SurfacePickmode() ?

From time to time I think SurfacePickmode would be useful, is there a way to do that, other than seperating a surface from the mesh? I know I can use LoadAnimMesh and then access the surfaces as children. But I'd like to know if there's a way to do the same with static meshes.

I agree that it'd be a handy feature. As pickmode is on a per entity basis it's not possible unless you create a new mesh from that surface.

Wouldn't PickedSurface ( ) return the surface that you are picking from a static mesh that has multiple surfaces? I mean a mesh is created with one or more surfaces so a pick routine would have to pick an entity(mesh) first to then find the surface the pick is picking... right?

Yes, that's right and that's also the reason why it would be useful to exclude some surfaces. Tho you'd first have to use the tricky surface "whois" first. I really got to do some speed tests, if LoadAnmMesh doesn't renderstatic meshes slower than LoadMEsh, then there' s reason for not using it always.
testing...

Ah, I see what you want now. Interesting topic.

edit: StevieG is right, I cant think of any other solution without recreating a new mesh from a surface.