class DSH_ActorPoint: object
{
	color col;
	vector3 pos;
	vector3 nextpos;
	actor act;
	static DSH_ActorPoint init(vector3 pushPos)
	{

		let p = new("DSH_actorPoint");
		p.pos = pushPos;
		p.col = "AAFFFF";
		return p;
	}
}

	void GenerateActorPoints(int pointsPerCurve = 4)
	{
		//cPoints is an array that contains every control point of the polybezier
		int siz = cPoints.size();
		int halfway = floor(siz*0.5);

		//will need special case later on probably.
		if(siz <= 4)
		return;

		//not strictly needed perhaps, but cubic curves don't make sense with less than 4 segments per curve imo
		pointsPerCurve = max(4, pointsPerCurve);

		//increased every time we create and actor point
		int counter = 0;

		for(int i = 3; i< siz; i+=3) //three steps forward because we check backwards in the nested loop
		{
			for(int j = pointsPerCurve; j>=0; j--)
			{
				vector3 newPoint = PointOnCurve(j		/	double(pointsPerCurve), cPoints[i].pos, cPoints[i-1].pos, cPoints[i-2].pos, cPoints[i-3].pos,false);

				//old method. We don't want to have to sample twice per point, since we can set/get from or on previous points.
				//vector3 endpoint = PointOnCurve((j+1)	/	double(pointsPerCurve), cPoints[i].pos, cPoints[i-1].pos, cPoints[i-2].pos, cPoints[i-3].pos,False);

				DSH_ActorPoint pt = DSH_ActorPoint(DSH_actorPoint.init(newPoint));

				//the idea the block below is to orient the pos/nextpos of the
				//actor points so their pos (i.e where the real actor will be
				//spawned is oriented outward to the end points from the midddle
				//point. Like this:  <<<<<<<<middle>>>>>>>>>>

				//|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
				if(i < halfway)
				{
					pt.pos = newPoint;
					if(counter>0)
					{
						actorPoints[counter-1].nextpos = newPoint;
					}
				}

				else if(i <= halfway+1 && j == pointsPerCurve) //this is supposed to happen once, exactly after the halfway mark.
				{
					actorPoints[counter-1].nextpos = newPoint;
					//current actor will be effectively invisible here, but this makes everything work.
					//TODO: send halp
					pt.pos = newPoint;
					pt.nextpos = newPoint;
				}
				else
				{
					pt.pos = actorPoints[counter-1].nextPos;
					pt.nextPos = newPoint;
				}
				//|||||||||||||||||||||||||||

				actorPoints.push(pt);
				counter++;
			}
		}
	}