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cant get return values from other behaviors

by miguel janer · in Technical Issues · 08/17/2010 (10:12 am) · 6 replies

hi, I have troubles withs return statment, i can only use it in the same behaivor, if i vall it from another one it doesnt return nothing.

function playerAttackBehavior::getAmmo(%this,%tipo)
{
  return (%this.ammo[%tipo,1]);

}

then if i call it on my ammoitem behavior

function ammoItemBehavior::onCollision(%srcObj, %dstObj, %srcRef, %dstRef, %time, %normal, %contactCount, %contact)
{
   if (%dstObj.class $= "player")
   {
      echo("found ammo");

      echo(%dstObj.getAmmo(%srcObj.tipo));    ////all this doesnt works
      echo(%dstObj.getMaxAmmo(%srcObj.tipo));
      
      if((%dstObj.getAmmo(%srcObj.tipo)) < (%dstObj.getMaxAmmo(%srcObj.tipo)))
      {
	 %dstObj.setAmmo(%srcObj.tipo, %srcObj.ammo);

      }
   }
}

any idea what im doing wrong? or return doest works on other behaviors?
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Associate William Lee Sims
Machine Code Games
#1
08/17/2010 (4:33 pm)
I've gotten it to work, but I explicitly ask for a behavior.

echo( %dstObj.getBehavior(playerAttackBehavior).getAmmo(%srcObj.tipo) );

miguel janer
#2
08/18/2010 (7:35 am)
thanx a lot! I didnt know about that command.

but now i have discovered another problem, I can use %srcObj.tipo everywhere but not as a parameter example:

if (!isObject(ammoItemBehavior))
{
   %template = new BehaviorTemplate(ammoItemBehavior);
   
   %template.friendlyName = "items de municion";
   %template.behaviorType = "Item";
   %template.description  = "a&ntilde;aden municion de un tipo definido.";
   
   %template.addBehaviorField(tipo, "type of ammo", float, 0);  
   %template.addBehaviorField(ammo, "number of ammo", float, 0);  
}


function ammoItemBehavior::onCollision(%srcObj, %dstObj, %srcRef, %dstRef, %time, %normal, %contactCount, %contact)
{
   if (%dstObj.class $= "player")
   {
      echo("encontrada municion");
      echo(%srcObj.tipo); //this works
      echo(%srcObj.ammo); //this works

      echo(%dstObj.getBehavior(playerAttackBehavior).getAmmo(%srcObj.tipo)); //this DONT work
      echo(%dstObj.getBehavior(playerAttackBehavior).getMaxAmmo(%srcObj.tipo));//this DONT work
      
      echo(%dstObj.getBehavior(playerAttackBehavior).getAmmo(1)); //this works
      echo(%dstObj.getBehavior(playerAttackBehavior).getMaxAmmo(1)); //this works

   }
}

thx again!

Associate William Lee Sims
Machine Code Games
#3
08/19/2010 (1:19 am)
Put echo-statements in your getAmmo and getMaxAmmo to see two things:

1) If they are being called.
2) If you are getting the parameters that you expect.

function playerAttackBehavior::getAmmo(%this,%tipo)   
{   
  echo( "In playerAttackBehavior::getAmmo." );
  echo( "  * %tipo = " @ %tipo );
  return (%this.ammo[%tipo,1]);     
}

miguel janer
#4
08/19/2010 (8:14 am)
thx again William!

with this code:
echo("encontrada municion");
      echo(%srcObj.tipo);
      echo(%srcObj.ammo);

      echo(%dstObj.getBehavior(playerAttackBehavior).getAmmo(%srcObj.tipo));
      echo(%dstObj.getBehavior(playerAttackBehavior).getMaxAmmo(%srcObj.tipo));
      
      echo(%dstObj.getBehavior(playerAttackBehavior).getAmmo(1));
      echo(%dstObj.getBehavior(playerAttackBehavior).getMaxAmmo(1));

"encontrada municion"
1.000
1.000

In playerAttackBehavior::getAmmo.
* %tipo = 1.000
//no answer
In playerAttackBehavior::getMaxAmmo.
* %tipo = 1.000
//no answer
In playerAttackBehavior::getAmmo.
* %tipo = 1
0 //good answer
In playerAttackBehavior::getMaxAmmo.
* %tipo = 1
4 //good answer


0 and 4 are values on my array, they are ok.


i have noticed he recieves %srcObj.tipo as a float, and probably i need integer to acces to the array.

if (!isObject(ammoItemBehavior))
{
   %template = new BehaviorTemplate(ammoItemBehavior);
   
   %template.friendlyName = "items de municion";
   %template.behaviorType = "Item";
   %template.description  = "a&ntilde;aden municion de un tipo definido.";
   
   %template.addBehaviorField(tipo, "type of ammo", U32, 0);  
   %template.addBehaviorField(ammo, "number of ammo", U32, 0);  
}

thats the way i defined it,its wrong? is there any way to cast %srcObj.tipo as an integer?

thnx a lot again!

Associate William Lee Sims
Machine Code Games
#5
08/19/2010 (6:46 pm)
Instead of "U32", it looks like you just need to use "int".

miguel janer
#6
08/20/2010 (6:39 am)
i did before but theres no way, its so anoying ><!!!