Newbie Q - alias / pointer in TorqueScript???

I need to create an array of ... references / pointers / aliases to existing objects.

Short version: There exist > 1 object the player can manipulate. One is the "hot" object, being the object that is supposed to consume keyboard input. You can change the "hot" object using the equivalent of "next" and "prev".

I am attempting to implement this via an array of aliases, and an integer representing the index.

In C++ this would be something like

playercharacter *thePCs[numPCs]; // array of pointer-to-playercharacter
int currPC = 0;

and you would change currPC to change which PC was currently selected.


I have tried implementing this in script, to find it doesn't seem to work. My attempt appears to create new objects instead of aliasing the existing ones. I know this because I set it to print out a field I know is set, and it doesn't print out anything.

B0rked code follows

init is called and then the keyboard callbacks are set. The intent is to have a member variable changed on pc_one; this doesn't seem to be happening.

pc_one and pc_two were created in the Level Builder. (There are only two, but more will exist later. I must successfully walk before running :)

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// Use arrow keys to change active characters (eventually mouse-clicks?)

function inputMgr_init()
{
// I need to declare an array x[$numPCs]. I think it just works?
$arr_PClist[0] = pc_one;
$arr_PClist[1] = pc_two;

$im_currPC = 0;
}

function battle_Up() { %dummy = 0; } // quash; only generate 1 movement per keypress

function battle_UpStop()
{
$arr_PClist[$im_currPC].tx--; // Change tile-x position of current PC
echo($arr_PClist[$im_currPC].name);

//pc_two.tx--;
//pc_two.updateScreen(pc_two);
}

function inputMgr_battle_bindKeys(%this, %scenegraph)
{
echo("Test1");
menuKeymap.pop(); // disable previously-active maps
battleKeymap.push(); // enable current map

battleKeymap.bindCmd(keyboard, "w", "battle_Up();", "battle_UpStop();");
}