Toggle Main Camera Mesh Tracking

unity/Assets/Scripts/AgentManager.cs

@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ private enum serverTypes {
         "UpdateThirdPartyCamera",
         "ChangeResolution",
         "CoordinateFromRaycastThirdPartyCamera",
-        "ChangeQuality"
+        "ChangeQuality",
+        "ToggleAgentMainCameraMeshTracking"
     };
     public HashSet<string> errorAllowedActions = new HashSet<string> { "Reset" };
 
@@ -826,6 +827,28 @@ public OptionalVector3(float? x = null, float? y = null, float? z = null) {
         }
     }
 
+    //toggles off any meshes on the agent that are tracking the position/rotation of the main camera
+    //this allows us to call things like UpdateMainCamera without parts of the agent body mesh moving
+    public void ToggleAgentMainCameraMeshTracking(bool toggleOff = true, int agentId = 0) {
+        //which agent are we talking about?
+        //default to agent 0
+        var agent = this.agents[agentId];
+
+        List<SyncTransform> st = UtilityFunctions.FindAllComponentsInChildren<SyncTransform>(agent.transform);
+
+        if(st.Count > 0) {
+            foreach (SyncTransform s in st) {
+                s.enabled = !toggleOff;
+            }
+        } else {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                $"Agent {agentId} does not have any SyncTransform components to toggle."
+            );
+        }
+
+        agent.actionFinishedEmit(success:true);
+    }
+
     //allows repositioning and changing of values of agent's primary camera
     //note this does not support changing the main camera of multiple agents beyond the primary for now
     public void UpdateMainCamera(

unity/Assets/Scripts/DebugInputField.cs

@@ -2801,6 +2801,15 @@ IEnumerator executeBatch(JArray jActions) {
                         break;
                     }
 
+                //allows us to toggle of any meshes tracking the positiong and rotation of the main camera
+                case "tamcmt": {
+                        Dictionary<string, object> action = new Dictionary<string, object>();
+                        action["action"] = "ToggleAgentMainCameraMeshTracking";
+                        action["toggleOff"] = true;
+                        CurrentActiveController().ProcessControlCommand(new DynamicServerAction(action), AManager);                        
+                        break;
+                    }
+
                 // put an object down with stationary false
                 case "putf": {
                         Dictionary<string, object> action = new Dictionary<string, object>();

unity/Assets/Scripts/UtilityFunctions.cs

@@ -398,6 +398,27 @@ public static Vector3[] CornerCoordinatesOfBoxColliderToWorld(BoxCollider b) {
         return corners;
     }
 
+    // Recursive method to find and return all instances of the component in the hierarchy
+    public static List<T> FindAllComponentsInChildren<T>(Transform parent) where T : Component
+    {
+        List<T> components = new List<T>();
+
+        // Check if the parent itself has the component
+        T component = parent.GetComponent<T>();
+        if (component != null)
+        {
+            components.Add(component);
+        }
+
+        // Loop through all children and collect their components recursively
+        foreach (Transform child in parent)
+        {
+            components.AddRange(FindAllComponentsInChildren<T>(child));
+        }
+
+        return components;
+    }
+
     public static List<LightParameters> GetLightPropertiesOfScene() {
         Debug.Log("we are inside GetLIghtPropertiesOfScene");
         var lightsInScene = UnityEngine.Object.FindObjectsOfType<Light>(true);