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Why would this happen?

by Tasty Green Pees :-, · in General Discussion · 04/29/2006 (3:58 am) · 5 replies

My ammo and weapon pickup sound was working fine until it suddenly stopped working.

the error I keep getting is this:

MyGame/server/scripts/weapon.cs (121): Unable to find object: '1540' attempting to call function 'getTransform'

I get this error with both weapons and ammos. Why would it not be able to "find" the object? It certainly picks the weapon and ammo up alright .

here is the onPickUp function:

function Weapon::onPickup(%this, %obj, %shape, %amount)
{
   // The parent Item method performs the actual pickup.
   // For player's we automatically use the weapon if the
   // player does not already have one in hand.

	if (Parent::onPickup(%this, %obj, %shape, %amount))
	{
		serverPlay3D(WeaponPickupSound, %obj.getTransform());
		
		if ((%shape.getClassName() $= "Player" || %shape.GetClassName() $= "AIPlayer") && 
		%shape.getMountedImage($WeaponSlot) == 0)
		{
			%shape.use(%this);
		}
	}
}
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Torque Owner Martin Schultz
#1
04/29/2006 (4:09 am)
Seems like you %obj is not existing anymore - the one calling the getTransform() function. Usually this happens when the source object doesn't exist anymore, e.g. when the player is dead. To see it in the console you could put in an echo/error statement:

if (Parent::onPickup(%this, %obj, %shape, %amount))
	{
		[b]error("Object ID of %obj: " @ %obj @ ", is it still an object? " @ isObject(%obj) );[/b]
		serverPlay3D(WeaponPickupSound, %obj.getTransform());

Martin

Torque Owner Martin Schultz
#2
04/29/2006 (4:41 am)
Ups, I just saw you posted in the public forums. Please move code related questions to the private forums.

Torque Owner Paul /*Wedge*/ DElia
#3
04/29/2006 (4:54 am)
This is script, it's fine to be in the public forums.

Torque Owner Wysardry
#4
04/29/2006 (5:12 am)
It should at least be in a Torque forum rather than general discussion.

Torque Owner Tasty Green Pees :-,
#5
04/29/2006 (6:24 am)
Sorry if i posted this on the wrong forum.

And Martin, u were right the object gets deleted on pickup which so when I call the getTransform there is nothing there anylonger.