From 372c6bb69bbe3c96e0321551d8b3f90a7391cb2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Rose <david@ddrose.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:57:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] implicit node for exposeJoint

---
 direct/src/actor/Actor.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/direct/src/actor/Actor.py b/direct/src/actor/Actor.py
index 1ee968d23a..4753cc9827 100644
--- a/direct/src/actor/Actor.py
+++ b/direct/src/actor/Actor.py
@@ -680,11 +680,16 @@ class Actor(PandaObject, NodePath):
         # Get a handle to the joint.
         joint = bundle.findChild(jointName)
 
+        if node == None:
+            node = self.attachNewNode(jointName)
+
         if (joint):
             joint.addNetTransform(node.node())
         else:
             Actor.notify.warning("no joint named %s!" % (jointName))
 
+        return node
+
     def stopJoint(self, partName, jointName, lodName="lodRoot"):
         """stopJoint(self, string, string, key="lodRoot")
         Stops the joint from animating external nodes.  If the joint