Unable to find object' when running without editor.

#1 Hmm i'dont get a complete detail of your problem , maybe could you give us a more complete script, and what line does your error occur.
or give me the complete script of your main.cs

#2 Sure thing,
here's the main.cs (without comments to save space)

function initializeProject()
{
     exec("~/gui/mainScreen.gui");
     exec("./gameScripts/game.cs");
     startGame("~/levels/MainMenu.t2d");   
   
}
...other functions are untouched

then I changed the game.cs as follows..

function startGame(%level)
{	
	// Set The GUI.
	Canvas.setContent(mainScreenGui);
	Canvas.setCursor(DefaultCursor);
	moveMap.push();	
	if( isFile( %level ) || isFile( %level @ ".dso"))
	sceneWindow2D.loadLevel(%level);
	warn("xx-" SPC %level);
	//Level Is Loaded, Start Logic Below
	if (%level $= "~/levels/MainMenu.t2d")
	{
		warn("Exec MainMenu.cs");
		exec("~/gameScripts/mainMenu.cs");
		warn("initMainMenu() started");
		initMainMenu(); 		
	}else{ warn (" level mismatch");}
}

then I've got the mainMenu.cs which contains some fading functions and the controlling initMainMenu()

function initMainMenu()
{	warn("++Start initMainMenu");
	ggSplash.setBlendAlpha( 1 );
	exec("~/gui/MainMenu.gui");
	whitesheet.schedule(350,whiteFadeOut);
}

The MainMenu.t2d level contains 3 t2dstaticSprites..
t2dStaticSprite(MainSplashImage) (the main background image)
t2dStaticSprite(ggSplash) (the GG logo thingie)
t2dStaticSprite(whitesheet) (a blank white image w/ gradient to fade into the GG logo).


The problem is that when I run it
It says "unable to find object: 'ggSplash' when attempting to call function 'setBlendAlpha' "and "unable to find object: 'whitesheet' when attempting to call function 'schedule' "

But when I add

if ($runWithEditors)
   {
      toggleLevelEditor();
      return;
   }

to the initializeProject function in the main.cs everything works just fine once I launch the game from the editor.

does that clarify it a bit?

#3 Sorry i late for the reply
hmm i think (not quite sure ) you should change exec funtion into exec ("./yourscript.cs")
and also change your function initializeproject into like this
function initializeProject()
{ startGame("~/levels/MainMenu.t2d"); }

hopefully it work

#4 Maybe try this

%file = expandFileName("~/levels/MainMenu.t2d");
startGame(%file);

#5 After waay too much prodding and poking it turns out that for some reason startGame wanted a complete path from root of the game for the level to load successfully...
so

startGame("BombBots/data/levels/MainMenu.t2d");

is what wound up working.

Thanks for the help gang.

#6 Did you try

%file = expandFileName("~/levels/MainMenu.t2d");
startGame(%file);

What expandFileName will 'usually' do is parse out the ~ and convert it to the full path.

#7 Yeah I had tried that.
however adding the data folder in there does the trick.

%file = expandFileName("~/data/levels/MainMenu.t2d");

In retrospect knowing the solution makes all this seems obvious.

And thanks for the expandFileName thing.. didn't know about it til today.

#8 Wew same with me i've never heard expandfilename too

#9 Since you are all "in it" can i ask a simple question:

supose i have a blank project named "blank". I create level_1, level_2 and save them as files (as usual)

My question is: What should i type in script, to load level_2 ? Since everything i try, is not working :((

#10 Did you try

%file = expandFileName("~/data/levels/level_2.t2d");
startGame(%file);

#11 You probably don't want to call startGame if your game is already started. You can just do this:

SceneWindow2D.loadLevel( %filepath );

#12 Yea, but its not working.

i type only:

function sceneWindow2d::onMouseDown(%this, %modifier, %worldPosition, %clicks)
{
if( isFile( "~/data/levels/level2.t2d" ) || isFile( "~/data/levels/level2.t2d" @ ".dso"))
echo("file is ok");
sceneWindow2D.loadLevel( "~/data/levels/level2.t2d" );
}

end cosole output is (on mouse click):
file is ok
error loading level ~/data/levels/level2.t2d. Invalid file

but all objects dessapear from screen. (???)

#13 Try changing your code to this

function sceneWindow2d::onMouseDown(%this, %modifier, %worldPosition, %clicks)
{
if( isFile( "~/data/levels/level2.t2d" ) || isFile( "~/data/levels/level2.t2d" @ ".dso"))
echo("file is ok");

%file = expandFileName("~/data/levels/level2.t2d");

sceneWindow2D.loadLevel( %file );
}

#14 WwwweeeEEEEEEEAAA!!! Its working!!!

Do i have to unload stuff from scenegraph or scenewindow? (whatever they are) :)

I supose i always have to previosly compile .dso level file right?

Does all .cs files are still loaded in level2? How to unload some of them? is that possible or i have to deal with the "packages"?

Where is the tile builder in TGB v1.1.2?

#15 Congratulations on your progress.

Do i have to unload stuff from scenegraph or scenewindow? (whatever they are) :)
to unload a level use sceneWindow2D.endLevel(); This will cleanup all object associated with the loaded level.

I supose i always have to previosly compile .dso level file right?
when you call exec it will automatically compile the file if it hasn't been compiled already or a newer version of the cs file exists.

Does all .cs files are still loaded in level2? How to unload some of them? is that possible or i have to deal with the "packages"?
I do not think there is any way to "Unload" a script file. The small amount of resources a loaded script takes I don't see it worth trying to unload them. IF you are using functions that are named the same across levels.
You can use packages to "overload" the function.

Where is the tile builder in TGB v1.1.2?
In is now intergrated into the project library on the right hand side of the editor.
Look at the tile Map tutorial that is installed with TGB.

#16 I wanted to ask, is there a posibillity to change behavior of some classes. In level1 the class "ball" (for eg.) is acting that way, and in next level, the same class is acting different.

If i endLevel(), i just delete objects, not the script, right?

BTW, thnx a lot guys you are great, and willing to help. I appreciate that.