tsstatic crashes (delve into insanity with me)

EDIT: I've worked past OP as main issue here. Read comment #2 for the updated issue at hand.


I want to spawn a tsstatic shape through script. afaik this code works in its current state:

function addShape(%parent, %shapeName, %transform)
{
//add child
%child = new TSStatic()
{
shapeName = %shapeName;
// parent = %parent;
};
%child.setTransform(%transform);
//%parent.children = %parent.children SPC %child;
//%parent.numChildren++;
return %child;
}


I can spawn my "corners" no problem. the path for the shape is hard coded into the parent datablock.

datablock StaticShapeData(BambooCube)
{
shapeFile = "art/shapes/constructor/jungle/cube/BambooCubeCollision.dts";
type = "cube";
height = 3;
segmentLen = 3;
//shapes
wallShape = "art/shapes/constructor/jungle/cube/BambooCubeWall"; //[i].dts";
floorShape = "art/shapes/constructor/jungle/cube/BambooCubeFloor";//[i].dts
cornerShape = "art/shapes/constructor/jungle/cube/BambooCubeCorner.dts";
};


when it comes to the walls I can echo a perfect looking path to my shape. But when I run the custom path through "new tsstatic()" I get an instant ctd.

//cube creation
function genCube(%parent)
{
if(!isObject(%parent))
{
echo("no %parent");
return;
}

%datablock = %parent.getDatablock();
%width = getWord(%parent.scale,0);
%length = getWord(%parent.scale,1);
%widthVec = %parent.gridVec;
%lengthVec = getWord(%widthVec,1) SPC -1*getWord(%widthVec,0) SPC getWord(%widthVec,2);
for(%side = 1; %side <= 4; %side++)
{
//corners
switch(%side)
{
case 1:
%corner1 = vectorAdd(vectorAdd(getwords(%parent.getTransform(),0,2),vectorScale(%widthVec,-0.5*%width)),vectorScale(%lengthVec,0.5*%length));//frontleft
%direction = %widthVec;
%distance = %width;
case 2:
%corner2 = vectorAdd(%corner1,vectorScale(%direction,%distance));//frontright
%direction = vectorScale(%lengthVec,-1);
%distance = %length;
case 3:
%corner3 = vectorAdd(%corner2,vectorScale(%direction,%distance));//backright
%direction = vectorScale(%widthVec,-1);
%distance = %width;
case 4:
%corner4 = vectorAdd(%corner3,vectorScale(%direction,%distance));//backleft
%direction = %lengthVec;
%distance = %length;
}
%theta = mAtan(getWord(%direction,0), getWord(%direction,1));
//corners
if(%datablock.cornerShape !$= "")
{
%child = addShape(%parent, %datablock.cornerShape, %corner[%side] SPC "0 0 1" SPC %theta);
echo(%child);
}
//walls
%segment = 0;
while(%segment < %distance)
{
%transform = VectorAdd(%corner[%side],VectorScale(%direction,%segment)) SPC "0 0 1" SPC %theta;
%remainingLen = %distance - %segment;
if(%remainingLen > %datablock.segmentLen)
{
%segment = %segment + %datablock.segmentLen;
%shapeName = %datablock.wallShape @ %datablock.segmentLen @ ".dts";
echo(%shapeName);
}
else
{
%segment = %segment + %remainingLen;
%shapeName = %datablock.wallShape @ %remainingLen @ ".dts";
echo(%shapeName);
}
%child = addShape(%parent, %shapeName, %transform);
}
}
//top/bottom
//genFloor(%parent);
}