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Player variable from script

by Gordon Marsh · in General Discussion · 07/10/2006 (11:16 am) · 7 replies

All,

Sorry I know there are a number of threads that scout around this issue, but none seem to have a straight answer.

I have just added a ConsoleMethod and corresponding method to my player.cc file. Now I would simply like to be able to call the function from torque script in the following manner:

currentPlayer.newfunction();

But what should currentPlayer be? i.e. how do I get a handle to the player from script?

Thanks,

TheGords
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Torque 3D Owner Rubes
#1
07/10/2006 (12:20 pm)
The ClientGroup should contain a list of all of the clients in the game. You can get a specific client and player by using the calls:

%client = ClientGroup.getObject(0);   // use a different number for a different client
	%player = %client.player;

...something along those lines. For a game with only one client, you can just use 0 as above.

Associate Orion Elenzil
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#2
07/10/2006 (1:19 pm)
Or, if you're trying to get the player on the client side,
just use the global variable $Player.

... oh, wait that variable doesn't exist in stock TGE.

basically in GameConnection::initialControlSet(%this),
add some lines like this:

$player = %this.getControlObject();


.. this may not be the 'right' way to do things, but it's been very useful for us.

Torque Owner Gordon Marsh
#3
07/10/2006 (4:09 pm)
Thank you both for your suggestions.

Orion, with your solution where do you declare 'player'? If I add as a global variable in the gameconnection.cc file, I get a lot of compiling errors as it appears to clash with other files variables.

Thanks again...

Torque 3D Owner Rubes
#4
07/10/2006 (4:34 pm)
@Gordon: he means declare that in script. The GameConnection::initialControlSet is in client/scripts/serverConnection.cs.

Associate Orion Elenzil
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#5
07/10/2006 (4:36 pm)
Hey Gordon -

you don't need to declare script variables, even global ones.

you'll find the function GameConnection::initialControlSet() in .../client/serverConnection.cs. just add the code in.

let me know if that works for you.

edit: doh! beat me to it, rubes !

Torque 3D Owner Rubes
#6
07/10/2006 (4:37 pm)
By mere minutes!

Torque Owner Gordon Marsh
#7
07/10/2006 (5:01 pm)
Thanks guys, that works like a charm! Think I need to improve my knowledge of Torque function locations!