fixed a few bugs

vrep_vtk_engine/pathObject.cpp

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ void pathObject::update() {
 		simxInt succes;
 		simxUChar *str;
 		simxInt signalLength;
-		succes = simxGetStringSignal(clientID, (simxChar*)"path", &str, &signalLength, simx_opmode_buffer);
+		succes = simxGetStringSignal(clientID, (simxChar*)"path", &str, &signalLength, simx_opmode_streaming);
  		if (succes == simx_return_ok) {
 			signalLength = (int)(signalLength / 4);
 			if (signalLength > prevLength) {
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ void pathObject::update() {
 			}
 			else {
 				memcpy(points->GetVoidPointer(0), (float*)str, signalLength * sizeof(float)); // for if somebody else changed the path, some optimizer maybe?
+				points->Modified();
+				polyData->Modified();
 			}
 		}
 		return;

vrep_vtk_engine/stereoPanorama_renderwindow_support.cpp

@@ -346,6 +346,9 @@ void stereoPanorama_renderwindow_support::activate_interactor() {
 }
 
 void stereoPanorama_renderwindow_support::activateMainCam(int height) {
+	int goodRender;
+	simxGetIntegerSignal(clientID, "High_quality_render", &goodRender, simx_opmode_blocking); // whatever this is
+
 	for (int k = 0; k < vr_camera.size(); k++) {
 		vr_camera[k]->SetViewAngle(90.0);
 		vr_camera[k]->SetPosition(0, 0, 0);
@@ -354,19 +357,24 @@ void stereoPanorama_renderwindow_support::activateMainCam(int height) {
 		vr_camera[k]->SetModelTransformMatrix(pose[k]->GetMatrix());
 		// Classical vtk pipeline to set up renderwindow etc with extra options
 		renderer[k]->SetActiveCamera(vr_camera[k]);
-		renderer[k]->UseShadowsOn();
+		if (goodRender == 1) {
+			renderer[k]->UseShadowsOn();
+		}
 		renderer[k]->SetTwoSidedLighting(false);
 		renderer[k]->LightFollowCameraOff();
 		renderer[k]->AutomaticLightCreationOff();
-		renderer[k]->UseDepthPeelingForVolumesOn();
-		renderer[k]->SetMaximumNumberOfPeels(0);
+		//renderer[k]->UseDepthPeelingForVolumesOn();
+		//renderer[k]->SetMaximumNumberOfPeels(0);
+		//renderer[k]->SetUseDepthPeeling(true);
 		renderer[k]->Modified();
 		renderWindow[k]->AddRenderer(renderer[k]);
 
 		renderWindow[k]->SetSize(121.0, height); // make shure we have a 'middle' pixel
 		renderWindow[k]->SetOffScreenRendering(true);
 		renderWindow[k]->Initialize();
 		renderWindow[k]->SetDesiredUpdateRate(10000.0);
+		//renderWindow[k]->SetAlphaBitPlanes(true);
+		//renderWindow[k]->SetMultiSamples(0);
 		vr_renderWindowInteractor[k]->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow[k]);
 		vr_renderWindowInteractor[k]->Initialize();
 		filter[k]->SetInput(renderWindow[k]);

vrep_vtk_engine/vrep_mesh_object.cpp

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ void vrep_mesh_object::makeActor() {
 		vrep_mesh_actor->GetProperty()->SetOpacity(vrep_mesh_opacity);
 	};
 	int goodRender;
-	simxGetIntegerSignal(clientID, "High_quality_render", &goodRender, simx_opmode_blocking); // whatever this is
+	simxGetIntegerSignal(clientID, "High_quality_render", &goodRender, simx_opmode_streaming); // whatever this is
 	if (goodRender == 1) {
 		vtkSmartPointer<vtkCleanPolyData> cleanPolyData = vtkSmartPointer<vtkCleanPolyData>::New();
 		cleanPolyData->SetInputData(meshData);