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SetSelectedObject not UNselecting

by Jonathon Stevens · in Torque Game Engine · 02/10/2006 (12:12 am) · 3 replies

I'm using some object selection code (do a search for setSelectedObject and you'll come up with it) and it puts a greenish circle around the selected object/player. What I want to do is REMOVE this if the player clicks on a non-selectable item such as the ground or a building. Any thoughts?
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    Torque Owner Stefan Lundmark
    #1
    02/10/2006 (12:40 am)
    I haven't even looked at that resource before, but at a quick glance it's obvious that you can just put an else, and clear the selection....?

    // a target in range was found so select it   
if (%scanTarg)   
{      
    %targetObject = firstWord(%scanTarg);      
    %client.setSelectedObject(%targetObject);   
}

    Associate Orion Elenzil
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    #2
    02/10/2006 (12:48 am)
    Or possibly append to that:
    // a target in range was found so select it   
if (%scanTarg)   
{      
    %targetObject = firstWord(%scanTarg);
    %client.setSelectedObject(%targetObject);
}
else
{
    %client.setSelectedObject(0);
}

    Torque 3D Owner Jonathon Stevens
    #3
    02/10/2006 (7:59 am)
    When I skimmed over the C++ function setSelectedObject, I didn't think at first look that you could pass anything but a valid selectable item/player in. I'll look again when I get home.