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Object verified in script is not accessible in engine

by Ben R Vesco · in Torque Game Engine · 03/02/2006 (1:03 am) · 4 replies

I'm using the excellent Advanced Camera resource. For the most part it is working wonderfully and my problem may not be directly related to it.

in my script I'm doing:
%advCameraTarget = nameToID("centerTarget");
error("TargetId:" SPC %advCameraTarget @ ", and isObject() returns" SPC isObject(1414));
%client.advCamera.setTargetObject(%advCameraTarget);

AdvancedCamera.cc defines a console method like this:
ConsoleMethod(AdvancedCamera, setTargetObject, bool, 3, 3, "(GameBase object)")
{
   GameBase *targetObj;
   if ( ! Sim::findObject(argv[2], targetObj))
   {
		Con::errorf("Object not found");
		return false;
   }
   AdvancedCamera *camObj = (AdvancedCamera *) object;
   camObj->setTargetObject(targetObj);
   return true;
}

When I run the game I get this output on the console:
TargetId: 1414, and isObject() returns 1
Object not found

As you can see, the script code retrieved the handle on the object and isObject even returned true with that handle. However, the code in AdvancedCamera thinks it is not a valid object. There is identical code for identifying if the pass arg represents a valid object and that code is succeeding.

One additional piece of information, the code that succeeds is when I am passing in a player object and the code that fails is just an object placed in the mission.
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Torque 3D Owner Sebastien Bourgon
#1
03/03/2006 (9:06 am)
It needs to be a gameBase object from the looks of it, which is why players work and your random (?) object doesn't. Although not knowing exactly what type of object 'centerTarget' is, its hard to say for sure.

Torque Owner Ben R Vesco
#2
03/03/2006 (9:38 am)
Oh, sorry. The random object is the octahedron that comes with the engine.

new TSStatic(centerTarget) {
      position = "49.5878 -173.256 60.5";
      rotation = "1 0 0 0";
      scale = "1 1 1";
      shapeName = "~/data/shapes/markers/octahedron.dts";
   };

Associate Manoel Neto
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#3
03/03/2006 (10:21 am)
Actually, the AdvancedCamera target must be a shapeBase. TSStatics are derived directly from sceneObject:

SceneObject->TSStatic
SceneObject->GameBase->ShapeBase->Player
SceneObject->GameBase->ShapeBase->StaticShape

You could use a StaticShape (you need to define a datablock, and set a category in the datablock so they show up in the editor creator).

Torque Owner Ben R Vesco
#4
03/04/2006 (6:09 am)
Oh sweet. Thanks for the help. That totally solved it. Right now I'm using a WayPoint and it's working wonderfully. For reference, I've changed it to this:

new WayPoint(centerTarget) {
      position = "50 -175 60";
      rotation = "1 0 0 0";
      scale = "1 1 1";
      dataBlock = "WayPointMarker";
      team = "0";
   };