ServerConnection.getSelectedObj(); Question

#1 You have to always keep in mind that Torque is a Client/Server system. The selection system utilized by AFX works mostly on the client, so the call ServerConnection.getSelectedObj() returns the client ID of an object which will not be the same as its server ID.

If you want to do something to the server equivalent of the selected object you need to do something like:

%sel_obj = ServerConnection.getSelectedObj();
if (%sel_obj != -1)
{
  %sel_obj_ghost = ServerConnection.GetGhostIndex(%sel_obj);
  commandToServer('SomeCommand', %sel_obj_ghost);
}

And handle it on the server like so:

function serverCmdSomeCommand(%client, %target_ghost)
{
  if (%target_ghost != -1)
    %target_id = %client.ResolveGhost(%target_ghost);
  
  // do something with %target_id
}

#2 can i make a servercmd that returns a value?

Thanks for the reply..


for example

%ServerID = commandToServer('GetServerID', %sel_obj_ghost);

function serverCmdGetServerID(%client, %target_ghost)
{
if (%target_ghost != -1)
%target_id = %client.ResolveGhost(%target_ghost);

return %target_id;
}

how do i make it work?

#3 For commandToServer() to return a value from the server would require a round-trip of networking and it doesn't do that. One possible alternative is to chain together some calls.

GetSelectionServerID_A()
calls
serverCmdGetServerID()
calls
clientCmdReturnServerID()
calls
GetSelectionServerID_B()

Or something like that. You'll have to work out how to make the logic asynchronous rather than sequential but it is workable. However, making the networking round-trip will not be instantaneous. It depends on what you want to do with that ID whether it's responsive enough. It's uncommon to actually need a server-ID on a client, so you may want to reevaluate what you are trying to do and see if perhaps it can be done without a round-trip networking call. Or perhaps some of the work is done on the server.

#4 ok thanks for the help. hmm. I could I asks something off topic? do you know a resource for afx spells. That allow manipulation and list of spells and that it allows dragging or putting that skill over the skills 1-0,- and =?. A common RPG spells list. The one that appears on commonly binded rpg game alt+s, or simply s. Thanks