@needle-tools/engine 4.5.0-alpha.7 → 4.5.1

package/src/engine-components/Renderer.ts

@@ -1,900 +1,900 @@
-import { getRaycastMesh } from "@needle-tools/gltf-progressive";
-import { AxesHelper, Material, Mesh, Object3D, SkinnedMesh, Texture, Vector4 } from "three";
-
-import { showBalloonWarning } from "../engine/debug/index.js";
-import { getComponent, getOrAddComponent } from "../engine/engine_components.js";
-import { Gizmos } from "../engine/engine_gizmos.js";
-import { InstancingUtil, NEED_UPDATE_INSTANCE_KEY } from "../engine/engine_instancing.js";
-import { isLocalNetwork } from "../engine/engine_networking_utils.js";
-import { serializable } from "../engine/engine_serialization_decorator.js";
-import { FrameEvent } from "../engine/engine_setup.js";
-import { getTempVector } from "../engine/engine_three_utils.js";
-import type { IRenderer, ISharedMaterials } from "../engine/engine_types.js";
-import { getParam } from "../engine/engine_utils.js";
-import { NEEDLE_render_objects } from "../engine/extensions/NEEDLE_render_objects.js";
-import { setCustomVisibility } from "../engine/js-extensions/Layers.js";
-import { Behaviour, GameObject } from "./Component.js";
-import { ReflectionProbe } from "./ReflectionProbe.js";
-import { InstanceHandle, InstancingHandler } from "./RendererInstancing.js"
-// import { RendererCustomShader } from "./RendererCustomShader.js";
-import { RendererLightmap } from "./RendererLightmap.js";
-
-
-// for staying compatible with old code
-export { InstancingUtil } from "../engine/engine_instancing.js";
-
-const debugRenderer = getParam("debugrenderer");
-const debugskinnedmesh = getParam("debugskinnedmesh");
-const suppressInstancing = getParam("noinstancing");
-const showWireframe = getParam("wireframe");
-
-export enum ReflectionProbeUsage {
-    Off = 0,
-    BlendProbes = 1,
-    BlendProbesAndSkybox = 2,
-    Simple = 3,
-}
-
-
-export class FieldWithDefault {
-    public path: string | null = null;
-    public asset: object | null = null;
-    public default: any;
-}
-
-export enum RenderState {
-    Both = 0,
-    Back = 1,
-    Front = 2,
-}
-
-
-// support sharedMaterials[index] assigning materials directly to the objects
-class SharedMaterialArray implements ISharedMaterials {
-
-    [num: number]: Material;
-
-    private _renderer: Renderer;
-    private _targets: Object3D[] = [];
-
-    private _indexMapMaxIndex?: number;
-    private _indexMap?: Map<number, number>;
-
-    private _changed: boolean = false;
-    get changed(): boolean {
-        return this._changed;
-    }
-    set changed(value: boolean) {
-        if (value === true) {
-            if (debugRenderer)
-                console.warn("SharedMaterials have changed: " + this._renderer.name, this);
-        }
-        this._changed = value;
-    }
-
-    is(renderer: Renderer) {
-        return this._renderer === renderer;
-    }
-
-    constructor(renderer: Renderer, originalMaterials: Material[]) {
-        this._renderer = renderer;
-        const setMaterial = this.setMaterial.bind(this);
-        const getMaterial = this.getMaterial.bind(this);
-        const go = renderer.gameObject;
-        this._targets = [];
-        if (go) {
-            switch (go.type) {
-                case "Group":
-                    this._targets = [...go.children];
-                    break;
-                case "SkinnedMesh":
-                case "Mesh":
-                    this._targets.push(go);
-                    break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // this is useful to have an index map when e.g. materials are trying to be assigned by index
-        let hasMissingMaterials = false;
-        let indexMap: Map<number, number> | undefined = undefined;
-        let maxIndex: number = 0;
-        for (let i = 0; i < this._targets.length; i++) {
-            const target = this._targets[i] as Mesh;
-            if (!target) continue;
-            const mat = target.material as Material;
-            if (!mat) continue;
-            // set the shadow side to the same as the side of the material, three flips this for some reason
-            mat.shadowSide = mat.side;
-            for (let k = 0; k < originalMaterials.length; k++) {
-                const orig = originalMaterials[k];
-                if (!orig) {
-                    hasMissingMaterials = true;
-                    continue;
-                }
-                if (mat.name === orig.name) {
-                    if (indexMap === undefined) indexMap = new Map();
-                    indexMap.set(k, i);
-                    maxIndex = Math.max(maxIndex, k);
-                    // console.log(`Material ${mat.name} at ${k} was found at index ${i} in renderer ${renderer.name}.`)
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        if (hasMissingMaterials) {
-            this._indexMapMaxIndex = maxIndex;
-            this._indexMap = indexMap;
-            const warningMessage = `Renderer ${renderer.name} was initialized with missing materials - this may lead to unexpected behaviour when trying to access sharedMaterials by index.`;
-            console.warn(warningMessage);
-            if (isLocalNetwork()) showBalloonWarning("Found renderer with missing materials: please check the console for details.");
-        }
-
-        // this lets us override the javascript indexer, only works in ES6 tho
-        // but like that we can use sharedMaterials[index] and it will be assigned to the object directly
-        return new Proxy(this, {
-            get(target, key) {
-                if (typeof key === "string") {
-                    const index = parseInt(key);
-                    if (!isNaN(index)) {
-                        return getMaterial(index);
-                    }
-                }
-                return target[key];
-            },
-            set(target, key, value) {
-                if (typeof key === "string")
-                    setMaterial(value, Number.parseInt(key));
-                // console.log(target, key, value);
-                if (Reflect.set(target, key, value)) {
-                    if (value instanceof Material)
-                        target.changed = true;
-                    return true;
-                }
-                return false;
-            }
-        });
-    }
-
-    get length(): number {
-        if (this._indexMapMaxIndex !== undefined) return this._indexMapMaxIndex + 1;
-        return this._targets.length;
-    }
-
-    // iterator to support: for(const mat of sharedMaterials)
-    *[Symbol.iterator]() {
-        for (let i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
-            yield this.getMaterial(i);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private resolveIndex(index: number): number {
-        const map = this._indexMap;
-        // if we have a index map it means that some materials were missing
-        if (map) {
-            if (map.has(index)) return map.get(index) as number;
-            // return -1;
-        }
-        return index;
-    }
-
-    private setMaterial(mat: Material, index: number) {
-        index = this.resolveIndex(index);
-        if (index < 0 || index >= this._targets.length) return;
-        const target = this._targets[index];
-        if (!target || target["material"] === undefined) return;
-        target["material"] = mat;
-        this.changed = true;
-    }
-
-    private getMaterial(index: number): Material | null {
-        index = this.resolveIndex(index);
-        if (index < 0) return null;
-        const obj = this._targets;
-        if (index >= obj.length) return null;
-        const target = obj[index];
-        if (!target) return null;
-        return target["material"];
-    }
-
-}
-
-/**
- * @category Rendering
- * @group Components
- */
-export class Renderer extends Behaviour implements IRenderer {
-
-    /** Enable or disable instancing for an object. This will create a Renderer component if it does not exist yet.
-     * @returns the Renderer component that was created or already existed on the object
-     */
-    static setInstanced(obj: Object3D, enableInstancing: boolean): Renderer {
-        const renderer = getOrAddComponent(obj, Renderer);
-        renderer.setInstancingEnabled(enableInstancing);
-        return renderer;
-    }
-
-    /** Check if an object is currently rendered using instancing
-     * @returns true if the object is rendered using instancing
-     */
-    static isInstanced(obj: Object3D): boolean {
-        const renderer = getComponent(obj, Renderer);
-        if (renderer) return renderer.isInstancingActive;
-        return InstancingUtil.isUsingInstancing(obj);
-    }
-
-    /** Set the rendering state only of an object (makes it visible or invisible) without affecting component state or child hierarchy visibility! You can also just enable/disable the Renderer component on that object for the same effect!
-     * 
-     * If you want to activate or deactivate a complete object you can use obj.visible as usual (it acts the same as setActive in Unity) */
-    static setVisible(obj: Object3D, visible: boolean) {
-        setCustomVisibility(obj, visible);
-    }
-
-    @serializable()
-    receiveShadows: boolean = false;
-    @serializable()
-    shadowCastingMode: ShadowCastingMode = ShadowCastingMode.Off;
-    @serializable()
-    lightmapIndex: number = -1;
-    @serializable(Vector4)
-    lightmapScaleOffset: Vector4 = new Vector4(1, 1, 0, 0);
-    /** If the renderer should use instancing  
-     * If this is a boolean (true) all materials will be instanced or (false) none of them.  
-     * If this is an array of booleans the materials will be instanced based on the index of the material.
-     */
-    @serializable()
-    enableInstancing: boolean | boolean[] | undefined = undefined;
-    @serializable()
-    renderOrder: number[] | undefined = undefined;
-    @serializable()
-    allowOcclusionWhenDynamic: boolean = true;
-
-    @serializable(Object3D)
-    probeAnchor?: Object3D;
-    @serializable()
-    reflectionProbeUsage: ReflectionProbeUsage = ReflectionProbeUsage.Off;
-
-    // custom shader
-    // get materialProperties(): Array<MaterialProperties> | undefined {
-    //     return this._materialProperties;
-    // }
-    // set materialProperties(value: Array<MaterialProperties> | undefined) {
-    //     this._materialProperties = value;
-    // }
-
-    // private customShaderHandler: RendererCustomShader | undefined = undefined;
-
-    // private _materialProperties: Array<MaterialProperties> | undefined = undefined;
-    private _lightmaps?: RendererLightmap[];
-
-    /** Get the mesh Object3D for this renderer  
-     * Warn: if this is a multimaterial object it will return the first mesh only 
-     * @returns a mesh object3D.
-     * */
-    get sharedMesh(): Mesh | SkinnedMesh | undefined {
-        if (this.gameObject.type === "Mesh") {
-            return this.gameObject as unknown as Mesh
-        }
-        else if (this.gameObject.type === "SkinnesMesh") {
-            return this.gameObject as unknown as SkinnedMesh;
-        }
-        else if (this.gameObject.type === "Group") {
-            return this.gameObject.children[0] as unknown as Mesh;
-        }
-        return undefined;
-    }
-
-    private readonly _sharedMeshes: Mesh[] = [];
-    /** Get all the mesh Object3D for this renderer 
-     * @returns an array of mesh object3D.
-     */
-    get sharedMeshes(): Mesh[] {
-        if (this.destroyed || !this.gameObject) return this._sharedMeshes;
-        this._sharedMeshes.length = 0;
-        if (this.gameObject.type === "Group") {
-            for (const ch of this.gameObject.children) {
-                if (ch.type === "Mesh" || ch.type === "SkinnedMesh") {
-                    this._sharedMeshes.push(ch as Mesh);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        else if (this.gameObject.type === "Mesh" || this.gameObject.type === "SkinnedMesh") {
-            this._sharedMeshes.push(this.gameObject as unknown as Mesh);
-        }
-        return this._sharedMeshes;
-    }
-
-    get sharedMaterial(): Material {
-        return this.sharedMaterials[0];
-    }
-
-    set sharedMaterial(mat: Material) {
-        const cur = this.sharedMaterials[0];
-        if (cur === mat) return;
-        this.sharedMaterials[0] = mat;
-        this.applyLightmapping();
-    }
-
-    /**@deprecated please use sharedMaterial */
-    get material(): Material {
-        return this.sharedMaterials[0];
-    }
-
-    /**@deprecated please use sharedMaterial */
-    set material(mat: Material) {
-        this.sharedMaterial = mat;
-    }
-
-    private _sharedMaterials!: SharedMaterialArray;
-    private _originalMaterials?: Material[];
-
-    private _probeAnchorLastFrame?: Object3D;
-
-    // this is just available during deserialization
-    private set sharedMaterials(_val: Array<Material | null>) {
-        // TODO: elements in the array might be missing at the moment which leads to problems if an index is serialized
-        if (!this._originalMaterials) {
-            this._originalMaterials = _val as Material[];
-        }
-        else if (_val) {
-            let didWarn = false;
-            for (let i = 0; i < this._sharedMaterials.length; i++) {
-                const mat = i < _val.length ? _val[i] : null;
-                if (mat && mat instanceof Material) {
-                    this.sharedMaterials[i] = mat as Material;
-                }
-                else {
-                    if (!didWarn) {
-                        didWarn = true;
-                        console.warn("Can not assign null as material: " + this.name, mat);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    //@ts-ignore
-    get sharedMaterials(): SharedMaterialArray {
-        if (!this._sharedMaterials || !this._sharedMaterials.is(this)) {
-            if (!this._originalMaterials) this._originalMaterials = [];
-            this._sharedMaterials = new SharedMaterialArray(this, this._originalMaterials);
-        }
-        return this._sharedMaterials!;
-    }
-
-    public static get shouldSuppressInstancing() {
-        return suppressInstancing;
-    }
-
-    private _lightmapTextureOverride: Texture | null | undefined = undefined;
-    public get lightmap(): Texture | null {
-        if (this._lightmaps?.length) {
-            return this._lightmaps[0].lightmap;
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-    /** set undefined to return to default lightmap */
-    public set lightmap(tex: Texture | null | undefined) {
-        this._lightmapTextureOverride = tex;
-        if (tex === undefined) {
-            tex = this.context.lightmaps.tryGetLightmap(this.sourceId, this.lightmapIndex);
-        }
-        if (this._lightmaps?.length) {
-            for (const lm of this._lightmaps) {
-                lm.lightmap = tex;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    get hasLightmap(): boolean {
-        const lm = this.lightmap;
-        return lm !== null && lm !== undefined;
-    }
-
-    public allowProgressiveLoading: boolean = true;
-
-    private _firstFrame: number = -1;
-
-    registering() {
-        if (!this.enabled) {
-            this.setVisibility(false);
-        }
-    }
-
-    awake() {
-        this._firstFrame = this.context.time.frame;
-
-        if (debugRenderer) console.log("Renderer ", this.name, this);
-        this.clearInstancingState();
-
-        if (this.probeAnchor && debugRenderer) this.probeAnchor.add(new AxesHelper(.2));
-
-        this._reflectionProbe = null;
-
-        if (this.isMultiMaterialObject(this.gameObject)) {
-            for (const child of this.gameObject.children) {
-                this.context.addBeforeRenderListener(child, this.onBeforeRenderThree);
-                child.layers.mask = this.gameObject.layers.mask;
-            }
-
-            if (this.renderOrder !== undefined) {
-                // Objects can have nested renderers (e.g. contain 2 meshes and then again another group)
-                // or perhaps just regular child objects that have their own renderer component (?)
-                let index = 0;
-                for (let i = 0; i < this.gameObject.children.length; i++) {
-                    const ch = this.gameObject.children[i];
-                    // ignore nested groups or objects that have their own renderer (aka their own render order settings)
-                    if (!this.isMeshOrSkinnedMesh(ch) || GameObject.getComponent(ch, Renderer)) continue;
-                    if (this.renderOrder.length <= index) {
-                        console.warn("Incorrect renderOrder element count", this, this.renderOrder.length + " but expected " + this.gameObject.children.length, "Index: " + index, "ChildElement:", ch);
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    // if(debugRenderer) console.log("Setting render order", ch, this.renderOrder[index])
-                    ch.renderOrder = this.renderOrder[index];
-                    index += 1;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        // TODO: custom shader with sub materials
-        else if (this.isMeshOrSkinnedMesh(this.gameObject)) {
-            this.context.addBeforeRenderListener(this.gameObject, this.onBeforeRenderThree);
-
-            if (this.renderOrder !== undefined && this.renderOrder.length > 0)
-                this.gameObject.renderOrder = this.renderOrder[0];
-        }
-        else {
-            this.context.addBeforeRenderListener(this.gameObject, this.onBeforeRenderThree);
-        }
-
-        this.applyLightmapping();
-
-        if (showWireframe) {
-            for (let i = 0; i < this.sharedMaterials.length; i++) {
-                const mat: any = this.sharedMaterials[i];
-                if (mat) {
-                    mat.wireframe = true;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-    }
-
-    private applyLightmapping() {
-        if (this.lightmapIndex >= 0) {
-            const type = this.gameObject.type;
-
-            // use the override lightmap if its not undefined
-            const tex = this._lightmapTextureOverride !== undefined
-                ? this._lightmapTextureOverride
-                : this.context.lightmaps.tryGetLightmap(this.sourceId, this.lightmapIndex);
-            if (tex) {
-                if (!this._lightmaps)
-                    this._lightmaps = [];
-
-                if (type === "Mesh") {
-                    const mat = this.gameObject["material"];
-                    if (!mat?.isMeshBasicMaterial) {
-                        if (this._lightmaps.length <= 0) {
-                            const rm = new RendererLightmap(this.gameObject as any as Mesh, this.context);
-                            this._lightmaps.push(rm);
-                        }
-                        const rm = this._lightmaps[0];
-                        rm.init(this.lightmapIndex, this.lightmapScaleOffset, tex);
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        if (mat)
-                            console.warn("Lightmapping is not supported on MeshBasicMaterial", mat.name)
-                    }
-                }
-                // for multi materials we need to loop through children 
-                // and then we add a lightmap renderer component to each of them
-                else if (this.isMultiMaterialObject(this.gameObject) && this.sharedMaterials.length > 0) {
-                    for (let i = 0; i < this.gameObject.children.length; i++) {
-                        const child = this.gameObject.children[i];
-                        if (!child["material"]?.isMeshBasicMaterial) {
-                            let rm: RendererLightmap | undefined = undefined;
-                            if (i >= this._lightmaps.length) {
-                                rm = new RendererLightmap(child as Mesh, this.context);
-                                this._lightmaps.push(rm);
-                            }
-                            else
-                                rm = this._lightmaps[i];
-                            rm.init(this.lightmapIndex, this.lightmapScaleOffset, tex);
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            else {
-                if (debugRenderer) console.warn("Lightmap not found", this.sourceId, this.lightmapIndex);
-            }
-        }
-
-    }
-
-    private _isInstancingEnabled: boolean = false;
-    private _handles: InstanceHandle[] | null | undefined = undefined;
-
-    /** 
-     * @returns true if this renderer has instanced objects
-     */
-    get isInstancingActive() {
-        return this._handles != undefined && this._handles.length > 0 && this._isInstancingEnabled;
-    }
-    /** @returns the instancing handles */
-    get instances(): InstanceHandle[] | null {
-        if (!this._handles || this._handles.length <= 0) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        this._handlesTempArray.length = 0;
-        if (this._handles) {
-            for (const h of this._handles) {
-                this._handlesTempArray.push(h);
-            }
-        }
-        return this._handlesTempArray;
-    }
-    private _handlesTempArray: InstanceHandle[] = [];
-
-
-    /** Enable or disable instancing for this renderer.
-     * @param enabled true to enable instancing, false to disable it
-     */
-    setInstancingEnabled(enabled: boolean): boolean {
-        if (this._isInstancingEnabled === enabled) return enabled && (this._handles === undefined || this._handles != null && this._handles.length > 0);
-        this._isInstancingEnabled = enabled;
-        if (enabled) {
-            if (this.enableInstancing === undefined) this.enableInstancing = true;
-            if (this._handles === undefined) {
-                this._handles = InstancingHandler.instance.setup(this, this.gameObject, this.context, null, { rend: this, foundMeshes: 0, useMatrixWorldAutoUpdate: this.useInstanceMatrixWorldAutoUpdate() });
-                if (this._handles) {
-                    GameObject.markAsInstancedRendered(this.gameObject, true);
-                    return true;
-                }
-            }
-            else if (this._handles !== null) {
-                for (const handler of this._handles) {
-                    handler.updateInstanceMatrix(true);
-                    handler.add();
-                }
-                GameObject.markAsInstancedRendered(this.gameObject, true);
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        else {
-            if (this._handles) {
-                for (const handler of this._handles) {
-                    handler.remove(this.destroyed);
-                }
-            }
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    private clearInstancingState() {
-        this._isInstancingEnabled = false;
-        this._handles = undefined;
-    }
-
-    /** Return true to wrap matrix update events for instanced rendering to update instance matrices automatically when matrixWorld changes
-     * This is a separate method to be overrideable from user code
-     */
-    useInstanceMatrixWorldAutoUpdate() {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    start() {
-        if (this.enableInstancing && !suppressInstancing) {
-            this.setInstancingEnabled(true);
-            // make sure the instance is marked dirty once for cases where e.g. an animator animates the instanced object
-            // in the first frame we want the updated matrix then to be applied immediately to the instancing
-            InstancingUtil.markDirty(this.gameObject);
-        }
-        this.gameObject.frustumCulled = this.allowOcclusionWhenDynamic;
-        if (this.isMultiMaterialObject(this.gameObject)) {
-            for (let i = 0; i < this.gameObject.children.length; i++) {
-                const ch = this.gameObject.children[i];
-                ch.frustumCulled = this.allowOcclusionWhenDynamic;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    onEnable() {
-        // ensure shared meshes are initialized
-        const _ = this.sharedMeshes;
-
-        this.setVisibility(true);
-
-        // Check if the renderer is using instancing (or any child object is supposed to use instancing)
-        const isUsingInstancing = this._isInstancingEnabled ||
-            (this.enableInstancing == true || (Array.isArray(this.enableInstancing) && this.enableInstancing.some(x => x)));
-
-        if (isUsingInstancing) {
-            if (this.__internalDidAwakeAndStart) this.setInstancingEnabled(true);
-        }
-        // if no insancing is used we can apply the stencil settings
-        // but instancing and stencil at the same time is not supported
-        else if (this.enabled) {
-            this.applyStencil();
-        }
-
-        this.updateReflectionProbe();
-
-        // this.testIfLODLevelsAreAvailable();
-    }
-
-    onDisable() {
-        this.setVisibility(false);
-
-        if (this._handles && this._handles.length > 0) {
-            this.setInstancingEnabled(false);
-        }
-    }
-
-    onDestroy(): void {
-        this._handles = null;
-
-        if (this.isMultiMaterialObject(this.gameObject)) {
-            for (const child of this.gameObject.children) {
-                this.context.removeBeforeRenderListener(child, this.onBeforeRenderThree);
-            }
-        }
-        else {
-            this.context.removeBeforeRenderListener(this.gameObject, this.onBeforeRenderThree);
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    onBeforeRender() {
-        if (!this.gameObject) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if (this._probeAnchorLastFrame !== this.probeAnchor) {
-            this._reflectionProbe?.onUnset(this);
-            this.updateReflectionProbe();
-        }
-
-        if (debugRenderer == this.name && this.gameObject instanceof Mesh) {
-            this.gameObject.geometry.computeBoundingSphere();
-            const tempCenter = getTempVector(this.gameObject.geometry.boundingSphere.center).applyMatrix4(this.gameObject.matrixWorld);
-            Gizmos.DrawWireSphere(tempCenter, this.gameObject.geometry.boundingSphere.radius, 0x00ddff);
-        }
-
-        if (this.isMultiMaterialObject(this.gameObject) && this.gameObject.children?.length > 0) {
-            for (const ch of this.gameObject.children) {
-                this.applySettings(ch);
-            }
-        }
-        else {
-            this.applySettings(this.gameObject);
-        }
-
-        if (this.sharedMaterials.changed) {
-            this.sharedMaterials.changed = false;
-            this.applyLightmapping();
-        }
-
-        if (this._handles?.length) {
-            // if (this.name === "Darbouka")
-            //     console.log(this.name, this.gameObject.matrixWorldNeedsUpdate);
-            const needsUpdate: boolean = this.gameObject[NEED_UPDATE_INSTANCE_KEY] === true;// || this.gameObject.matrixWorldNeedsUpdate;
-            if (needsUpdate) {
-                // if (debugInstancing) console.log("UPDATE INSTANCED MATRICES at frame #" + this.context.time.frame);
-                this.gameObject[NEED_UPDATE_INSTANCE_KEY] = false;
-                const remove = false;// Math.random() < .01;
-                for (let i = this._handles.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-                    const h = this._handles[i];
-                    if (remove) {
-                        h.remove(this.destroyed);
-                        this._handles.splice(i, 1);
-                    }
-                    else
-                        h.updateInstanceMatrix();
-                }
-                this.gameObject.matrixWorldNeedsUpdate = false;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (this._handles && this._handles.length <= 0) {
-            GameObject.markAsInstancedRendered(this.gameObject, false);
-        }
-
-        if (this._isInstancingEnabled && this._handles) {
-            for (let i = 0; i < this._handles.length; i++) {
-                const handle = this._handles[i];
-                setCustomVisibility(handle.object, false);
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (this.reflectionProbeUsage !== ReflectionProbeUsage.Off && this._reflectionProbe) {
-            this._reflectionProbe.onSet(this);
-        }
-
-    }
-
-    private onBeforeRenderThree = (_renderer, _scene, _camera, _geometry, material, _group) => {
-        if (material.envMapIntensity !== undefined) {
-            const factor = this.hasLightmap ? Math.PI : 1;
-            const environmentIntensity = this.context.mainCameraComponent?.environmentIntensity ?? 1;
-            material.envMapIntensity = Math.max(0, environmentIntensity * this.context.sceneLighting.environmentIntensity / factor);
-            
-            // since three 163 we need to set the envMap to the scene envMap if it is not set
-            // otherwise the envmapIntensity has no effect: https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/pull/27903
-            // internal issue: https://linear.app/needle/issue/NE-6363
-            if (!material.envMap) material.envMap = this.context.scene.environment;
-        }
-
-        if (this._lightmaps) {
-            for (const lm of this._lightmaps) {
-                lm.updateLightmapUniforms(material);
-                lm.applyLightmap();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    onAfterRender() {
-        if (this._isInstancingEnabled && this._handles) {
-            for (let i = 0; i < this._handles.length; i++) {
-                const handle = this._handles[i];
-                setCustomVisibility(handle.object, true);
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (this.reflectionProbeUsage !== ReflectionProbeUsage.Off && this._reflectionProbe) {
-            this._reflectionProbe.onUnset(this);
-        }
-
-        if (this.static && this.gameObject.matrixAutoUpdate) {
-            this.gameObject.matrixAutoUpdate = false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /** Applies stencil settings for this renderer's objects (if stencil settings are available) */
-    applyStencil() {
-        NEEDLE_render_objects.applyStencil(this);
-    }
-
-
-
-
-    /** Apply the settings of this renderer to the given object
-     * Settings include shadow casting and receiving (e.g. this.receiveShadows, this.shadowCastingMode)
-     */
-    applySettings(go: Object3D) {
-        go.receiveShadow = this.receiveShadows;
-        if (this.shadowCastingMode == ShadowCastingMode.On) {
-            go.castShadow = true;
-        }
-        else go.castShadow = false;
-    }
-
-    private _reflectionProbe: ReflectionProbe | null = null;
-    private updateReflectionProbe() {
-        // handle reflection probe
-        this._reflectionProbe = null;
-        if (this.reflectionProbeUsage !== ReflectionProbeUsage.Off) {
-            // update the reflection probe right before rendering
-            // if we do it immediately the reflection probe might not be enabled yet 
-            // (since this method is called from onEnable)
-            this.startCoroutine(this._updateReflectionProbe(), FrameEvent.LateUpdate);
-
-            this._probeAnchorLastFrame = this.probeAnchor;
-        }
-    }
-    private *_updateReflectionProbe() {
-        const obj = this.probeAnchor || this.gameObject;
-        const isAnchor = this.probeAnchor ? true : false;
-        this._reflectionProbe = ReflectionProbe.get(obj, this.context, isAnchor, this.probeAnchor);
-    }
-
-    private setVisibility(visible: boolean) {
-
-        if (!this.isMultiMaterialObject(this.gameObject)) {
-            setCustomVisibility(this.gameObject, visible);
-        }
-        else {
-            for (const ch of this.gameObject.children) {
-                if (this.isMeshOrSkinnedMesh(ch)) {
-                    setCustomVisibility(ch, visible);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private isMultiMaterialObject(obj: Object3D) {
-        return obj.type === "Group";
-    }
-
-    private isMeshOrSkinnedMesh(obj: Object3D): obj is Mesh | SkinnedMesh {
-        return obj.type === "Mesh" || obj.type === "SkinnedMesh";
-    }
-}
-
-export class MeshRenderer extends Renderer {
-}
-
-export class SkinnedMeshRenderer extends MeshRenderer {
-
-    private _needUpdateBoundingSphere = false;
-    // private _lastWorldPosition = new Vector3();
-
-    awake() {
-        super.awake();
-        if (debugskinnedmesh) console.log("SkinnedMeshRenderer for \"" + this.name + "\"", this);
-        // disable skinned mesh occlusion because of https://github.com/mrdoob/js/issues/14499
-        this.allowOcclusionWhenDynamic = false;
-
-        for (const mesh of this.sharedMeshes) {
-            // If we don't do that here the bounding sphere matrix used for raycasts will be wrong. Not sure *why* this is necessary
-            mesh.parent?.updateWorldMatrix(false, true);
-            this.markBoundsDirty();
-        }
-    }
-    onAfterRender(): void {
-        super.onAfterRender();
-
-        // this.gameObject.parent.position.x += Math.sin(this.context.time.time) * .01;
-
-        // if (this.gameObject instanceof SkinnedMesh && this.gameObject.geometry.boundingSphere) {
-        //     const bounds = this.gameObject.geometry.boundingSphere;
-        //     const worldpos = getTempVector().setFromMatrixPosition(this.gameObject.matrixWorld);
-        //     if (worldpos.distanceTo(this._lastWorldPosition) > bounds.radius) {
-        //         this._lastWorldPosition.copy(worldpos);
-        //         this.markBoundsDirty();
-        //     };
-        // }
-
-        if (this._needUpdateBoundingSphere) {
-            for (const mesh of this.sharedMeshes) {
-                if (mesh instanceof SkinnedMesh) {
-                    this._needUpdateBoundingSphere = false;
-                    try {
-                        const geometry = mesh.geometry;
-                        const raycastmesh = getRaycastMesh(mesh);
-                        if (raycastmesh) {
-                            mesh.geometry = raycastmesh;
-                        }
-                        mesh.computeBoundingSphere();
-                        mesh.geometry = geometry;
-                    }
-                    catch(err) {
-                        console.error(`Error updating bounding sphere for ${mesh.name}`, err);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        // if (this.context.time.frame % 30 === 0) this.markBoundsDirty();
-
-        if (debugskinnedmesh) {
-            for (const mesh of this.sharedMeshes) {
-                if (mesh instanceof SkinnedMesh && mesh.boundingSphere) {
-                    const tempCenter = getTempVector(mesh.boundingSphere.center).applyMatrix4(mesh.matrixWorld);
-                    Gizmos.DrawWireSphere(tempCenter, mesh.boundingSphere.radius, "red");
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    markBoundsDirty() {
-        this._needUpdateBoundingSphere = true;
-    }
-}
-
-export enum ShadowCastingMode {
-    /// <summary>
-    ///   <para>No shadows are cast from this object.</para>
-    /// </summary>
-    Off,
-    /// <summary>
-    ///   <para>Shadows are cast from this object.</para>
-    /// </summary>
-    On,
-    /// <summary>
-    ///   <para>Shadows are cast from this object, treating it as two-sided.</para>
-    /// </summary>
-    TwoSided,
-    /// <summary>
-    ///   <para>Object casts shadows, but is otherwise invisible in the Scene.</para>
-    /// </summary>
-    ShadowsOnly,
-}
+import { getRaycastMesh } from "@needle-tools/gltf-progressive";
+import { AxesHelper, Material, Mesh, Object3D, SkinnedMesh, Texture, Vector4 } from "three";
+
+import { showBalloonWarning } from "../engine/debug/index.js";
+import { getComponent, getOrAddComponent } from "../engine/engine_components.js";
+import { Gizmos } from "../engine/engine_gizmos.js";
+import { InstancingUtil, NEED_UPDATE_INSTANCE_KEY } from "../engine/engine_instancing.js";
+import { isLocalNetwork } from "../engine/engine_networking_utils.js";
+import { serializable } from "../engine/engine_serialization_decorator.js";
+import { FrameEvent } from "../engine/engine_setup.js";
+import { getTempVector } from "../engine/engine_three_utils.js";
+import type { IRenderer, ISharedMaterials } from "../engine/engine_types.js";
+import { getParam } from "../engine/engine_utils.js";
+import { NEEDLE_render_objects } from "../engine/extensions/NEEDLE_render_objects.js";
+import { setCustomVisibility } from "../engine/js-extensions/Layers.js";
+import { Behaviour, GameObject } from "./Component.js";
+import { ReflectionProbe } from "./ReflectionProbe.js";
+import { InstanceHandle, InstancingHandler } from "./RendererInstancing.js"
+// import { RendererCustomShader } from "./RendererCustomShader.js";
+import { RendererLightmap } from "./RendererLightmap.js";
+
+
+// for staying compatible with old code
+export { InstancingUtil } from "../engine/engine_instancing.js";
+
+const debugRenderer = getParam("debugrenderer");
+const debugskinnedmesh = getParam("debugskinnedmesh");
+const suppressInstancing = getParam("noinstancing");
+const showWireframe = getParam("wireframe");
+
+export enum ReflectionProbeUsage {
+    Off = 0,
+    BlendProbes = 1,
+    BlendProbesAndSkybox = 2,
+    Simple = 3,
+}
+
+
+export class FieldWithDefault {
+    public path: string | null = null;
+    public asset: object | null = null;
+    public default: any;
+}
+
+export enum RenderState {
+    Both = 0,
+    Back = 1,
+    Front = 2,
+}
+
+
+// support sharedMaterials[index] assigning materials directly to the objects
+class SharedMaterialArray implements ISharedMaterials {
+
+    [num: number]: Material;
+
+    private _renderer: Renderer;
+    private _targets: Object3D[] = [];
+
+    private _indexMapMaxIndex?: number;
+    private _indexMap?: Map<number, number>;
+
+    private _changed: boolean = false;
+    get changed(): boolean {
+        return this._changed;
+    }
+    set changed(value: boolean) {
+        if (value === true) {
+            if (debugRenderer)
+                console.warn("SharedMaterials have changed: " + this._renderer.name, this);
+        }
+        this._changed = value;
+    }
+
+    is(renderer: Renderer) {
+        return this._renderer === renderer;
+    }
+
+    constructor(renderer: Renderer, originalMaterials: Material[]) {
+        this._renderer = renderer;
+        const setMaterial = this.setMaterial.bind(this);
+        const getMaterial = this.getMaterial.bind(this);
+        const go = renderer.gameObject;
+        this._targets = [];
+        if (go) {
+            switch (go.type) {
+                case "Group":
+                    this._targets = [...go.children];
+                    break;
+                case "SkinnedMesh":
+                case "Mesh":
+                    this._targets.push(go);
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // this is useful to have an index map when e.g. materials are trying to be assigned by index
+        let hasMissingMaterials = false;
+        let indexMap: Map<number, number> | undefined = undefined;
+        let maxIndex: number = 0;
+        for (let i = 0; i < this._targets.length; i++) {
+            const target = this._targets[i] as Mesh;
+            if (!target) continue;
+            const mat = target.material as Material;
+            if (!mat) continue;
+            // set the shadow side to the same as the side of the material, three flips this for some reason
+            mat.shadowSide = mat.side;
+            for (let k = 0; k < originalMaterials.length; k++) {
+                const orig = originalMaterials[k];
+                if (!orig) {
+                    hasMissingMaterials = true;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (mat.name === orig.name) {
+                    if (indexMap === undefined) indexMap = new Map();
+                    indexMap.set(k, i);
+                    maxIndex = Math.max(maxIndex, k);
+                    // console.log(`Material ${mat.name} at ${k} was found at index ${i} in renderer ${renderer.name}.`)
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (hasMissingMaterials) {
+            this._indexMapMaxIndex = maxIndex;
+            this._indexMap = indexMap;
+            const warningMessage = `Renderer ${renderer.name} was initialized with missing materials - this may lead to unexpected behaviour when trying to access sharedMaterials by index.`;
+            console.warn(warningMessage);
+            if (isLocalNetwork()) showBalloonWarning("Found renderer with missing materials: please check the console for details.");
+        }
+
+        // this lets us override the javascript indexer, only works in ES6 tho
+        // but like that we can use sharedMaterials[index] and it will be assigned to the object directly
+        return new Proxy(this, {
+            get(target, key) {
+                if (typeof key === "string") {
+                    const index = parseInt(key);
+                    if (!isNaN(index)) {
+                        return getMaterial(index);
+                    }
+                }
+                return target[key];
+            },
+            set(target, key, value) {
+                if (typeof key === "string")
+                    setMaterial(value, Number.parseInt(key));
+                // console.log(target, key, value);
+                if (Reflect.set(target, key, value)) {
+                    if (value instanceof Material)
+                        target.changed = true;
+                    return true;
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    get length(): number {
+        if (this._indexMapMaxIndex !== undefined) return this._indexMapMaxIndex + 1;
+        return this._targets.length;
+    }
+
+    // iterator to support: for(const mat of sharedMaterials)
+    *[Symbol.iterator]() {
+        for (let i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
+            yield this.getMaterial(i);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private resolveIndex(index: number): number {
+        const map = this._indexMap;
+        // if we have a index map it means that some materials were missing
+        if (map) {
+            if (map.has(index)) return map.get(index) as number;
+            // return -1;
+        }
+        return index;
+    }
+
+    private setMaterial(mat: Material, index: number) {
+        index = this.resolveIndex(index);
+        if (index < 0 || index >= this._targets.length) return;
+        const target = this._targets[index];
+        if (!target || target["material"] === undefined) return;
+        target["material"] = mat;
+        this.changed = true;
+    }
+
+    private getMaterial(index: number): Material | null {
+        index = this.resolveIndex(index);
+        if (index < 0) return null;
+        const obj = this._targets;
+        if (index >= obj.length) return null;
+        const target = obj[index];
+        if (!target) return null;
+        return target["material"];
+    }
+
+}
+
+/**
+ * @category Rendering
+ * @group Components
+ */
+export class Renderer extends Behaviour implements IRenderer {
+
+    /** Enable or disable instancing for an object. This will create a Renderer component if it does not exist yet.
+     * @returns the Renderer component that was created or already existed on the object
+     */
+    static setInstanced(obj: Object3D, enableInstancing: boolean): Renderer {
+        const renderer = getOrAddComponent(obj, Renderer);
+        renderer.setInstancingEnabled(enableInstancing);
+        return renderer;
+    }
+
+    /** Check if an object is currently rendered using instancing
+     * @returns true if the object is rendered using instancing
+     */
+    static isInstanced(obj: Object3D): boolean {
+        const renderer = getComponent(obj, Renderer);
+        if (renderer) return renderer.isInstancingActive;
+        return InstancingUtil.isUsingInstancing(obj);
+    }
+
+    /** Set the rendering state only of an object (makes it visible or invisible) without affecting component state or child hierarchy visibility! You can also just enable/disable the Renderer component on that object for the same effect!
+     * 
+     * If you want to activate or deactivate a complete object you can use obj.visible as usual (it acts the same as setActive in Unity) */
+    static setVisible(obj: Object3D, visible: boolean) {
+        setCustomVisibility(obj, visible);
+    }
+
+    @serializable()
+    receiveShadows: boolean = false;
+    @serializable()
+    shadowCastingMode: ShadowCastingMode = ShadowCastingMode.Off;
+    @serializable()
+    lightmapIndex: number = -1;
+    @serializable(Vector4)
+    lightmapScaleOffset: Vector4 = new Vector4(1, 1, 0, 0);
+    /** If the renderer should use instancing  
+     * If this is a boolean (true) all materials will be instanced or (false) none of them.  
+     * If this is an array of booleans the materials will be instanced based on the index of the material.
+     */
+    @serializable()
+    enableInstancing: boolean | boolean[] | undefined = undefined;
+    @serializable()
+    renderOrder: number[] | undefined = undefined;
+    @serializable()
+    allowOcclusionWhenDynamic: boolean = true;
+
+    @serializable(Object3D)
+    probeAnchor?: Object3D;
+    @serializable()
+    reflectionProbeUsage: ReflectionProbeUsage = ReflectionProbeUsage.Off;
+
+    // custom shader
+    // get materialProperties(): Array<MaterialProperties> | undefined {
+    //     return this._materialProperties;
+    // }
+    // set materialProperties(value: Array<MaterialProperties> | undefined) {
+    //     this._materialProperties = value;
+    // }
+
+    // private customShaderHandler: RendererCustomShader | undefined = undefined;
+
+    // private _materialProperties: Array<MaterialProperties> | undefined = undefined;
+    private _lightmaps?: RendererLightmap[];
+
+    /** Get the mesh Object3D for this renderer  
+     * Warn: if this is a multimaterial object it will return the first mesh only 
+     * @returns a mesh object3D.
+     * */
+    get sharedMesh(): Mesh | SkinnedMesh | undefined {
+        if (this.gameObject.type === "Mesh") {
+            return this.gameObject as unknown as Mesh
+        }
+        else if (this.gameObject.type === "SkinnesMesh") {
+            return this.gameObject as unknown as SkinnedMesh;
+        }
+        else if (this.gameObject.type === "Group") {
+            return this.gameObject.children[0] as unknown as Mesh;
+        }
+        return undefined;
+    }
+
+    private readonly _sharedMeshes: Mesh[] = [];
+    /** Get all the mesh Object3D for this renderer 
+     * @returns an array of mesh object3D.
+     */
+    get sharedMeshes(): Mesh[] {
+        if (this.destroyed || !this.gameObject) return this._sharedMeshes;
+        this._sharedMeshes.length = 0;
+        if (this.gameObject.type === "Group") {
+            for (const ch of this.gameObject.children) {
+                if (ch.type === "Mesh" || ch.type === "SkinnedMesh") {
+                    this._sharedMeshes.push(ch as Mesh);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else if (this.gameObject.type === "Mesh" || this.gameObject.type === "SkinnedMesh") {
+            this._sharedMeshes.push(this.gameObject as unknown as Mesh);
+        }
+        return this._sharedMeshes;
+    }
+
+    get sharedMaterial(): Material {
+        return this.sharedMaterials[0];
+    }
+
+    set sharedMaterial(mat: Material) {
+        const cur = this.sharedMaterials[0];
+        if (cur === mat) return;
+        this.sharedMaterials[0] = mat;
+        this.applyLightmapping();
+    }
+
+    /**@deprecated please use sharedMaterial */
+    get material(): Material {
+        return this.sharedMaterials[0];
+    }
+
+    /**@deprecated please use sharedMaterial */
+    set material(mat: Material) {
+        this.sharedMaterial = mat;
+    }
+
+    private _sharedMaterials!: SharedMaterialArray;
+    private _originalMaterials?: Material[];
+
+    private _probeAnchorLastFrame?: Object3D;
+
+    // this is just available during deserialization
+    private set sharedMaterials(_val: Array<Material | null>) {
+        // TODO: elements in the array might be missing at the moment which leads to problems if an index is serialized
+        if (!this._originalMaterials) {
+            this._originalMaterials = _val as Material[];
+        }
+        else if (_val) {
+            let didWarn = false;
+            for (let i = 0; i < this._sharedMaterials.length; i++) {
+                const mat = i < _val.length ? _val[i] : null;
+                if (mat && mat instanceof Material) {
+                    this.sharedMaterials[i] = mat as Material;
+                }
+                else {
+                    if (!didWarn) {
+                        didWarn = true;
+                        console.warn("Can not assign null as material: " + this.name, mat);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    //@ts-ignore
+    get sharedMaterials(): SharedMaterialArray {
+        if (!this._sharedMaterials || !this._sharedMaterials.is(this)) {
+            if (!this._originalMaterials) this._originalMaterials = [];
+            this._sharedMaterials = new SharedMaterialArray(this, this._originalMaterials);
+        }
+        return this._sharedMaterials!;
+    }
+
+    public static get shouldSuppressInstancing() {
+        return suppressInstancing;
+    }
+
+    private _lightmapTextureOverride: Texture | null | undefined = undefined;
+    public get lightmap(): Texture | null {
+        if (this._lightmaps?.length) {
+            return this._lightmaps[0].lightmap;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+    /** set undefined to return to default lightmap */
+    public set lightmap(tex: Texture | null | undefined) {
+        this._lightmapTextureOverride = tex;
+        if (tex === undefined) {
+            tex = this.context.lightmaps.tryGetLightmap(this.sourceId, this.lightmapIndex);
+        }
+        if (this._lightmaps?.length) {
+            for (const lm of this._lightmaps) {
+                lm.lightmap = tex;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    get hasLightmap(): boolean {
+        const lm = this.lightmap;
+        return lm !== null && lm !== undefined;
+    }
+
+    public allowProgressiveLoading: boolean = true;
+
+    private _firstFrame: number = -1;
+
+    registering() {
+        if (!this.enabled) {
+            this.setVisibility(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    awake() {
+        this._firstFrame = this.context.time.frame;
+
+        if (debugRenderer) console.log("Renderer ", this.name, this);
+        this.clearInstancingState();
+
+        if (this.probeAnchor && debugRenderer) this.probeAnchor.add(new AxesHelper(.2));
+
+        this._reflectionProbe = null;
+
+        if (this.isMultiMaterialObject(this.gameObject)) {
+            for (const child of this.gameObject.children) {
+                this.context.addBeforeRenderListener(child, this.onBeforeRenderThree);
+                child.layers.mask = this.gameObject.layers.mask;
+            }
+
+            if (this.renderOrder !== undefined) {
+                // Objects can have nested renderers (e.g. contain 2 meshes and then again another group)
+                // or perhaps just regular child objects that have their own renderer component (?)
+                let index = 0;
+                for (let i = 0; i < this.gameObject.children.length; i++) {
+                    const ch = this.gameObject.children[i];
+                    // ignore nested groups or objects that have their own renderer (aka their own render order settings)
+                    if (!this.isMeshOrSkinnedMesh(ch) || GameObject.getComponent(ch, Renderer)) continue;
+                    if (this.renderOrder.length <= index) {
+                        console.warn("Incorrect renderOrder element count", this, this.renderOrder.length + " but expected " + this.gameObject.children.length, "Index: " + index, "ChildElement:", ch);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    // if(debugRenderer) console.log("Setting render order", ch, this.renderOrder[index])
+                    ch.renderOrder = this.renderOrder[index];
+                    index += 1;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        // TODO: custom shader with sub materials
+        else if (this.isMeshOrSkinnedMesh(this.gameObject)) {
+            this.context.addBeforeRenderListener(this.gameObject, this.onBeforeRenderThree);
+
+            if (this.renderOrder !== undefined && this.renderOrder.length > 0)
+                this.gameObject.renderOrder = this.renderOrder[0];
+        }
+        else {
+            this.context.addBeforeRenderListener(this.gameObject, this.onBeforeRenderThree);
+        }
+
+        this.applyLightmapping();
+
+        if (showWireframe) {
+            for (let i = 0; i < this.sharedMaterials.length; i++) {
+                const mat: any = this.sharedMaterials[i];
+                if (mat) {
+                    mat.wireframe = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    private applyLightmapping() {
+        if (this.lightmapIndex >= 0) {
+            const type = this.gameObject.type;
+
+            // use the override lightmap if its not undefined
+            const tex = this._lightmapTextureOverride !== undefined
+                ? this._lightmapTextureOverride
+                : this.context.lightmaps.tryGetLightmap(this.sourceId, this.lightmapIndex);
+            if (tex) {
+                if (!this._lightmaps)
+                    this._lightmaps = [];
+
+                if (type === "Mesh") {
+                    const mat = this.gameObject["material"];
+                    if (!mat?.isMeshBasicMaterial) {
+                        if (this._lightmaps.length <= 0) {
+                            const rm = new RendererLightmap(this.gameObject as any as Mesh, this.context);
+                            this._lightmaps.push(rm);
+                        }
+                        const rm = this._lightmaps[0];
+                        rm.init(this.lightmapIndex, this.lightmapScaleOffset, tex);
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        if (mat)
+                            console.warn("Lightmapping is not supported on MeshBasicMaterial", mat.name)
+                    }
+                }
+                // for multi materials we need to loop through children 
+                // and then we add a lightmap renderer component to each of them
+                else if (this.isMultiMaterialObject(this.gameObject) && this.sharedMaterials.length > 0) {
+                    for (let i = 0; i < this.gameObject.children.length; i++) {
+                        const child = this.gameObject.children[i];
+                        if (!child["material"]?.isMeshBasicMaterial) {
+                            let rm: RendererLightmap | undefined = undefined;
+                            if (i >= this._lightmaps.length) {
+                                rm = new RendererLightmap(child as Mesh, this.context);
+                                this._lightmaps.push(rm);
+                            }
+                            else
+                                rm = this._lightmaps[i];
+                            rm.init(this.lightmapIndex, this.lightmapScaleOffset, tex);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                if (debugRenderer) console.warn("Lightmap not found", this.sourceId, this.lightmapIndex);
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    private _isInstancingEnabled: boolean = false;
+    private _handles: InstanceHandle[] | null | undefined = undefined;
+
+    /** 
+     * @returns true if this renderer has instanced objects
+     */
+    get isInstancingActive() {
+        return this._handles != undefined && this._handles.length > 0 && this._isInstancingEnabled;
+    }
+    /** @returns the instancing handles */
+    get instances(): InstanceHandle[] | null {
+        if (!this._handles || this._handles.length <= 0) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        this._handlesTempArray.length = 0;
+        if (this._handles) {
+            for (const h of this._handles) {
+                this._handlesTempArray.push(h);
+            }
+        }
+        return this._handlesTempArray;
+    }
+    private _handlesTempArray: InstanceHandle[] = [];
+
+
+    /** Enable or disable instancing for this renderer.
+     * @param enabled true to enable instancing, false to disable it
+     */
+    setInstancingEnabled(enabled: boolean): boolean {
+        if (this._isInstancingEnabled === enabled) return enabled && (this._handles === undefined || this._handles != null && this._handles.length > 0);
+        this._isInstancingEnabled = enabled;
+        if (enabled) {
+            if (this.enableInstancing === undefined) this.enableInstancing = true;
+            if (this._handles === undefined) {
+                this._handles = InstancingHandler.instance.setup(this, this.gameObject, this.context, null, { rend: this, foundMeshes: 0, useMatrixWorldAutoUpdate: this.useInstanceMatrixWorldAutoUpdate() });
+                if (this._handles) {
+                    GameObject.markAsInstancedRendered(this.gameObject, true);
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+            else if (this._handles !== null) {
+                for (const handler of this._handles) {
+                    handler.updateInstanceMatrix(true);
+                    handler.add();
+                }
+                GameObject.markAsInstancedRendered(this.gameObject, true);
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            if (this._handles) {
+                for (const handler of this._handles) {
+                    handler.remove(this.destroyed);
+                }
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private clearInstancingState() {
+        this._isInstancingEnabled = false;
+        this._handles = undefined;
+    }
+
+    /** Return true to wrap matrix update events for instanced rendering to update instance matrices automatically when matrixWorld changes
+     * This is a separate method to be overrideable from user code
+     */
+    useInstanceMatrixWorldAutoUpdate() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    start() {
+        if (this.enableInstancing && !suppressInstancing) {
+            this.setInstancingEnabled(true);
+            // make sure the instance is marked dirty once for cases where e.g. an animator animates the instanced object
+            // in the first frame we want the updated matrix then to be applied immediately to the instancing
+            InstancingUtil.markDirty(this.gameObject);
+        }
+        this.gameObject.frustumCulled = this.allowOcclusionWhenDynamic;
+        if (this.isMultiMaterialObject(this.gameObject)) {
+            for (let i = 0; i < this.gameObject.children.length; i++) {
+                const ch = this.gameObject.children[i];
+                ch.frustumCulled = this.allowOcclusionWhenDynamic;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    onEnable() {
+        // ensure shared meshes are initialized
+        const _ = this.sharedMeshes;
+
+        this.setVisibility(true);
+
+        // Check if the renderer is using instancing (or any child object is supposed to use instancing)
+        const isUsingInstancing = this._isInstancingEnabled ||
+            (this.enableInstancing == true || (Array.isArray(this.enableInstancing) && this.enableInstancing.some(x => x)));
+
+        if (isUsingInstancing) {
+            if (this.__internalDidAwakeAndStart) this.setInstancingEnabled(true);
+        }
+        // if no insancing is used we can apply the stencil settings
+        // but instancing and stencil at the same time is not supported
+        else if (this.enabled) {
+            this.applyStencil();
+        }
+
+        this.updateReflectionProbe();
+
+        // this.testIfLODLevelsAreAvailable();
+    }
+
+    onDisable() {
+        this.setVisibility(false);
+
+        if (this._handles && this._handles.length > 0) {
+            this.setInstancingEnabled(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    onDestroy(): void {
+        this._handles = null;
+
+        if (this.isMultiMaterialObject(this.gameObject)) {
+            for (const child of this.gameObject.children) {
+                this.context.removeBeforeRenderListener(child, this.onBeforeRenderThree);
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            this.context.removeBeforeRenderListener(this.gameObject, this.onBeforeRenderThree);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    onBeforeRender() {
+        if (!this.gameObject) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (this._probeAnchorLastFrame !== this.probeAnchor) {
+            this._reflectionProbe?.onUnset(this);
+            this.updateReflectionProbe();
+        }
+
+        if (debugRenderer == this.name && this.gameObject instanceof Mesh) {
+            this.gameObject.geometry.computeBoundingSphere();
+            const tempCenter = getTempVector(this.gameObject.geometry.boundingSphere.center).applyMatrix4(this.gameObject.matrixWorld);
+            Gizmos.DrawWireSphere(tempCenter, this.gameObject.geometry.boundingSphere.radius, 0x00ddff);
+        }
+
+        if (this.isMultiMaterialObject(this.gameObject) && this.gameObject.children?.length > 0) {
+            for (const ch of this.gameObject.children) {
+                this.applySettings(ch);
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            this.applySettings(this.gameObject);
+        }
+
+        if (this.sharedMaterials.changed) {
+            this.sharedMaterials.changed = false;
+            this.applyLightmapping();
+        }
+
+        if (this._handles?.length) {
+            // if (this.name === "Darbouka")
+            //     console.log(this.name, this.gameObject.matrixWorldNeedsUpdate);
+            const needsUpdate: boolean = this.gameObject[NEED_UPDATE_INSTANCE_KEY] === true;// || this.gameObject.matrixWorldNeedsUpdate;
+            if (needsUpdate) {
+                // if (debugInstancing) console.log("UPDATE INSTANCED MATRICES at frame #" + this.context.time.frame);
+                this.gameObject[NEED_UPDATE_INSTANCE_KEY] = false;
+                const remove = false;// Math.random() < .01;
+                for (let i = this._handles.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+                    const h = this._handles[i];
+                    if (remove) {
+                        h.remove(this.destroyed);
+                        this._handles.splice(i, 1);
+                    }
+                    else
+                        h.updateInstanceMatrix();
+                }
+                this.gameObject.matrixWorldNeedsUpdate = false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (this._handles && this._handles.length <= 0) {
+            GameObject.markAsInstancedRendered(this.gameObject, false);
+        }
+
+        if (this._isInstancingEnabled && this._handles) {
+            for (let i = 0; i < this._handles.length; i++) {
+                const handle = this._handles[i];
+                setCustomVisibility(handle.object, false);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (this.reflectionProbeUsage !== ReflectionProbeUsage.Off && this._reflectionProbe) {
+            this._reflectionProbe.onSet(this);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    private onBeforeRenderThree = (_renderer, _scene, _camera, _geometry, material, _group) => {
+        if (material.envMapIntensity !== undefined) {
+            const factor = this.hasLightmap ? Math.PI : 1;
+            const environmentIntensity = this.context.mainCameraComponent?.environmentIntensity ?? 1;
+            material.envMapIntensity = Math.max(0, environmentIntensity * this.context.sceneLighting.environmentIntensity / factor);
+            
+            // since three 163 we need to set the envMap to the scene envMap if it is not set
+            // otherwise the envmapIntensity has no effect: https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/pull/27903
+            // internal issue: https://linear.app/needle/issue/NE-6363
+            if (!material.envMap) material.envMap = this.context.scene.environment;
+        }
+
+        if (this._lightmaps) {
+            for (const lm of this._lightmaps) {
+                lm.updateLightmapUniforms(material);
+                lm.applyLightmap();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    onAfterRender() {
+        if (this._isInstancingEnabled && this._handles) {
+            for (let i = 0; i < this._handles.length; i++) {
+                const handle = this._handles[i];
+                setCustomVisibility(handle.object, true);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (this.reflectionProbeUsage !== ReflectionProbeUsage.Off && this._reflectionProbe) {
+            this._reflectionProbe.onUnset(this);
+        }
+
+        if (this.static && this.gameObject.matrixAutoUpdate) {
+            this.gameObject.matrixAutoUpdate = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Applies stencil settings for this renderer's objects (if stencil settings are available) */
+    applyStencil() {
+        NEEDLE_render_objects.applyStencil(this);
+    }
+
+
+
+
+    /** Apply the settings of this renderer to the given object
+     * Settings include shadow casting and receiving (e.g. this.receiveShadows, this.shadowCastingMode)
+     */
+    applySettings(go: Object3D) {
+        go.receiveShadow = this.receiveShadows;
+        if (this.shadowCastingMode == ShadowCastingMode.On) {
+            go.castShadow = true;
+        }
+        else go.castShadow = false;
+    }
+
+    private _reflectionProbe: ReflectionProbe | null = null;
+    private updateReflectionProbe() {
+        // handle reflection probe
+        this._reflectionProbe = null;
+        if (this.reflectionProbeUsage !== ReflectionProbeUsage.Off) {
+            // update the reflection probe right before rendering
+            // if we do it immediately the reflection probe might not be enabled yet 
+            // (since this method is called from onEnable)
+            this.startCoroutine(this._updateReflectionProbe(), FrameEvent.LateUpdate);
+
+            this._probeAnchorLastFrame = this.probeAnchor;
+        }
+    }
+    private *_updateReflectionProbe() {
+        const obj = this.probeAnchor || this.gameObject;
+        const isAnchor = this.probeAnchor ? true : false;
+        this._reflectionProbe = ReflectionProbe.get(obj, this.context, isAnchor, this.probeAnchor);
+    }
+
+    private setVisibility(visible: boolean) {
+
+        if (!this.isMultiMaterialObject(this.gameObject)) {
+            setCustomVisibility(this.gameObject, visible);
+        }
+        else {
+            for (const ch of this.gameObject.children) {
+                if (this.isMeshOrSkinnedMesh(ch)) {
+                    setCustomVisibility(ch, visible);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private isMultiMaterialObject(obj: Object3D) {
+        return obj.type === "Group";
+    }
+
+    private isMeshOrSkinnedMesh(obj: Object3D): obj is Mesh | SkinnedMesh {
+        return obj.type === "Mesh" || obj.type === "SkinnedMesh";
+    }
+}
+
+export class MeshRenderer extends Renderer {
+}
+
+export class SkinnedMeshRenderer extends MeshRenderer {
+
+    private _needUpdateBoundingSphere = false;
+    // private _lastWorldPosition = new Vector3();
+
+    awake() {
+        super.awake();
+        if (debugskinnedmesh) console.log("SkinnedMeshRenderer for \"" + this.name + "\"", this);
+        // disable skinned mesh occlusion because of https://github.com/mrdoob/js/issues/14499
+        this.allowOcclusionWhenDynamic = false;
+
+        for (const mesh of this.sharedMeshes) {
+            // If we don't do that here the bounding sphere matrix used for raycasts will be wrong. Not sure *why* this is necessary
+            mesh.parent?.updateWorldMatrix(false, true);
+            this.markBoundsDirty();
+        }
+    }
+    onAfterRender(): void {
+        super.onAfterRender();
+
+        // this.gameObject.parent.position.x += Math.sin(this.context.time.time) * .01;
+
+        // if (this.gameObject instanceof SkinnedMesh && this.gameObject.geometry.boundingSphere) {
+        //     const bounds = this.gameObject.geometry.boundingSphere;
+        //     const worldpos = getTempVector().setFromMatrixPosition(this.gameObject.matrixWorld);
+        //     if (worldpos.distanceTo(this._lastWorldPosition) > bounds.radius) {
+        //         this._lastWorldPosition.copy(worldpos);
+        //         this.markBoundsDirty();
+        //     };
+        // }
+
+        if (this._needUpdateBoundingSphere) {
+            for (const mesh of this.sharedMeshes) {
+                if (mesh instanceof SkinnedMesh) {
+                    this._needUpdateBoundingSphere = false;
+                    try {
+                        const geometry = mesh.geometry;
+                        const raycastmesh = getRaycastMesh(mesh);
+                        if (raycastmesh) {
+                            mesh.geometry = raycastmesh;
+                        }
+                        mesh.computeBoundingSphere();
+                        mesh.geometry = geometry;
+                    }
+                    catch(err) {
+                        console.error(`Error updating bounding sphere for ${mesh.name}`, err);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // if (this.context.time.frame % 30 === 0) this.markBoundsDirty();
+
+        if (debugskinnedmesh) {
+            for (const mesh of this.sharedMeshes) {
+                if (mesh instanceof SkinnedMesh && mesh.boundingSphere) {
+                    const tempCenter = getTempVector(mesh.boundingSphere.center).applyMatrix4(mesh.matrixWorld);
+                    Gizmos.DrawWireSphere(tempCenter, mesh.boundingSphere.radius, "red");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    markBoundsDirty() {
+        this._needUpdateBoundingSphere = true;
+    }
+}
+
+export enum ShadowCastingMode {
+    /// <summary>
+    ///   <para>No shadows are cast from this object.</para>
+    /// </summary>
+    Off,
+    /// <summary>
+    ///   <para>Shadows are cast from this object.</para>
+    /// </summary>
+    On,
+    /// <summary>
+    ///   <para>Shadows are cast from this object, treating it as two-sided.</para>
+    /// </summary>
+    TwoSided,
+    /// <summary>
+    ///   <para>Object casts shadows, but is otherwise invisible in the Scene.</para>
+    /// </summary>
+    ShadowsOnly,
+}