From 8e16f87367e32fd8528e025258af22bd75b5584d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Noeri Huisman <8823461+mrxz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:31:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Call `super.dispose()` in Object3D subclasses for Three.js
 r186

---
 src/SparkRenderer.ts | 3 +++
 src/SplatMesh.ts     | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/SparkRenderer.ts b/src/SparkRenderer.ts
index 01c9a4c3..6bcdd0af 100644
--- a/src/SparkRenderer.ts
+++ b/src/SparkRenderer.ts
@@ -672,6 +672,9 @@ export class SparkRenderer extends THREE.Mesh {
   }
 
   dispose() {
+    // @ts-ignore Object3D has a dispose method in Three.js >= r186
+    super.dispose?.();
+
     if (this.target) {
       this.target.dispose();
       this.target = undefined;
diff --git a/src/SplatMesh.ts b/src/SplatMesh.ts
index bfd42c90..9c696f68 100644
--- a/src/SplatMesh.ts
+++ b/src/SplatMesh.ts
@@ -563,6 +563,9 @@ export class SplatMesh extends SplatGenerator {
   // Call this when you are finished with the SplatMesh and want to free
   // any buffers it holds (via packedSplats).
   dispose() {
+    // @ts-ignore Object3D has a dispose method in Three.js >= r186
+    super.dispose?.();
+
     if (
       this.splats &&
       this.splats !== this.packedSplats &&