FollowController does not follow objects outside of the camera container.

[Delfeld]

(Cf., http://away3d.com/forum/viewthread/2961/)

FollowController does not follow the "lookAtObject" when the object is not in the same container as the camera.

I am using this type of thing:

In initEngine() I have:

...
camera = view.camera;
cameraController = new FollowController(camera, null, 45,20);

var _loader:Loader3D = new Loader3D();
_loader.addEventListener(AssetEvent.ASSET_COMPLETE, assetCompleteHnd, false, 0, true);
_loader.loadData(new MeshModel(), assetLoaderContext);
view.scene.addChild(_loader);
...

in assetCompleteHnd(), when it loads the mesh I want to follow, I have:

...
var theMesh:Mesh = e.asset as Mesh;
cameraController.lookAtObject = theMesh;
...

and in the frameHnd(), I have:

...
if (theMesh)
{
 theMesh.rotationY += currentRotationInc;
}

cameraController.update();
view.render();
...

That seems to work -- the camera tracks the rotations. However, in updateMovement() I have:

...
theMesh.z += dir * FLY_SPEED;
cameraController.update();
view.render();
...

and the camera does not follow theMesh off into the distance.

After testing a suggestion to put the mesh in the same container as the camera, the FollowController does actually follow correctly:

// does not use: view.scene.addChild(_loader);
// instead, once the mesh is loaded, it is added to the scene

...
var theMesh:Mesh = e.asset as Mesh;
cameraController.lookAtObject = theMesh;
 view.scene.addChild(theMesh);
...