All my AI's use same Player classes
by Andy Hawkins · in Torque Game Engine · 04/07/2007 (4:04 am) · 3 replies
I've abstracted my AI's using code as below to become DemoPlayer and DemoPlayer2 - but trying code DemoPlayer::onDeath never gets called.
At runtime they both use the same Player::onDeath anim. Which ever AI's .cs file is loaded last takes precedence (or overrides all others) How can I make each AI use it's own onDeath function?
they both use this function in "Skeleton_LicheKing_Control.cs" because it was loaded last. I set a break point to verify this.
At runtime they both use the same Player::onDeath anim. Which ever AI's .cs file is loaded last takes precedence (or overrides all others) How can I make each AI use it's own onDeath function?
// I assume this overrides the default Player class
datablock PlayerData(DemoPlayer : PlayerSkeletonWithFireball)
{
shootingDelay = 2000;
};
// then I create one with this...
%player = new AIPlayer() {
dataBlock = DemoPlayer;
....
// then I make a new one with this..
datablock PlayerData(DemoPlayer2 : PlayerSkeletonLicheKing)
{
shootingDelay = 3000;
};
// then I create number 2 with this...
%player = new AIPlayer() {
dataBlock = DemoPlayer2;they both use this function in "Skeleton_LicheKing_Control.cs" because it was loaded last. I set a break point to verify this.
function Player::onDeath(%this,%player,%sourceObject, %sourceClient, %damageType, %damLoc)
{
// Invoked when a object has died.
echo("Dead");
// explode?
%obj = %this.getDataBlock();
// fade now
%this.startFade(0, 0, true);
if ( %obj.Explosion !$= "" )
{
// spawn an explosion
%pos = %this.getPosition();
// generate a new ribcage
%myExplosion = new Explosion()
{
dataBlock = SkeletonExplosion;
position = %pos;
};
}
}
#3
01/02/2010 (5:50 pm)
For the record, Player::onDeath doesn't exist - it will never get called, because onDeath is always called on the datablock, not the object itself. 
Torque Owner Stephen Lujan
That's just not what you want.
DemoPlayer::onDeath
DemoPlayer2::onDeath
Try those instead. The demo players are just child datablocks of the player class right? Every time you make a function player::onDeath() you are overwriting the existing function player::onDeath() because there can be only one "player" class and it can have one "onDeath()" function (excluding overloading). So even if you added Player::onDeath to a completely unrelated *.cs it could still be used in place of the ones you want. It doesn't matter that you added them to Skeleton_LicheKing_Control.cs or not. Here's another neat trick Andy.
place code that's common to all players in function player
function Player::onDeath(%this,%player,%sourceObject, %sourceClient, %damageType, %damLoc) { // Invoked when a object has died. echo("Dead"); // fade now %this.startFade(0, 0, true); }and still be able to use it in the children by using Parent::onDeath()function DemoPlayer2::onDeath(%this,%player,%sourceObject, %sourceClient, %damageType, %damLoc) { //run universal code first Parent::onDeath(%player,%sourceObject, %sourceClient, %damageType, %damLoc) // make something cool and unique for demoplayer // spawn an explosion %pos = %this.getPosition(); %myExplosion = new Explosion() { dataBlock = DemoPlayer2Explosion; //lets call a datablock specific to demoplayer2 because we can position = %pos; }; }Hope this helps.