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Odd var changes between functions?

by Darkfire Games · in Torque Game Builder · 05/21/2008 (4:29 pm) · 5 replies 

function SpawnZoneClass::Spawn( %this, %scenegraph )
{
   
   %spawnTime        = 4000;
   %spawnVariance    = 1000;
   
   %xPos    = getRandom(getWord(%this.getAreaMin(), 0), getWord(%this.getAreaMax(), 0));
   %yPos    = getRandom(getWord(%this.getAreaMin(), 1), getWord(%this.getAreaMax(), 1));
   
   echo( %xPos SPC %yPos SPC " X Y" );
   %this.CreateEnemy( %xPos, %yPos );
   
   %minTime    = %spawnTime - %spawnVariance;
   %maxTime    = %spawnTime + %spawnVariance;
   %spawnTime  = getRandom(%minTime, %maxTime);

   %this.schedule(%spawnTime, "Spawn");
 
}

function SpawnZoneClass::CreateEnemy( %xPos, %yPos )
{
   echo( %xPos SPC " X");
   echo( %yPos SPC " Y");
}


Both via echo statements and watching the vars through debugging, when i call "CreateEnemy" the %xPos and %yPos vars change.. and i cannot figure out why.

Results of echo:

48 -55 X Y
1537 X
48 Y

so it would seem the id of the obj replaces the %xPos and %yPos gets the previous %xPos value... wth have i borked up here, i cant see it. :)
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Associate James Ford
Sickhead Games
#1
05/21/2008 (4:35 pm)
You forgot to include "%this" as your first parameter in CreateEnemy. Gotta love that one.

Torque Owner Darkfire Games
#2
05/21/2008 (4:54 pm)
Doesnt change the result

Torque Owner Darkfire Games
#3
05/21/2008 (4:56 pm)
Double posts

Associate Phillip O'Shea
Violent Tulip
#4
05/21/2008 (4:57 pm)
What James meant was to change your function to this:

function SpawnZoneClass::CreateEnemy( %this, %xPos, %yPos )
{
   echo( %xPos SPC " X");
   echo( %yPos SPC " Y");
}

Torque Owner Darkfire Games
#5
05/21/2008 (5:04 pm)
I did =\

Edit: ahh, i put %this as first argument in calling the function as well as the function itself and that is what threw it off.

Thanks guys.