image.height, {
+                colorSpace: LinearSRGBColorSpace,
+            });
+            rt.texture = tex;
+            return rt;
+        }
+        return undefined;
+    }
+}
+new RenderTextureSerializer();
+
+
+export class UriSerializer extends TypeSerializer {
+    constructor() {
+        super([URL]);
+    }
+
+    onSerialize(_data: string, _context: SerializationContext) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    onDeserialize(data: string, _context: SerializationContext) {
+        if (typeof data === "string" && data.length > 0) {
+            return resolveUrl(_context.gltfId, data);
+        }
+        return undefined;
+    }
+}
 new UriSerializer();