Pivot and mesh

Hi all,

Can someone please tell me what the CreatePivot is used for. I have taken some code from the castle demo and see it has a createpivot() but not sure why!

You can rotate meshes without a pivot, so why is it created?
In my version of the code, i don't use the CopyEntity so do i need to somehow associate the mesh with the pivot?

Function CreatePlayer.Soldier_t( x#,y#,z# )
	s.Soldier_t		= New Soldier_t
	s\entity		= CreatePivot()
	s\model 		= LoadMesh("Soldier.x")
	s\player_y		= y
	ScaleEntity 	s\model ,0.001,0.001,0.001
	PositionEntity 	s\entity, x, y, z
	EntityType 		s\entity, TYPE_PLAYER
	EntityRadius 	s\entity, 1.5
	ResetEntity 	s\entity
	Return s
End Function

thanks all

A Pivot is just a 3d object with no mesh. It is for auxiliary process. You can move it, rotate it, etc...

For example you can set a pivot to be an invisible point where all your players must go, so just checking the distance with the pivot you know when has been reached...

The utilities are infinite...

Here is a very simple example of how/why it is useful:

Graphics3D 640,480
SetBuffer BackBuffer()

piv = CreatePivot()
box = CreateCube(piv)
MoveEntity box,6,0,0


cam = CreateCamera()
MoveEntity cam,0,0,-10

While Not KeyDown(1)
	TurnEntity piv,0,0, 1
	
	RenderWorld
	Flip
Wend
End

Thanks Guys, I think that makes sense now. I'll add it to my project tonight.