@needle-tools/engine 4.6.2 → 4.6.3

package/src/engine/engine_three_utils.ts

@@ -1,925 +1,925 @@
-import { AnimationAction, Box3, Box3Helper, Camera, Color, DepthTexture, Euler, GridHelper, Layers, Material, Mesh, MeshStandardMaterial, Object3D, OrthographicCamera, PerspectiveCamera, PlaneGeometry, Quaternion, Scene, ShadowMaterial, Texture, Uniform, Vector2Like, Vector3, WebGLRenderTarget } from "three";
-import { ShaderMaterial, WebGLRenderer } from "three";
-import { GroundedSkybox } from "three/examples/jsm/objects/GroundedSkybox.js";
-
-import { useForAutoFit } from "./engine_camera.js";
-import { Mathf } from "./engine_math.js"
-import { Vec3 } from "./engine_types.js";
-import { CircularBuffer } from "./engine_utils.js";
-
-/**
- * Slerp between two vectors
- */
-export function slerp(vec: Vector3, end: Vector3, t: number) {
-    const len1 = vec.length();
-    const len2 = end.length();
-    const targetLen = Mathf.lerp(len1, len2, t);
-    return vec.lerp(end, t).normalize().multiplyScalar(targetLen);
-}
-
-const _tempQuat = new Quaternion();
-const flipYQuat: Quaternion = new Quaternion().setFromAxisAngle(new Vector3(0, 1, 0), Math.PI);
-
-export function lookAtInverse(obj: Object3D, target: Vector3) {
-    obj.lookAt(target);
-    obj.quaternion.multiply(flipYQuat);
-}
-
-
-/** Better lookAt
- * @param object the object that the lookAt should be applied to
- * @param target the target to look at
- * @param keepUpDirection if true the up direction will be kept
- * @param copyTargetRotation if true the target rotation will be copied so the rotation is not skewed
- */
-export function lookAtObject(object: Object3D, target: Object3D, keepUpDirection: boolean = true, copyTargetRotation: boolean = false) {
-    if (object === target) return;
-    _tempQuat.copy(object.quaternion);
-
-    const lookTarget = getWorldPosition(target);
-    const lookFrom = getWorldPosition(object);
-
-    if (copyTargetRotation) {
-        setWorldQuaternion(object, getWorldQuaternion(target));
-        // look at forward again so we don't get any roll
-        if (keepUpDirection) {
-            const ypos = lookFrom.y;
-            const forwardPoint = lookFrom.sub(getWorldDirection(object));
-            forwardPoint.y = ypos;
-            object.lookAt(forwardPoint);
-            object.quaternion.multiply(flipYQuat);
-        }
-
-        // sanitize – three.js sometimes returns NaN values when parents are non-uniformly scaled
-        if (Number.isNaN(object.quaternion.x)) {
-            object.quaternion.copy(_tempQuat);
-        }
-
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (keepUpDirection) {
-        lookTarget.y = lookFrom.y;
-    }
-
-    object.lookAt(lookTarget);
-
-    // sanitize – three.js sometimes returns NaN values when parents are non-uniformly scaled
-    if (Number.isNaN(object.quaternion.x)) {
-        object.quaternion.copy(_tempQuat);
-    }
-}
-
-
-/**
- * Look at a 2D point in screen space
- * @param object the object to look at the point
- * @param target the target point in 2D screen space XY e.g. from a mouse event
- * @param camera the camera to use for the lookAt
- * @param factor the factor to multiply the distance from the camera to the object. Default is 1
- * @returns the target point in world space
- * 
- * @example Needle Engine Component
- * ```ts 
- * export class MyLookAtComponent extends Behaviour {      
- *   update() {     
- *     lookAtScreenPoint(this.gameObject, this.context.input.mousePosition, this.context.mainCamera);   
- *   }   
- * }   
- * ```
- * 
- * @example Look at from browser mouse move event
- * ```ts
- * window.addEventListener("mousemove", (e) => {
- *   lookAtScreenPoint(object, new Vector2(e.clientX, e.clientY), camera);
- *  });
- * ```
- */
-export function lookAtScreenPoint(object: Object3D, target: Vector2Like, camera: Camera, factor: number = 1): Vector3 | null {
-
-    if (camera) {
-        const pos = getTempVector(0, 0, 0);
-        const ndcx = (target.x / window.innerWidth) * 2 - 1;
-        const ndcy = -(target.y / window.innerHeight) * 2 + 1;
-        pos.set(
-            ndcx,
-            ndcy,
-            0
-        );
-        pos.unproject(camera);
-        // get distance from object to camera
-        const camPos = camera.worldPosition;
-        const dist = object.worldPosition.distanceTo(camPos);
-        // Create direction from camera through cursor point
-        const dir = pos.sub(camPos);
-        dir.multiplyScalar(factor * 3.6 * dist);
-        const targetPoint = camera.worldPosition.add(dir);
-        object.lookAt(targetPoint);
-        return targetPoint;
-    }
-    return null;
-}
-
-
-
-const _tempVecs = new CircularBuffer(() => new Vector3(), 100);
-
-/** Gets a temporary vector. If a vector is passed in it will be copied to the temporary vector    
- * Temporary vectors are cached and reused internally. Don't store them!  
- * @param vec3 the vector to copy or the x value
- * @param y the y value
- * @param z the z value
- * @returns a temporary vector
- * 
- * @example
- * ``` javascript
- * const vec = getTempVector(1, 2, 3);
- * const vec2 = getTempVector(vec);
- * const vec3 = getTempVector(new Vector3(1, 2, 3));
- * const vec4 = getTempVector(new DOMPointReadOnly(1, 2, 3));
- * const vec5 = getTempVector();
- * ```
- */
-export function getTempVector(): Vector3;
-export function getTempVector(vec3: Vector3): Vector3;
-export function getTempVector(vec3: [number, number, number]): Vector3;
-export function getTempVector(vec3: Vec3): Vector3;
-export function getTempVector(dom: DOMPointReadOnly): Vector3;
-export function getTempVector(x: number): Vector3;
-export function getTempVector(x: number, y: number, z: number): Vector3;
-export function getTempVector(vecOrX?: Vec3 | Vector3 | [number, number, number] | DOMPointReadOnly | number, y?: number, z?: number): Vector3 {
-    const vec = _tempVecs.get();
-    vec.set(0, 0, 0); // initialize with default values
-    if (vecOrX instanceof Vector3) vec.copy(vecOrX);
-    else if (Array.isArray(vecOrX)) vec.set(vecOrX[0], vecOrX[1], vecOrX[2]);
-    else if (vecOrX instanceof DOMPointReadOnly) vec.set(vecOrX.x, vecOrX.y, vecOrX.z);
-    else {
-        if (typeof vecOrX === "number") {
-            vec.x = vecOrX;
-            vec.y = y !== undefined ? y : vec.x;
-            vec.z = z !== undefined ? z : vec.x;
-        }
-        else if (typeof vecOrX === "object") {
-            vec.x = vecOrX.x;
-            vec.y = vecOrX.y;
-            vec.z = vecOrX.z;
-        }
-    }
-    return vec;
-}
-
-
-const _tempColors = new CircularBuffer(() => new Color(), 30);
-export function getTempColor(color?: Color) {
-    const col = _tempColors.get();
-    if (color) col.copy(color);
-    else {
-        col.set(0, 0, 0);
-    }
-    return col;
-}
-
-
-const _tempQuats = new CircularBuffer(() => new Quaternion(), 100);
-
-/**
- * Gets a temporary quaternion. If a quaternion is passed in it will be copied to the temporary quaternion  
- * Temporary quaternions are cached and reused internally. Don't store them!
- * @param value the quaternion to copy
- * @returns a temporary quaternion
- */
-export function getTempQuaternion(value?: Quaternion | DOMPointReadOnly) {
-    const val = _tempQuats.get();
-    val.identity();
-    if (value instanceof Quaternion) val.copy(value);
-    else if (value instanceof DOMPointReadOnly) val.set(value.x, value.y, value.z, value.w);
-    return val;
-}
-
-
-const _worldPositions = new CircularBuffer(() => new Vector3(), 100);
-const _lastMatrixWorldUpdateKey = Symbol("lastMatrixWorldUpdateKey");
-
-/**
- * Get the world position of an object
- * @param obj the object to get the world position from
- * @param vec a vector to store the result in. If not passed in a temporary vector will be used
- * @param updateParents if true the parents will be updated before getting the world position
- * @returns the world position
- */
-export function getWorldPosition(obj: Object3D, vec: Vector3 | null = null, updateParents: boolean = true): Vector3 {
-    const wp = vec ?? _worldPositions.get();
-    if (!obj) return wp.set(0, 0, 0);
-    if (!obj.parent) return wp.copy(obj.position);
-    if (updateParents)
-        obj.updateWorldMatrix(true, false);
-    if (obj.matrixWorldNeedsUpdate && obj[_lastMatrixWorldUpdateKey] !== Date.now()) {
-        obj[_lastMatrixWorldUpdateKey] = Date.now();
-        obj.updateMatrixWorld();
-    }
-    wp.setFromMatrixPosition(obj.matrixWorld);
-    return wp;
-}
-
-/**
- * Set the world position of an object
- * @param obj the object to set the world position of
- * @param val the world position to set
- */
-export function setWorldPosition(obj: Object3D, val: Vector3): Object3D {
-    if (!obj) return obj;
-    const wp = _worldPositions.get();
-    if (val !== wp)
-        wp.copy(val);
-    const obj2 = obj?.parent ?? obj;
-    obj2.worldToLocal(wp);
-    obj.position.set(wp.x, wp.y, wp.z);
-    return obj;
-}
-
-/**
- * Set the world position of an object
- * @param obj the object to set the world position of
- * @param x the x position
- * @param y the y position
- * @param z the z position
- */
-export function setWorldPositionXYZ(obj: Object3D, x: number, y: number, z: number): Object3D {
-    const wp = _worldPositions.get();
-    wp.set(x, y, z);
-    setWorldPosition(obj, wp);
-    return obj;
-}
-
-
-const _worldQuaternions = new CircularBuffer(() => new Quaternion(), 100);
-const _worldQuaternionBuffer: Quaternion = new Quaternion();
-const _tempQuaternionBuffer2: Quaternion = new Quaternion();
-
-export function getWorldQuaternion(obj: Object3D, target: Quaternion | null = null): Quaternion {
-    if (!obj) return _worldQuaternions.get().identity();
-    const quat = target ?? _worldQuaternions.get();
-    if (!obj.parent) return quat.copy(obj.quaternion);
-    obj.getWorldQuaternion(quat);
-    return quat;
-}
-export function setWorldQuaternion(obj: Object3D, val: Quaternion) {
-    if (!obj) return;
-    if (val !== _worldQuaternionBuffer)
-        _worldQuaternionBuffer.copy(val);
-    const tempVec = _worldQuaternionBuffer;
-    const parent = obj?.parent;
-    parent?.getWorldQuaternion(_tempQuaternionBuffer2);
-    _tempQuaternionBuffer2.invert();
-    const q = _tempQuaternionBuffer2.multiply(tempVec);
-    // console.log(tempVec);
-    obj.quaternion.set(q.x, q.y, q.z, q.w);
-    // console.error("quaternion world to local is not yet implemented");
-}
-export function setWorldQuaternionXYZW(obj: Object3D, x: number, y: number, z: number, w: number) {
-    _worldQuaternionBuffer.set(x, y, z, w);
-    setWorldQuaternion(obj, _worldQuaternionBuffer);
-}
-
-const _worldScaleBuffer = new CircularBuffer(() => new Vector3(), 100);
-const _worldScale: Vector3 = new Vector3();
-
-export function getWorldScale(obj: Object3D, vec: Vector3 | null = null): Vector3 {
-    if (!vec)
-        vec = _worldScaleBuffer.get();
-    if (!obj) return vec.set(0, 0, 0);
-    if (!obj.parent) return vec.copy(obj.scale);
-    obj.getWorldScale(vec);
-    return vec;
-}
-
-export function setWorldScale(obj: Object3D, vec: Vector3) {
-    if (!obj) return;
-    if (!obj.parent) {
-        obj.scale.copy(vec);
-        return;
-    }
-    const tempVec = _worldScale;
-    const obj2 = obj.parent;
-    obj2.getWorldScale(tempVec);
-    obj.scale.copy(vec);
-    obj.scale.divide(tempVec);
-}
-
-const _forward = new Vector3();
-const _forwardQuat = new Quaternion();
-export function forward(obj: Object3D): Vector3 {
-    getWorldQuaternion(obj, _forwardQuat);
-    return _forward.set(0, 0, 1).applyQuaternion(_forwardQuat);
-}
-
-const _worldDirectionBuffer = new CircularBuffer(() => new Vector3(), 100);
-const _worldDirectionQuat = new Quaternion();
-/** Get the world direction. Returns world forward if nothing is passed in.
- * Pass in a relative direction to get it converted to world space (e.g. dir = new Vector3(0, 1, 1))
- * The returned vector will not be normalized
- */
-export function getWorldDirection(obj: Object3D, dir?: Vector3) {
-    // If no direction is passed in set the direction to the forward vector
-    if (!dir) dir = _worldDirectionBuffer.get().set(0, 0, 1);
-    getWorldQuaternion(obj, _worldDirectionQuat);
-    return dir.applyQuaternion(_worldDirectionQuat);
-}
-
-
-const _worldEulerBuffer: Euler = new Euler();
-const _worldEuler: Euler = new Euler();
-const _worldRotation: Vector3 = new Vector3();
-
-
-
-// world euler (in radians)
-export function getWorldEuler(obj: Object3D): Euler {
-    const quat = _worldQuaternions.get();
-    obj.getWorldQuaternion(quat);
-    _worldEuler.setFromQuaternion(quat);
-    return _worldEuler;
-}
-
-// world euler (in radians)
-export function setWorldEuler(obj: Object3D, val: Euler) {
-    const quat = _worldQuaternions.get();
-    setWorldQuaternion(obj, quat.setFromEuler(val));;
-}
-
-// returns rotation in degrees
-export function getWorldRotation(obj: Object3D): Vector3 {
-    const rot = getWorldEuler(obj);
-    const wr = _worldRotation;
-    wr.set(rot.x, rot.y, rot.z);
-    wr.x = Mathf.toDegrees(wr.x);
-    wr.y = Mathf.toDegrees(wr.y);
-    wr.z = Mathf.toDegrees(wr.z);
-    return wr;
-}
-
-export function setWorldRotation(obj: Object3D, val: Vector3) {
-    setWorldRotationXYZ(obj, val.x, val.y, val.z, true);
-}
-
-export function setWorldRotationXYZ(obj: Object3D, x: number, y: number, z: number, degrees: boolean = true) {
-    if (degrees) {
-        x = Mathf.toRadians(x);
-        y = Mathf.toRadians(y);
-        z = Mathf.toRadians(z);
-    }
-    _worldEulerBuffer.set(x, y, z);
-    _worldQuaternionBuffer.setFromEuler(_worldEulerBuffer);
-    setWorldQuaternion(obj, _worldQuaternionBuffer);
-}
-
-
-
-
-
-// from https://github.com/mrdoob/js/pull/10995#issuecomment-287614722
-export function logHierarchy(root: Object3D | null | undefined, collapsible: boolean = true) {
-    if (!root) return;
-    if (collapsible) {
-        (function printGraph(obj: Object3D) {
-            console.groupCollapsed((obj.name ? obj.name : '(no name : ' + obj.type + ')') + ' %o', obj);
-            obj.children.forEach(printGraph);
-            console.groupEnd();
-        }(root));
-
-    } else {
-        root.traverse(function (obj: Object3D) {
-            var s = '|___';
-            var obj2 = obj;
-            while (obj2.parent !== null) {
-                s = '\t' + s;
-                obj2 = obj2.parent;
-            }
-            console.log(s + obj.name + ' <' + obj.type + '>');
-        });
-    };
-}
-
-export function getParentHierarchyPath(obj: Object3D): string {
-    let path = obj?.name || "";
-    if (!obj) return path;
-    let parent = obj.parent;
-    while (parent) {
-        path = parent.name + "/" + path;
-        parent = parent.parent;
-    }
-    return path;
-}
-
-
-export function isAnimationAction(obj: object) {
-    if (obj) {
-        // this doesnt work :(
-        // return obj instanceof AnimationAction;
-        // instead we do this:
-        const act = obj as AnimationAction;
-        return act.blendMode !== undefined && act.clampWhenFinished !== undefined && act.enabled !== undefined && act.fadeIn !== undefined && act.getClip !== undefined;
-    }
-    return false;
-}
-
-
-
-
-class BlitMaterial extends ShaderMaterial {
-    static vertex = `
-varying vec2 vUv;
-void main(){
-    vUv = uv;
-    gl_Position = vec4(position.xy, 0., 1.0);
-}`;
-
-    constructor() {
-        super({
-            vertexShader: BlitMaterial.vertex,
-            uniforms: {
-                map: new Uniform(null),
-                flipY: new Uniform(true),
-                writeDepth: new Uniform(false),
-                depthTexture: new Uniform(null)
-            },
-            fragmentShader: `
-uniform sampler2D map;
-uniform bool flipY;
-uniform bool writeDepth;
-uniform sampler2D depthTexture;
-
-varying vec2 vUv;
-
-void main(){ 
-    vec2 uv = vUv;
-    if (flipY) uv.y = 1.0 - uv.y;
-    gl_FragColor = texture2D(map, uv);
-
-    if (writeDepth) {
-        float depth = texture2D(depthTexture, uv).r;
-        gl_FragDepth = depth;
-
-        // float linearDepth = (depth - 0.99) * 100.0; // Enhance near 1.0 values
-        // gl_FragColor = vec4(linearDepth, linearDepth, linearDepth, 1.0);
-    }
-}`
-        });
-    }
-
-    reset() {
-        this.uniforms.map.value = null;
-        this.uniforms.flipY.value = true;
-        this.uniforms.writeDepth.value = false;
-        this.uniforms.depthTexture.value = null;
-        this.needsUpdate = true;
-        this.uniformsNeedUpdate = true;
-    }
-}
-
-/**
- * Utility class to perform various graphics operations like copying textures to canvas
- */
-export class Graphics {
-    private static readonly planeGeometry = new PlaneGeometry(2, 2, 1, 1);
-    private static readonly renderer: WebGLRenderer = new WebGLRenderer({ antialias: false, alpha: true });
-    private static readonly perspectiveCam = new PerspectiveCamera();
-    private static readonly orthographicCam = new OrthographicCamera();
-    private static readonly scene = new Scene();
-    private static readonly blitMaterial: BlitMaterial = new BlitMaterial();
-    private static readonly mesh: Mesh = new Mesh(Graphics.planeGeometry, Graphics.blitMaterial);
-
-
-    /** 
-     * Copy a texture to a new texture
-     * @param texture the texture to copy
-     * @param blitMaterial the material to use for copying (optional)
-     * @returns the newly created, copied texture
-    */
-    static copyTexture(texture: Texture, blitMaterial?: ShaderMaterial): Texture {
-
-        // ensure that a blit material exists
-        if (!blitMaterial) {
-            blitMaterial = this.blitMaterial;
-        };
-        this.blitMaterial.reset();
-
-        const material = blitMaterial || this.blitMaterial;
-
-        // TODO: reset the uniforms...
-        material.uniforms.map.value = texture;
-        material.needsUpdate = true;
-        material.uniformsNeedUpdate = true;
-
-
-        // ensure that the blit material has the correct vertex shader
-        const origVertexShader = material.vertexShader;
-        material.vertexShader = BlitMaterial.vertex;
-
-        const mesh = this.mesh;
-        mesh.material = material;
-        mesh.frustumCulled = false;
-        this.scene.children.length = 0;
-        this.scene.add(mesh);
-        this.renderer.setSize(texture.image.width, texture.image.height);
-        this.renderer.clear();
-        this.renderer.render(this.scene, this.perspectiveCam);
-        const tex = new Texture(this.renderer.domElement);
-        tex.name = "Copy";
-        tex.needsUpdate = true; // < important!
-
-        // reset vertex shader
-        material.vertexShader = origVertexShader;
-
-        return tex;
-    }
-
-    static blit(src: Texture, target: WebGLRenderTarget, options?: {
-        renderer?: WebGLRenderer,
-        blitMaterial?: ShaderMaterial,
-        flipY?: boolean,
-        depthTexture?: DepthTexture | null,
-        depthTest?: boolean,
-        depthWrite?: boolean,
-    }) {
-        const {
-            renderer = this.renderer,
-            blitMaterial = this.blitMaterial,
-            flipY = false,
-            depthTexture = null,
-            depthTest = true,
-            depthWrite = true,
-        } = options || {};
-
-        this.blitMaterial.reset();
-
-        if (blitMaterial.uniforms.map) blitMaterial.uniforms.map.value = src;
-        if (blitMaterial.uniforms.flipY) blitMaterial.uniforms.flipY.value = flipY;
-
-        if (depthTexture) {
-            blitMaterial.uniforms.writeDepth = new Uniform(true);
-            blitMaterial.uniforms.depthTexture.value = depthTexture;
-        }
-        else {
-            blitMaterial.uniforms.writeDepth = new Uniform(false);
-            blitMaterial.uniforms.depthTexture.value = null;
-        }
-        blitMaterial.needsUpdate = true;
-        blitMaterial.uniformsNeedUpdate = true;
-
-        const mesh = this.mesh;
-        mesh.material = blitMaterial;
-        mesh.frustumCulled = false;
-        this.scene.children.length = 0;
-        this.scene.add(mesh);
-
-        // Save state
-        const renderTarget = renderer.getRenderTarget();
-        const gl = renderer.getContext();
-        const depthTestEnabled = gl.getParameter(gl.DEPTH_TEST);
-        const depthWriteMask = gl.getParameter(gl.DEPTH_WRITEMASK);
-        const depthFunc = gl.getParameter(gl.DEPTH_FUNC);
-
-
-        // Set state
-        if (depthTest) renderer.getContext().enable(renderer.getContext().DEPTH_TEST);
-        else renderer.getContext().disable(renderer.getContext().DEPTH_TEST);
-        renderer.state.buffers.depth.setMask(depthWrite);
-
-        renderer.setClearColor(new Color(0, 0, 0), 0);
-        // renderer.setSize(target.width, target.height);
-        renderer.setPixelRatio(window.devicePixelRatio);
-        renderer.setRenderTarget(target);
-        renderer.clear();
-        renderer.render(this.scene, this.perspectiveCam);
-
-
-        // Restore state
-        renderer.setRenderTarget(renderTarget); // reset render target
-        const depthBuffer = renderer.state.buffers.depth;
-        depthBuffer.setTest(depthTestEnabled);
-        depthBuffer.setMask(depthWriteMask);
-        depthBuffer.setFunc(depthFunc);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Copy a texture to a HTMLCanvasElement
-     * @param texture the texture convert
-     * @param force if true the texture will be copied to a new texture before converting
-     * @returns the HTMLCanvasElement with the texture or null if the texture could not be copied
-     */
-    static textureToCanvas(texture: Texture, force: boolean = false): HTMLCanvasElement | null {
-        if (!texture) {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        if (force === true || texture["isCompressedTexture"] === true) {
-            texture = copyTexture(texture);
-        }
-        const image = texture.image;
-        if (isImageBitmap(image)) {
-            const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
-            canvas.width = image.width;
-            canvas.height = image.height;
-
-            const context = canvas.getContext('2d');
-            if (!context) {
-                console.error("Failed getting canvas 2d context");
-                return null;
-            }
-            context.drawImage(image, 0, 0, image.width, image.height, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
-            return canvas;
-        }
-
-        return null;
-    }
-}
-
-/**@obsolete use Graphics.copyTexture */
-export function copyTexture(texture: Texture): Texture {
-    return Graphics.copyTexture(texture);
-}
-
-/**@obsolete use Graphics.textureToCanvas */
-export function textureToCanvas(texture: Texture, force: boolean = false): HTMLCanvasElement | null {
-    return Graphics.textureToCanvas(texture, force);
-}
-
-declare class OffscreenCanvas { };
-
-function isImageBitmap(image) {
-    return (typeof HTMLImageElement !== 'undefined' && image instanceof HTMLImageElement) ||
-        (typeof HTMLCanvasElement !== 'undefined' && image instanceof HTMLCanvasElement) ||
-        (typeof OffscreenCanvas !== 'undefined' && image instanceof OffscreenCanvas) ||
-        (typeof ImageBitmap !== 'undefined' && image instanceof ImageBitmap);
-}
-
-
-
-function isMesh(obj: Object3D): obj is Mesh {
-    const type = obj.type;
-    // Note: we don't use the instanceof check here because it's unreliable in certain minification scenarios where it returns false
-    return type === "Mesh" || type === "SkinnedMesh";
-}
-
-// for contact shadows
-export function setVisibleInCustomShadowRendering(obj: Object3D, enabled: boolean) {
-    if (enabled)
-        obj["needle:rendercustomshadow"] = true;
-    else {
-        obj["needle:rendercustomshadow"] = false;
-    }
-}
-export function getVisibleInCustomShadowRendering(obj: Object3D): boolean {
-    if (obj) {
-        if (obj["needle:rendercustomshadow"] === true) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        else if (obj["needle:rendercustomshadow"] == undefined) {
-            return true;
-        }
-    }
-    return false;
-}
-
-/**
- * Get the axis-aligned bounding box of a list of objects.
- * @param objects The objects to get the bounding box from.
- * @param ignore Objects to ignore when calculating the bounding box. Objects that are invisible (gizmos, helpers, etc.) are excluded by default.
- * @param layers The layers to include. Typically the main camera's layers.
- * @param result The result box to store the bounding box in. Returns a new box if not passed in.
- */
-export function getBoundingBox(objects: Object3D | Object3D[], ignore: ((obj: Object3D) => void | boolean) | Array<Object3D | null | undefined> | undefined = undefined, layers: Layers | undefined | null = undefined, result: Box3 | undefined = undefined): Box3 {
-    const box = result || new Box3();
-    box.makeEmpty();
-
-    const emptyChildren = [];
-    function expandByObjectRecursive(obj: Object3D) {
-        let allowExpanding = true;
-        // we dont want to check invisible objects
-        if (!obj.visible) return;
-        if (useForAutoFit(obj) === false) return;
-        if (obj.type === "TransformControlsGizmo" || obj.type === "TransformControlsPlane") return;
-        // ignore Box3Helpers
-        if (obj instanceof Box3Helper) allowExpanding = false;
-        if (obj instanceof GridHelper) allowExpanding = false;
-        // ignore GroundProjectedEnv
-        if (obj instanceof GroundedSkybox) allowExpanding = false;
-        if ((obj as any).isGizmo === true) allowExpanding = false;
-        // // Ignore shadow catcher geometry
-        if ((obj as Mesh).material instanceof ShadowMaterial) allowExpanding = false;
-        // ONLY fit meshes
-        if (!(isMesh(obj))) allowExpanding = false;
-        // Layer test, typically with the main camera
-        if (layers && obj.layers.test(layers) === false) allowExpanding = false;
-        if (allowExpanding) {
-            // Ignore things parented to the camera + ignore the camera
-            if (ignore && Array.isArray(ignore) && ignore?.includes(obj)) return;
-            else if (typeof ignore === "function") {
-                if (ignore(obj) === true) return;
-            }
-        }
-        // We don't want to fit UI objects
-        if (obj["isUI"] === true) return;
-        // If we encountered some geometry that should be ignored
-        // Then we don't want to use that for expanding the view
-        if (allowExpanding) {
-            // Temporary override children
-            const children = obj.children;
-            obj.children = emptyChildren;
-            // TODO: validate that object doesn't contain NaN values
-            const pos = obj.position;
-            const scale = obj.scale;
-            if (Number.isNaN(pos.x) || Number.isNaN(pos.y) || Number.isNaN(pos.z)) {
-                console.warn(`Object \"${obj.name}\" has NaN values in position or scale.... will ignore it`, pos, scale);
-                return;
-            }
-            box.expandByObject(obj, true);
-            obj.children = children;
-        }
-        for (const child of obj.children) {
-            expandByObjectRecursive(child);
-        }
-    }
-    let hasAnyObject = false;
-
-    if (!Array.isArray(objects))
-        objects = [objects];
-
-    for (const object of objects) {
-        if (!object) continue;
-        hasAnyObject = true;
-        object.updateMatrixWorld();
-        expandByObjectRecursive(object);
-    }
-    if (!hasAnyObject) {
-        console.warn("No objects to fit camera to...");
-        return box;
-    }
-
-    return box;
-}
-
-/**
- * Fits an object into a bounding volume. The volume is defined by a Box3 in world space.
- * @param obj the object to fit
- * @param volume the volume to fit the object into
- * @param opts options for fitting
- */
-export function fitObjectIntoVolume(obj: Object3D, volume: Box3, opts?: {
-    /** Objects to ignore when calculating the obj's bounding box */
-    ignore?: Object3D[],
-    /** when `true` aligns the objects position to the volume ground 
-     * @default true
-    */
-    position?: boolean
-    /** when `true` scales the object to fit the volume 
-     * @default true
-    */
-    scale?: boolean,
-}): {
-    /** The object's bounding box before fitting */
-    boundsBefore: Box3,
-    /** The scale that was applied to the object */
-    scale: Vector3,
-} {
-    const box = getBoundingBox([obj], opts?.ignore);
-
-    const boundsSize = new Vector3();
-    box.getSize(boundsSize);
-    const boundsCenter = new Vector3();
-    box.getCenter(boundsCenter);
-
-    const targetSize = new Vector3();
-    volume.getSize(targetSize);
-    const targetCenter = new Vector3();
-    volume.getCenter(targetCenter);
-
-    const scale = new Vector3();
-    scale.set(targetSize.x / boundsSize.x, targetSize.y / boundsSize.y, targetSize.z / boundsSize.z);
-    const minScale = Math.min(scale.x, scale.y, scale.z);
-    const useScale = opts?.scale !== false;
-    if (useScale) {
-        setWorldScale(obj, getWorldScale(obj).multiplyScalar(minScale));
-    }
-
-    if (opts?.position !== false) {
-        const boundsBottomPosition = new Vector3();
-        box.getCenter(boundsBottomPosition);
-        boundsBottomPosition.y = box.min.y;
-        const targetBottomPosition = new Vector3();
-        volume.getCenter(targetBottomPosition);
-        targetBottomPosition.y = volume.min.y;
-        const offset = targetBottomPosition.clone().sub(boundsBottomPosition);
-        if (useScale) offset.multiplyScalar(minScale);
-        setWorldPosition(obj, getWorldPosition(obj).add(offset));
-    }
-
-    return {
-        boundsBefore: box,
-        scale,
-    }
-}
-
-
-declare type PlaceOnSurfaceResult = {
-    /** The offset from the object bounds to the pivot */
-    offset: Vector3,
-    /** The object's bounding box */
-    bounds: Box3
-}
-
-/**
- * Place an object on a surface. This will calculate the object bounds which might be an expensive operation for complex objects. 
- * The object will be visually placed on the surface (the object's pivot will be ignored).
- * @param obj the object to place on the surface
- * @param point the point to place the object on
- * @returns the offset from the object bounds to the pivot
- */
-export function placeOnSurface(obj: Object3D, point: Vector3): PlaceOnSurfaceResult {
-    const bounds = getBoundingBox([obj]);
-    const center = new Vector3();
-    bounds.getCenter(center);
-    center.y = bounds.min.y;
-    const offset = point.clone().sub(center);
-    const worldPos = getWorldPosition(obj);
-    setWorldPosition(obj, worldPos.add(offset));
-    return {
-        offset,
-        bounds,
-    }
-}
-
-/**
- * Postprocesses the material of an object loaded by {@link FBXLoader}.
- * It will apply necessary color conversions, remap shininess to roughness, and turn everything into {@link MeshStandardMaterial} on the object.   
- * This ensures consistent lighting and shading, including environment effects.
- */
-export function postprocessFBXMaterials(obj: Mesh, material: Material | Material[], index?: number, array?: Material[]): boolean {
-
-    if (Array.isArray(material)) {
-        let success = true;
-        for (let i = 0; i < material.length; i++) {
-            const res = postprocessFBXMaterials(obj, material[i], i, material);
-            if (!res) success = false;
-        }
-        return success;
-    }
-
-    // ignore if the material is already a MeshStandardMaterial
-    if (material.type === "MeshStandardMaterial" || material.type === "MeshBasicMaterial") {
-        return false;
-    }
-    // check if the material was already processed
-    else if (material["material:fbx"] != undefined) {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    const newMaterial = new MeshStandardMaterial();
-    newMaterial["material:fbx"] = material;
-
-    const oldMaterial = material as any;
-
-    if (oldMaterial) {
-        // If a map is present then the FBX color should be ignored
-        // Tested e.g. in Unity and Substance Stager
-        // https://docs.unity3d.com/2020.1/Documentation/Manual/FBXImporter-Materials.html#:~:text=If%20a%20diffuse%20Texture%20is%20set%2C%20it%20ignores%20the%20diffuse%20color%20(this%20matches%20how%20it%20works%20in%20Autodesk®%20Maya®%20and%20Autodesk®%203ds%20Max®)
-        if (!oldMaterial.map)
-            newMaterial.color.copyLinearToSRGB(oldMaterial.color);
-        else newMaterial.color.set(1, 1, 1);
-
-        newMaterial.emissive.copyLinearToSRGB(oldMaterial.emissive);
-
-        newMaterial.emissiveIntensity = oldMaterial.emissiveIntensity;
-        newMaterial.opacity = oldMaterial.opacity;
-        newMaterial.displacementScale = oldMaterial.displacementScale;
-        newMaterial.transparent = oldMaterial.transparent;
-        newMaterial.bumpMap = oldMaterial.bumpMap;
-        newMaterial.aoMap = oldMaterial.aoMap;
-        newMaterial.map = oldMaterial.map;
-        newMaterial.displacementMap = oldMaterial.displacementMap;
-        newMaterial.emissiveMap = oldMaterial.emissiveMap;
-        newMaterial.normalMap = oldMaterial.normalMap;
-        newMaterial.envMap = oldMaterial.envMap;
-        newMaterial.alphaMap = oldMaterial.alphaMap;
-        newMaterial.metalness = oldMaterial.reflectivity;
-        newMaterial.vertexColors = oldMaterial.vertexColors;
-        if (oldMaterial.shininess) {
-            // from blender source code 
-            // https://github.com/blender/blender-addons/blob/5e66092bcbe0df6855b3fa814b4826add8b01360/io_scene_fbx/import_fbx.py#L1442
-            // https://github.com/blender/blender-addons/blob/main/io_scene_fbx/import_fbx.py#L2060
-            newMaterial.roughness = 1.0 - (Math.sqrt(oldMaterial.shininess) / 10.0);
-        }
-        newMaterial.needsUpdate = true;
-    }
-
-    if (index === undefined) {
-        obj.material = newMaterial;
-    }
-    else {
-        array![index] = newMaterial;
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
-
+import { AnimationAction, Box3, Box3Helper, Camera, Color, DepthTexture, Euler, GridHelper, Layers, Material, Mesh, MeshStandardMaterial, Object3D, OrthographicCamera, PerspectiveCamera, PlaneGeometry, Quaternion, Scene, ShadowMaterial, Texture, Uniform, Vector2Like, Vector3, WebGLRenderTarget } from "three";
+import { ShaderMaterial, WebGLRenderer } from "three";
+import { GroundedSkybox } from "three/examples/jsm/objects/GroundedSkybox.js";
+
+import { useForAutoFit } from "./engine_camera.js";
+import { Mathf } from "./engine_math.js"
+import { Vec3 } from "./engine_types.js";
+import { CircularBuffer } from "./engine_utils.js";
+
+/**
+ * Slerp between two vectors
+ */
+export function slerp(vec: Vector3, end: Vector3, t: number) {
+    const len1 = vec.length();
+    const len2 = end.length();
+    const targetLen = Mathf.lerp(len1, len2, t);
+    return vec.lerp(end, t).normalize().multiplyScalar(targetLen);
+}
+
+const _tempQuat = new Quaternion();
+const flipYQuat: Quaternion = new Quaternion().setFromAxisAngle(new Vector3(0, 1, 0), Math.PI);
+
+export function lookAtInverse(obj: Object3D, target: Vector3) {
+    obj.lookAt(target);
+    obj.quaternion.multiply(flipYQuat);
+}
+
+
+/** Better lookAt
+ * @param object the object that the lookAt should be applied to
+ * @param target the target to look at
+ * @param keepUpDirection if true the up direction will be kept
+ * @param copyTargetRotation if true the target rotation will be copied so the rotation is not skewed
+ */
+export function lookAtObject(object: Object3D, target: Object3D, keepUpDirection: boolean = true, copyTargetRotation: boolean = false) {
+    if (object === target) return;
+    _tempQuat.copy(object.quaternion);
+
+    const lookTarget = getWorldPosition(target);
+    const lookFrom = getWorldPosition(object);
+
+    if (copyTargetRotation) {
+        setWorldQuaternion(object, getWorldQuaternion(target));
+        // look at forward again so we don't get any roll
+        if (keepUpDirection) {
+            const ypos = lookFrom.y;
+            const forwardPoint = lookFrom.sub(getWorldDirection(object));
+            forwardPoint.y = ypos;
+            object.lookAt(forwardPoint);
+            object.quaternion.multiply(flipYQuat);
+        }
+
+        // sanitize – three.js sometimes returns NaN values when parents are non-uniformly scaled
+        if (Number.isNaN(object.quaternion.x)) {
+            object.quaternion.copy(_tempQuat);
+        }
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (keepUpDirection) {
+        lookTarget.y = lookFrom.y;
+    }
+
+    object.lookAt(lookTarget);
+
+    // sanitize – three.js sometimes returns NaN values when parents are non-uniformly scaled
+    if (Number.isNaN(object.quaternion.x)) {
+        object.quaternion.copy(_tempQuat);
+    }
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Look at a 2D point in screen space
+ * @param object the object to look at the point
+ * @param target the target point in 2D screen space XY e.g. from a mouse event
+ * @param camera the camera to use for the lookAt
+ * @param factor the factor to multiply the distance from the camera to the object. Default is 1
+ * @returns the target point in world space
+ * 
+ * @example Needle Engine Component
+ * ```ts 
+ * export class MyLookAtComponent extends Behaviour {      
+ *   update() {     
+ *     lookAtScreenPoint(this.gameObject, this.context.input.mousePosition, this.context.mainCamera);   
+ *   }   
+ * }   
+ * ```
+ * 
+ * @example Look at from browser mouse move event
+ * ```ts
+ * window.addEventListener("mousemove", (e) => {
+ *   lookAtScreenPoint(object, new Vector2(e.clientX, e.clientY), camera);
+ *  });
+ * ```
+ */
+export function lookAtScreenPoint(object: Object3D, target: Vector2Like, camera: Camera, factor: number = 1): Vector3 | null {
+
+    if (camera) {
+        const pos = getTempVector(0, 0, 0);
+        const ndcx = (target.x / window.innerWidth) * 2 - 1;
+        const ndcy = -(target.y / window.innerHeight) * 2 + 1;
+        pos.set(
+            ndcx,
+            ndcy,
+            0
+        );
+        pos.unproject(camera);
+        // get distance from object to camera
+        const camPos = camera.worldPosition;
+        const dist = object.worldPosition.distanceTo(camPos);
+        // Create direction from camera through cursor point
+        const dir = pos.sub(camPos);
+        dir.multiplyScalar(factor * 3.6 * dist);
+        const targetPoint = camera.worldPosition.add(dir);
+        object.lookAt(targetPoint);
+        return targetPoint;
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
+
+
+const _tempVecs = new CircularBuffer(() => new Vector3(), 100);
+
+/** Gets a temporary vector. If a vector is passed in it will be copied to the temporary vector    
+ * Temporary vectors are cached and reused internally. Don't store them!  
+ * @param vec3 the vector to copy or the x value
+ * @param y the y value
+ * @param z the z value
+ * @returns a temporary vector
+ * 
+ * @example
+ * ``` javascript
+ * const vec = getTempVector(1, 2, 3);
+ * const vec2 = getTempVector(vec);
+ * const vec3 = getTempVector(new Vector3(1, 2, 3));
+ * const vec4 = getTempVector(new DOMPointReadOnly(1, 2, 3));
+ * const vec5 = getTempVector();
+ * ```
+ */
+export function getTempVector(): Vector3;
+export function getTempVector(vec3: Vector3): Vector3;
+export function getTempVector(vec3: [number, number, number]): Vector3;
+export function getTempVector(vec3: Vec3): Vector3;
+export function getTempVector(dom: DOMPointReadOnly): Vector3;
+export function getTempVector(x: number): Vector3;
+export function getTempVector(x: number, y: number, z: number): Vector3;
+export function getTempVector(vecOrX?: Vec3 | Vector3 | [number, number, number] | DOMPointReadOnly | number, y?: number, z?: number): Vector3 {
+    const vec = _tempVecs.get();
+    vec.set(0, 0, 0); // initialize with default values
+    if (vecOrX instanceof Vector3) vec.copy(vecOrX);
+    else if (Array.isArray(vecOrX)) vec.set(vecOrX[0], vecOrX[1], vecOrX[2]);
+    else if (vecOrX instanceof DOMPointReadOnly) vec.set(vecOrX.x, vecOrX.y, vecOrX.z);
+    else {
+        if (typeof vecOrX === "number") {
+            vec.x = vecOrX;
+            vec.y = y !== undefined ? y : vec.x;
+            vec.z = z !== undefined ? z : vec.x;
+        }
+        else if (typeof vecOrX === "object") {
+            vec.x = vecOrX.x;
+            vec.y = vecOrX.y;
+            vec.z = vecOrX.z;
+        }
+    }
+    return vec;
+}
+
+
+const _tempColors = new CircularBuffer(() => new Color(), 30);
+export function getTempColor(color?: Color) {
+    const col = _tempColors.get();
+    if (color) col.copy(color);
+    else {
+        col.set(0, 0, 0);
+    }
+    return col;
+}
+
+
+const _tempQuats = new CircularBuffer(() => new Quaternion(), 100);
+
+/**
+ * Gets a temporary quaternion. If a quaternion is passed in it will be copied to the temporary quaternion  
+ * Temporary quaternions are cached and reused internally. Don't store them!
+ * @param value the quaternion to copy
+ * @returns a temporary quaternion
+ */
+export function getTempQuaternion(value?: Quaternion | DOMPointReadOnly) {
+    const val = _tempQuats.get();
+    val.identity();
+    if (value instanceof Quaternion) val.copy(value);
+    else if (value instanceof DOMPointReadOnly) val.set(value.x, value.y, value.z, value.w);
+    return val;
+}
+
+
+const _worldPositions = new CircularBuffer(() => new Vector3(), 100);
+const _lastMatrixWorldUpdateKey = Symbol("lastMatrixWorldUpdateKey");
+
+/**
+ * Get the world position of an object
+ * @param obj the object to get the world position from
+ * @param vec a vector to store the result in. If not passed in a temporary vector will be used
+ * @param updateParents if true the parents will be updated before getting the world position
+ * @returns the world position
+ */
+export function getWorldPosition(obj: Object3D, vec: Vector3 | null = null, updateParents: boolean = true): Vector3 {
+    const wp = vec ?? _worldPositions.get();
+    if (!obj) return wp.set(0, 0, 0);
+    if (!obj.parent) return wp.copy(obj.position);
+    if (updateParents)
+        obj.updateWorldMatrix(true, false);
+    if (obj.matrixWorldNeedsUpdate && obj[_lastMatrixWorldUpdateKey] !== Date.now()) {
+        obj[_lastMatrixWorldUpdateKey] = Date.now();
+        obj.updateMatrixWorld();
+    }
+    wp.setFromMatrixPosition(obj.matrixWorld);
+    return wp;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set the world position of an object
+ * @param obj the object to set the world position of
+ * @param val the world position to set
+ */
+export function setWorldPosition(obj: Object3D, val: Vector3): Object3D {
+    if (!obj) return obj;
+    const wp = _worldPositions.get();
+    if (val !== wp)
+        wp.copy(val);
+    const obj2 = obj?.parent ?? obj;
+    obj2.worldToLocal(wp);
+    obj.position.set(wp.x, wp.y, wp.z);
+    return obj;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set the world position of an object
+ * @param obj the object to set the world position of
+ * @param x the x position
+ * @param y the y position
+ * @param z the z position
+ */
+export function setWorldPositionXYZ(obj: Object3D, x: number, y: number, z: number): Object3D {
+    const wp = _worldPositions.get();
+    wp.set(x, y, z);
+    setWorldPosition(obj, wp);
+    return obj;
+}
+
+
+const _worldQuaternions = new CircularBuffer(() => new Quaternion(), 100);
+const _worldQuaternionBuffer: Quaternion = new Quaternion();
+const _tempQuaternionBuffer2: Quaternion = new Quaternion();
+
+export function getWorldQuaternion(obj: Object3D, target: Quaternion | null = null): Quaternion {
+    if (!obj) return _worldQuaternions.get().identity();
+    const quat = target ?? _worldQuaternions.get();
+    if (!obj.parent) return quat.copy(obj.quaternion);
+    obj.getWorldQuaternion(quat);
+    return quat;
+}
+export function setWorldQuaternion(obj: Object3D, val: Quaternion) {
+    if (!obj) return;
+    if (val !== _worldQuaternionBuffer)
+        _worldQuaternionBuffer.copy(val);
+    const tempVec = _worldQuaternionBuffer;
+    const parent = obj?.parent;
+    parent?.getWorldQuaternion(_tempQuaternionBuffer2);
+    _tempQuaternionBuffer2.invert();
+    const q = _tempQuaternionBuffer2.multiply(tempVec);
+    // console.log(tempVec);
+    obj.quaternion.set(q.x, q.y, q.z, q.w);
+    // console.error("quaternion world to local is not yet implemented");
+}
+export function setWorldQuaternionXYZW(obj: Object3D, x: number, y: number, z: number, w: number) {
+    _worldQuaternionBuffer.set(x, y, z, w);
+    setWorldQuaternion(obj, _worldQuaternionBuffer);
+}
+
+const _worldScaleBuffer = new CircularBuffer(() => new Vector3(), 100);
+const _worldScale: Vector3 = new Vector3();
+
+export function getWorldScale(obj: Object3D, vec: Vector3 | null = null): Vector3 {
+    if (!vec)
+        vec = _worldScaleBuffer.get();
+    if (!obj) return vec.set(0, 0, 0);
+    if (!obj.parent) return vec.copy(obj.scale);
+    obj.getWorldScale(vec);
+    return vec;
+}
+
+export function setWorldScale(obj: Object3D, vec: Vector3) {
+    if (!obj) return;
+    if (!obj.parent) {
+        obj.scale.copy(vec);
+        return;
+    }
+    const tempVec = _worldScale;
+    const obj2 = obj.parent;
+    obj2.getWorldScale(tempVec);
+    obj.scale.copy(vec);
+    obj.scale.divide(tempVec);
+}
+
+const _forward = new Vector3();
+const _forwardQuat = new Quaternion();
+export function forward(obj: Object3D): Vector3 {
+    getWorldQuaternion(obj, _forwardQuat);
+    return _forward.set(0, 0, 1).applyQuaternion(_forwardQuat);
+}
+
+const _worldDirectionBuffer = new CircularBuffer(() => new Vector3(), 100);
+const _worldDirectionQuat = new Quaternion();
+/** Get the world direction. Returns world forward if nothing is passed in.
+ * Pass in a relative direction to get it converted to world space (e.g. dir = new Vector3(0, 1, 1))
+ * The returned vector will not be normalized
+ */
+export function getWorldDirection(obj: Object3D, dir?: Vector3) {
+    // If no direction is passed in set the direction to the forward vector
+    if (!dir) dir = _worldDirectionBuffer.get().set(0, 0, 1);
+    getWorldQuaternion(obj, _worldDirectionQuat);
+    return dir.applyQuaternion(_worldDirectionQuat);
+}
+
+
+const _worldEulerBuffer: Euler = new Euler();
+const _worldEuler: Euler = new Euler();
+const _worldRotation: Vector3 = new Vector3();
+
+
+
+// world euler (in radians)
+export function getWorldEuler(obj: Object3D): Euler {
+    const quat = _worldQuaternions.get();
+    obj.getWorldQuaternion(quat);
+    _worldEuler.setFromQuaternion(quat);
+    return _worldEuler;
+}
+
+// world euler (in radians)
+export function setWorldEuler(obj: Object3D, val: Euler) {
+    const quat = _worldQuaternions.get();
+    setWorldQuaternion(obj, quat.setFromEuler(val));;
+}
+
+// returns rotation in degrees
+export function getWorldRotation(obj: Object3D): Vector3 {
+    const rot = getWorldEuler(obj);
+    const wr = _worldRotation;
+    wr.set(rot.x, rot.y, rot.z);
+    wr.x = Mathf.toDegrees(wr.x);
+    wr.y = Mathf.toDegrees(wr.y);
+    wr.z = Mathf.toDegrees(wr.z);
+    return wr;
+}
+
+export function setWorldRotation(obj: Object3D, val: Vector3) {
+    setWorldRotationXYZ(obj, val.x, val.y, val.z, true);
+}
+
+export function setWorldRotationXYZ(obj: Object3D, x: number, y: number, z: number, degrees: boolean = true) {
+    if (degrees) {
+        x = Mathf.toRadians(x);
+        y = Mathf.toRadians(y);
+        z = Mathf.toRadians(z);
+    }
+    _worldEulerBuffer.set(x, y, z);
+    _worldQuaternionBuffer.setFromEuler(_worldEulerBuffer);
+    setWorldQuaternion(obj, _worldQuaternionBuffer);
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+// from https://github.com/mrdoob/js/pull/10995#issuecomment-287614722
+export function logHierarchy(root: Object3D | null | undefined, collapsible: boolean = true) {
+    if (!root) return;
+    if (collapsible) {
+        (function printGraph(obj: Object3D) {
+            console.groupCollapsed((obj.name ? obj.name : '(no name : ' + obj.type + ')') + ' %o', obj);
+            obj.children.forEach(printGraph);
+            console.groupEnd();
+        }(root));
+
+    } else {
+        root.traverse(function (obj: Object3D) {
+            var s = '|___';
+            var obj2 = obj;
+            while (obj2.parent !== null) {
+                s = '\t' + s;
+                obj2 = obj2.parent;
+            }
+            console.log(s + obj.name + ' <' + obj.type + '>');
+        });
+    };
+}
+
+export function getParentHierarchyPath(obj: Object3D): string {
+    let path = obj?.name || "";
+    if (!obj) return path;
+    let parent = obj.parent;
+    while (parent) {
+        path = parent.name + "/" + path;
+        parent = parent.parent;
+    }
+    return path;
+}
+
+
+export function isAnimationAction(obj: object) {
+    if (obj) {
+        // this doesnt work :(
+        // return obj instanceof AnimationAction;
+        // instead we do this:
+        const act = obj as AnimationAction;
+        return act.blendMode !== undefined && act.clampWhenFinished !== undefined && act.enabled !== undefined && act.fadeIn !== undefined && act.getClip !== undefined;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+
+
+
+class BlitMaterial extends ShaderMaterial {
+    static vertex = `
+varying vec2 vUv;
+void main(){
+    vUv = uv;
+    gl_Position = vec4(position.xy, 0., 1.0);
+}`;
+
+    constructor() {
+        super({
+            vertexShader: BlitMaterial.vertex,
+            uniforms: {
+                map: new Uniform(null),
+                flipY: new Uniform(true),
+                writeDepth: new Uniform(false),
+                depthTexture: new Uniform(null)
+            },
+            fragmentShader: `
+uniform sampler2D map;
+uniform bool flipY;
+uniform bool writeDepth;
+uniform sampler2D depthTexture;
+
+varying vec2 vUv;
+
+void main(){ 
+    vec2 uv = vUv;
+    if (flipY) uv.y = 1.0 - uv.y;
+    gl_FragColor = texture2D(map, uv);
+
+    if (writeDepth) {
+        float depth = texture2D(depthTexture, uv).r;
+        gl_FragDepth = depth;
+
+        // float linearDepth = (depth - 0.99) * 100.0; // Enhance near 1.0 values
+        // gl_FragColor = vec4(linearDepth, linearDepth, linearDepth, 1.0);
+    }
+}`
+        });
+    }
+
+    reset() {
+        this.uniforms.map.value = null;
+        this.uniforms.flipY.value = true;
+        this.uniforms.writeDepth.value = false;
+        this.uniforms.depthTexture.value = null;
+        this.needsUpdate = true;
+        this.uniformsNeedUpdate = true;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Utility class to perform various graphics operations like copying textures to canvas
+ */
+export class Graphics {
+    private static readonly planeGeometry = new PlaneGeometry(2, 2, 1, 1);
+    private static readonly renderer: WebGLRenderer = new WebGLRenderer({ antialias: false, alpha: true });
+    private static readonly perspectiveCam = new PerspectiveCamera();
+    private static readonly orthographicCam = new OrthographicCamera();
+    private static readonly scene = new Scene();
+    private static readonly blitMaterial: BlitMaterial = new BlitMaterial();
+    private static readonly mesh: Mesh = new Mesh(Graphics.planeGeometry, Graphics.blitMaterial);
+
+
+    /** 
+     * Copy a texture to a new texture
+     * @param texture the texture to copy
+     * @param blitMaterial the material to use for copying (optional)
+     * @returns the newly created, copied texture
+    */
+    static copyTexture(texture: Texture, blitMaterial?: ShaderMaterial): Texture {
+
+        // ensure that a blit material exists
+        if (!blitMaterial) {
+            blitMaterial = this.blitMaterial;
+        };
+        this.blitMaterial.reset();
+
+        const material = blitMaterial || this.blitMaterial;
+
+        // TODO: reset the uniforms...
+        material.uniforms.map.value = texture;
+        material.needsUpdate = true;
+        material.uniformsNeedUpdate = true;
+
+
+        // ensure that the blit material has the correct vertex shader
+        const origVertexShader = material.vertexShader;
+        material.vertexShader = BlitMaterial.vertex;
+
+        const mesh = this.mesh;
+        mesh.material = material;
+        mesh.frustumCulled = false;
+        this.scene.children.length = 0;
+        this.scene.add(mesh);
+        this.renderer.setSize(texture.image.width, texture.image.height);
+        this.renderer.clear();
+        this.renderer.render(this.scene, this.perspectiveCam);
+        const tex = new Texture(this.renderer.domElement);
+        tex.name = "Copy";
+        tex.needsUpdate = true; // < important!
+
+        // reset vertex shader
+        material.vertexShader = origVertexShader;
+
+        return tex;
+    }
+
+    static blit(src: Texture, target: WebGLRenderTarget, options?: {
+        renderer?: WebGLRenderer,
+        blitMaterial?: ShaderMaterial,
+        flipY?: boolean,
+        depthTexture?: DepthTexture | null,
+        depthTest?: boolean,
+        depthWrite?: boolean,
+    }) {
+        const {
+            renderer = this.renderer,
+            blitMaterial = this.blitMaterial,
+            flipY = false,
+            depthTexture = null,
+            depthTest = true,
+            depthWrite = true,
+        } = options || {};
+
+        this.blitMaterial.reset();
+
+        if (blitMaterial.uniforms.map) blitMaterial.uniforms.map.value = src;
+        if (blitMaterial.uniforms.flipY) blitMaterial.uniforms.flipY.value = flipY;
+
+        if (depthTexture) {
+            blitMaterial.uniforms.writeDepth = new Uniform(true);
+            blitMaterial.uniforms.depthTexture.value = depthTexture;
+        }
+        else {
+            blitMaterial.uniforms.writeDepth = new Uniform(false);
+            blitMaterial.uniforms.depthTexture.value = null;
+        }
+        blitMaterial.needsUpdate = true;
+        blitMaterial.uniformsNeedUpdate = true;
+
+        const mesh = this.mesh;
+        mesh.material = blitMaterial;
+        mesh.frustumCulled = false;
+        this.scene.children.length = 0;
+        this.scene.add(mesh);
+
+        // Save state
+        const renderTarget = renderer.getRenderTarget();
+        const gl = renderer.getContext();
+        const depthTestEnabled = gl.getParameter(gl.DEPTH_TEST);
+        const depthWriteMask = gl.getParameter(gl.DEPTH_WRITEMASK);
+        const depthFunc = gl.getParameter(gl.DEPTH_FUNC);
+
+
+        // Set state
+        if (depthTest) renderer.getContext().enable(renderer.getContext().DEPTH_TEST);
+        else renderer.getContext().disable(renderer.getContext().DEPTH_TEST);
+        renderer.state.buffers.depth.setMask(depthWrite);
+
+        renderer.setClearColor(new Color(0, 0, 0), 0);
+        // renderer.setSize(target.width, target.height);
+        renderer.setPixelRatio(window.devicePixelRatio);
+        renderer.setRenderTarget(target);
+        renderer.clear();
+        renderer.render(this.scene, this.perspectiveCam);
+
+
+        // Restore state
+        renderer.setRenderTarget(renderTarget); // reset render target
+        const depthBuffer = renderer.state.buffers.depth;
+        depthBuffer.setTest(depthTestEnabled);
+        depthBuffer.setMask(depthWriteMask);
+        depthBuffer.setFunc(depthFunc);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Copy a texture to a HTMLCanvasElement
+     * @param texture the texture convert
+     * @param force if true the texture will be copied to a new texture before converting
+     * @returns the HTMLCanvasElement with the texture or null if the texture could not be copied
+     */
+    static textureToCanvas(texture: Texture, force: boolean = false): HTMLCanvasElement | null {
+        if (!texture) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if (force === true || texture["isCompressedTexture"] === true) {
+            texture = copyTexture(texture);
+        }
+        const image = texture.image;
+        if (isImageBitmap(image)) {
+            const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+            canvas.width = image.width;
+            canvas.height = image.height;
+
+            const context = canvas.getContext('2d');
+            if (!context) {
+                console.error("Failed getting canvas 2d context");
+                return null;
+            }
+            context.drawImage(image, 0, 0, image.width, image.height, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
+            return canvas;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+
+/**@obsolete use Graphics.copyTexture */
+export function copyTexture(texture: Texture): Texture {
+    return Graphics.copyTexture(texture);
+}
+
+/**@obsolete use Graphics.textureToCanvas */
+export function textureToCanvas(texture: Texture, force: boolean = false): HTMLCanvasElement | null {
+    return Graphics.textureToCanvas(texture, force);
+}
+
+declare class OffscreenCanvas { };
+
+function isImageBitmap(image) {
+    return (typeof HTMLImageElement !== 'undefined' && image instanceof HTMLImageElement) ||
+        (typeof HTMLCanvasElement !== 'undefined' && image instanceof HTMLCanvasElement) ||
+        (typeof OffscreenCanvas !== 'undefined' && image instanceof OffscreenCanvas) ||
+        (typeof ImageBitmap !== 'undefined' && image instanceof ImageBitmap);
+}
+
+
+
+function isMesh(obj: Object3D): obj is Mesh {
+    const type = obj.type;
+    // Note: we don't use the instanceof check here because it's unreliable in certain minification scenarios where it returns false
+    return type === "Mesh" || type === "SkinnedMesh";
+}
+
+// for contact shadows
+export function setVisibleInCustomShadowRendering(obj: Object3D, enabled: boolean) {
+    if (enabled)
+        obj["needle:rendercustomshadow"] = true;
+    else {
+        obj["needle:rendercustomshadow"] = false;
+    }
+}
+export function getVisibleInCustomShadowRendering(obj: Object3D): boolean {
+    if (obj) {
+        if (obj["needle:rendercustomshadow"] === true) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        else if (obj["needle:rendercustomshadow"] == undefined) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the axis-aligned bounding box of a list of objects.
+ * @param objects The objects to get the bounding box from.
+ * @param ignore Objects to ignore when calculating the bounding box. Objects that are invisible (gizmos, helpers, etc.) are excluded by default.
+ * @param layers The layers to include. Typically the main camera's layers.
+ * @param result The result box to store the bounding box in. Returns a new box if not passed in.
+ */
+export function getBoundingBox(objects: Object3D | Object3D[], ignore: ((obj: Object3D) => void | boolean) | Array<Object3D | null | undefined> | undefined = undefined, layers: Layers | undefined | null = undefined, result: Box3 | undefined = undefined): Box3 {
+    const box = result || new Box3();
+    box.makeEmpty();
+
+    const emptyChildren = [];
+    function expandByObjectRecursive(obj: Object3D) {
+        let allowExpanding = true;
+        // we dont want to check invisible objects
+        if (!obj.visible) return;
+        if (useForAutoFit(obj) === false) return;
+        if (obj.type === "TransformControlsGizmo" || obj.type === "TransformControlsPlane") return;
+        // ignore Box3Helpers
+        if (obj instanceof Box3Helper) allowExpanding = false;
+        if (obj instanceof GridHelper) allowExpanding = false;
+        // ignore GroundProjectedEnv
+        if (obj instanceof GroundedSkybox) allowExpanding = false;
+        if ((obj as any).isGizmo === true) allowExpanding = false;
+        // // Ignore shadow catcher geometry
+        if ((obj as Mesh).material instanceof ShadowMaterial) allowExpanding = false;
+        // ONLY fit meshes
+        if (!(isMesh(obj))) allowExpanding = false;
+        // Layer test, typically with the main camera
+        if (layers && obj.layers.test(layers) === false) allowExpanding = false;
+        if (allowExpanding) {
+            // Ignore things parented to the camera + ignore the camera
+            if (ignore && Array.isArray(ignore) && ignore?.includes(obj)) return;
+            else if (typeof ignore === "function") {
+                if (ignore(obj) === true) return;
+            }
+        }
+        // We don't want to fit UI objects
+        if (obj["isUI"] === true) return;
+        // If we encountered some geometry that should be ignored
+        // Then we don't want to use that for expanding the view
+        if (allowExpanding) {
+            // Temporary override children
+            const children = obj.children;
+            obj.children = emptyChildren;
+            // TODO: validate that object doesn't contain NaN values
+            const pos = obj.position;
+            const scale = obj.scale;
+            if (Number.isNaN(pos.x) || Number.isNaN(pos.y) || Number.isNaN(pos.z)) {
+                console.warn(`Object \"${obj.name}\" has NaN values in position or scale.... will ignore it`, pos, scale);
+                return;
+            }
+            box.expandByObject(obj, true);
+            obj.children = children;
+        }
+        for (const child of obj.children) {
+            expandByObjectRecursive(child);
+        }
+    }
+    let hasAnyObject = false;
+
+    if (!Array.isArray(objects))
+        objects = [objects];
+
+    for (const object of objects) {
+        if (!object) continue;
+        hasAnyObject = true;
+        object.updateMatrixWorld();
+        expandByObjectRecursive(object);
+    }
+    if (!hasAnyObject) {
+        console.warn("No objects to fit camera to...");
+        return box;
+    }
+
+    return box;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Fits an object into a bounding volume. The volume is defined by a Box3 in world space.
+ * @param obj the object to fit
+ * @param volume the volume to fit the object into
+ * @param opts options for fitting
+ */
+export function fitObjectIntoVolume(obj: Object3D, volume: Box3, opts?: {
+    /** Objects to ignore when calculating the obj's bounding box */
+    ignore?: Object3D[],
+    /** when `true` aligns the objects position to the volume ground 
+     * @default true
+    */
+    position?: boolean
+    /** when `true` scales the object to fit the volume 
+     * @default true
+    */
+    scale?: boolean,
+}): {
+    /** The object's bounding box before fitting */
+    boundsBefore: Box3,
+    /** The scale that was applied to the object */
+    scale: Vector3,
+} {
+    const box = getBoundingBox([obj], opts?.ignore);
+
+    const boundsSize = new Vector3();
+    box.getSize(boundsSize);
+    const boundsCenter = new Vector3();
+    box.getCenter(boundsCenter);
+
+    const targetSize = new Vector3();
+    volume.getSize(targetSize);
+    const targetCenter = new Vector3();
+    volume.getCenter(targetCenter);
+
+    const scale = new Vector3();
+    scale.set(targetSize.x / boundsSize.x, targetSize.y / boundsSize.y, targetSize.z / boundsSize.z);
+    const minScale = Math.min(scale.x, scale.y, scale.z);
+    const useScale = opts?.scale !== false;
+    if (useScale) {
+        setWorldScale(obj, getWorldScale(obj).multiplyScalar(minScale));
+    }
+
+    if (opts?.position !== false) {
+        const boundsBottomPosition = new Vector3();
+        box.getCenter(boundsBottomPosition);
+        boundsBottomPosition.y = box.min.y;
+        const targetBottomPosition = new Vector3();
+        volume.getCenter(targetBottomPosition);
+        targetBottomPosition.y = volume.min.y;
+        const offset = targetBottomPosition.clone().sub(boundsBottomPosition);
+        if (useScale) offset.multiplyScalar(minScale);
+        setWorldPosition(obj, getWorldPosition(obj).add(offset));
+    }
+
+    return {
+        boundsBefore: box,
+        scale,
+    }
+}
+
+
+declare type PlaceOnSurfaceResult = {
+    /** The offset from the object bounds to the pivot */
+    offset: Vector3,
+    /** The object's bounding box */
+    bounds: Box3
+}
+
+/**
+ * Place an object on a surface. This will calculate the object bounds which might be an expensive operation for complex objects. 
+ * The object will be visually placed on the surface (the object's pivot will be ignored).
+ * @param obj the object to place on the surface
+ * @param point the point to place the object on
+ * @returns the offset from the object bounds to the pivot
+ */
+export function placeOnSurface(obj: Object3D, point: Vector3): PlaceOnSurfaceResult {
+    const bounds = getBoundingBox([obj]);
+    const center = new Vector3();
+    bounds.getCenter(center);
+    center.y = bounds.min.y;
+    const offset = point.clone().sub(center);
+    const worldPos = getWorldPosition(obj);
+    setWorldPosition(obj, worldPos.add(offset));
+    return {
+        offset,
+        bounds,
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Postprocesses the material of an object loaded by {@link FBXLoader}.
+ * It will apply necessary color conversions, remap shininess to roughness, and turn everything into {@link MeshStandardMaterial} on the object.   
+ * This ensures consistent lighting and shading, including environment effects.
+ */
+export function postprocessFBXMaterials(obj: Mesh, material: Material | Material[], index?: number, array?: Material[]): boolean {
+
+    if (Array.isArray(material)) {
+        let success = true;
+        for (let i = 0; i < material.length; i++) {
+            const res = postprocessFBXMaterials(obj, material[i], i, material);
+            if (!res) success = false;
+        }
+        return success;
+    }
+
+    // ignore if the material is already a MeshStandardMaterial
+    if (material.type === "MeshStandardMaterial" || material.type === "MeshBasicMaterial") {
+        return false;
+    }
+    // check if the material was already processed
+    else if (material["material:fbx"] != undefined) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    const newMaterial = new MeshStandardMaterial();
+    newMaterial["material:fbx"] = material;
+
+    const oldMaterial = material as any;
+
+    if (oldMaterial) {
+        // If a map is present then the FBX color should be ignored
+        // Tested e.g. in Unity and Substance Stager
+        // https://docs.unity3d.com/2020.1/Documentation/Manual/FBXImporter-Materials.html#:~:text=If%20a%20diffuse%20Texture%20is%20set%2C%20it%20ignores%20the%20diffuse%20color%20(this%20matches%20how%20it%20works%20in%20Autodesk®%20Maya®%20and%20Autodesk®%203ds%20Max®)
+        if (!oldMaterial.map)
+            newMaterial.color.copyLinearToSRGB(oldMaterial.color);
+        else newMaterial.color.set(1, 1, 1);
+
+        newMaterial.emissive.copyLinearToSRGB(oldMaterial.emissive);
+
+        newMaterial.emissiveIntensity = oldMaterial.emissiveIntensity;
+        newMaterial.opacity = oldMaterial.opacity;
+        newMaterial.displacementScale = oldMaterial.displacementScale;
+        newMaterial.transparent = oldMaterial.transparent;
+        newMaterial.bumpMap = oldMaterial.bumpMap;
+        newMaterial.aoMap = oldMaterial.aoMap;
+        newMaterial.map = oldMaterial.map;
+        newMaterial.displacementMap = oldMaterial.displacementMap;
+        newMaterial.emissiveMap = oldMaterial.emissiveMap;
+        newMaterial.normalMap = oldMaterial.normalMap;
+        newMaterial.envMap = oldMaterial.envMap;
+        newMaterial.alphaMap = oldMaterial.alphaMap;
+        newMaterial.metalness = oldMaterial.reflectivity;
+        newMaterial.vertexColors = oldMaterial.vertexColors;
+        if (oldMaterial.shininess) {
+            // from blender source code 
+            // https://github.com/blender/blender-addons/blob/5e66092bcbe0df6855b3fa814b4826add8b01360/io_scene_fbx/import_fbx.py#L1442
+            // https://github.com/blender/blender-addons/blob/main/io_scene_fbx/import_fbx.py#L2060
+            newMaterial.roughness = 1.0 - (Math.sqrt(oldMaterial.shininess) / 10.0);
+        }
+        newMaterial.needsUpdate = true;
+    }
+
+    if (index === undefined) {
+        obj.material = newMaterial;
+    }
+    else {
+        array![index] = newMaterial;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+