Sswift EntityScale functions

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Malice

I have been trying to use the EntityScale functions from the code archives . The effect I am after is a separate image of specific entities, however the entities vary in size and scale a lot.

The problem I have is that the functions only refer to the Original scale of the meshes, not the scaled-up/down versions I need in my game.

Is there any way around this? All I need is to move the camera far enough away so that the meshes fit in the camera viewport.

here's my code:


	Vx# = GetMatElement(targetEntity, 0, 0)
	Vy# = GetMatElement(targetEntity, 0, 1)
	Vz# = GetMatElement(targetEntity, 0, 2)	
	
	ScaleX# = Sqr(Vx#*Vx# + Vy#*Vy# + Vz#*Vz#)

	Vx# = GetMatElement(targetEntity, 1, 0)
	Vy# = GetMatElement(targetEntity, 1, 1)
	Vz# = GetMatElement(targetEntity, 1, 2)	
	
	ScaleY# = Sqr(Vx#*Vx# + Vy#*Vy# + Vz#*Vz#)

	Vx# = GetMatElement(targetEntity, 2, 0)
	Vy# = GetMatElement(targetEntity, 2, 1)
	Vz# = GetMatElement(targetEntity, 2, 2)		
	ScaleZ# = Sqr(Vx#*Vx# + Vy#*Vy# + Vz#*Vz#)


PositionEntity target,EntityX#(targetentity,1),EntityY#(targetentity,1),EntityZ#(targetentity,1)

TranslateEntity target,0,0,((scaleX#+ScaleY#+ScaleZ)/3)

PointEntity target,targetentity

Where target = camera
and targetentity = mesh