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Accessing Globals in Behaviors

by Dustin Sims · in Torque Game Builder · 08/18/2007 (7:21 pm) · 3 replies

I am trying to put an object's ID number into a Global Array.
This is in an object's onupdate method inside a behavior.

$BallArray[%xTempArrayPos,%yTempArrayPos] = %this.owner;

However, when I check the $BallArray in my main scripts it is not changed.
I know the $Ballarray contains the ID while in the behavior by echoing it.

But if I echo it once back in another function in my main scripts it will contain nothing as if behavior script is not accessing the same global variable.

Everything worked and I used the same code in my other scripts but when I placed it in behavior it stopped working.

Any ideas on why this happens or is this just part of using behaviors...
Do I need to access the Global differently while inside a behavior?
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Torque Owner Spider
#1
08/21/2007 (2:23 pm)
I am suspicious that one of your indexes is not what you think. Have you tried stepping through and watching the variables, or just echoing the xTempArray variables before the above command?
More context (the whole function) would help me understand what was going on, too.

Torque Owner Dustin Sims
#2
08/21/2007 (8:16 pm)
**Edit:
I had a very long post decribing my problem in more detail and right after I posted.
I found where I was clearing the Array with a for loop in another script...

That's what happens when you write code a year ago and then
go back and try to change things..

Thanks for the post Spider, it kicked me into debugging mode...
Sorry for the wasted Forum space everyone.

Torque Owner Spider
#3
08/22/2007 (1:41 pm)
Happens to the best of us...