From ad314b4dbd748be5f9e7e02301c4d66c3a66869d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Rose <david@ddrose.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 19:08:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] wantsSmoothing

---
 direct/src/distributed/DistributedSmoothNode.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/direct/src/distributed/DistributedSmoothNode.py b/direct/src/distributed/DistributedSmoothNode.py
index cf9f8f7a98..eb936a5c00 100644
--- a/direct/src/distributed/DistributedSmoothNode.py
+++ b/direct/src/distributed/DistributedSmoothNode.py
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ class DistributedSmoothNode(DistributedNode.DistributedNode):
         self.smoothPosition()
         return Task.cont
 
+    def wantsSmoothing(self):
+        # Override this function to return 0 if this particular kind
+        # of smooth node doesn't really want to be smoothed.
+        return 1
+
     def startSmooth(self):
         """startSmooth(self)
 
@@ -112,6 +117,9 @@ class DistributedSmoothNode(DistributedNode.DistributedNode):
         position it.
         
         """
+        if not self.wantsSmoothing():
+            return
+        
         if self.isLocal():
             # If we've just finished banging on localToon, reload the
             # drive interface's concept of our position.