String comparison form datablock

#1 C++ code cannot access variables added through script. you need to add the variable on the C++ side as well and use that variable for the comparison.

#2 Like this you mean?

//projectile.h
StringTableEntry decalType;
...
//projectile.cpp @ ProjectileData::ProjectileData()
decalType = NULL;
...
//projectile.cpp @ ProjectileData::initPersistFields()
addNamedField(decalType, TypeCaseString, ProjectileData);

note: this code will still not work

#4 I tried your dStricmp, but same result. No i do not get an error message, i believe it always returns false.

Quote:Try putting in a break point and make a debug build and look at the value of mDataBlock->decalType

nobbish question commencing
How to? I mean how do i debug a variable using break points.

I will keep on debugging.
Thanks for your replies.

EDIT: The code i tried

if(dStricmp(mDataBlock->decalType, "explosive"))
{
		  gDecalManager->addDecal( p, n, 0.0f, m->mExplosiveDecal );
          //Plus an Con::printf here for debugging purposes
}

EDIT2: One more thing. In my datablock i defined...

decalType = "explosive";

... is that right?

EDIT3: Seems my decalType variable returns a long string of numbers(131295012) if output to the console via Con::printf. Why?

#6 Thanks for the help, but, changing to "debug" will just give me a bunch of linker errors =/. So I'll just continue debugging from "release" build. Thanks for the help tho!

EDIT: Figured the problem, somehow.

#7 Actually, you can access script members variables from C++, try

object->getDataField("decalType","");

May return what you want... or you may need to do a object->getDataBlock() first if the field is on the object datablock instead of the object itself.

#8 Ok, so now it works, kinda. It seems that doing dStricmp crashes the engine, and using an == operator does not work. Anyone has an explanation why putting an if statement comparing two strings in Projectile::explode crashes, and the workaround?

#10 Just figured the problem is not related to string comparing or anything like that. The problem is related to some custom code that are getting the material of the object my projectile is colliding with.

But thanks for the help and tips about debugging and string comparing.