From e11f759e4886d0e21be33b81b762d7201d1abd03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Rose <david@ddrose.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:32:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] allow relative transform to unconnected nodes

---
 panda/src/pgraph/nodePath.cxx | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/panda/src/pgraph/nodePath.cxx b/panda/src/pgraph/nodePath.cxx
index d71cee8dbf..64552d4f90 100644
--- a/panda/src/pgraph/nodePath.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/pgraph/nodePath.cxx
@@ -542,8 +542,12 @@ set_transform(const NodePath &other, const TransformState *transform) const {
   nassertv_always(!is_empty());
 
   // First, we perform a wrt to the parent, to get the conversion.
-  NodePath parent = get_parent();
-  CPT(TransformState) rel_trans = other.get_transform(parent);
+  CPT(TransformState) rel_trans;
+  if (has_parent()) {
+    rel_trans = other.get_transform(get_parent());
+  } else {
+    rel_trans = other.get_transform(NodePath());
+  }
 
   CPT(TransformState) new_trans = rel_trans->compose(transform);
   set_transform(new_trans);