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Strange safeDelete() issues.

by James Bond · in Torque Game Builder · 01/15/2007 (10:22 am) · 3 replies

I have a bit of a strange problem here. From script, i have a function that creates static sprites and names them by color and number. For example, it checks to see if i have $Red3 created, and if so, it creates $Red4. I also have a function that deletes these sprites at the end of the turn using safedelete() (For example $Red3.safedelete();). The problem is that when i run the function to delete the sprite, it deletes one, two, and three ($Red1, $Red2, and $Red3), but not four. If i try to use the safedelete() command from the console, it says that the object cannot be found, but the imagemap is still there, and i can still move it (Drag and Drop) like it was never removed. I have tried delete(), but i still get the same problem. Any Ideas?
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Torque Owner Ben R Vesco
#1
01/15/2007 (11:52 am)
Sounds like $Red4 doesn't contain the actual id of the object you're trying to delete. Try $Red4.dump(); from the console and see if you get anything. If you don't, then $Red4 doesn't actually contain an object. In this case you'll have to inspect the code where you are creating it and find out why your intended result is not happening. Good luck!


Torque 3D Owner James Bond
#2
01/15/2007 (1:30 pm)
Ok, here is what i get before the safeDelete().

==>$Red4.dump();
Member Fields:
  AngularVelocity = "0"
  AutoMassInertia = "1"
  AutoMountRotation = "0"
  AutoRotation = "0"
  BlendColor = "1 1 1 1"
  BlendingEnabled = "1"
  canSaveDynamicFields = "1"
  class = "reddrug"
  CollisionActiveReceive = "0"
  CollisionActiveSend = "0"
  CollisionCallback = "0"
  CollisionCircleScale = "1"
  CollisionCircleSuperscribed = "1"
  CollisionDetectionMode = "POLYGON"
  CollisionGroups = "-1"
  CollisionLayers = "-1"
  CollisionMaxIterations = "1"
  CollisionPhysicsReceive = "0"
  CollisionPhysicsSend = "0"
  CollisionPolyList = "-1.000 -1.000 1.000 -1.000 1.000 1.000 -1.000 1.000"
  CollisionPolyScale = "1.000 1.000"
  CollisionResponseMode = "CLAMP"
  config = ""
  ConstantForce = "0.000 0.000"
  ConstantForceGravitic = "0"
  Damping = "0"
  Density = "0.01"
  DstBlendFactor = "ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA"
  Enabled = "1"
  FlipX = "0"
  FlipY = "0"
  ForceScale = "1"
  ForwardOnly = "0"
  frame = "0"
  Friction = "0.3"
  GraphGroup = "0"
  imageMap = "reddrugImageMap"
  Immovable = "0"
  Inertia = "1.04167"
  Layer = "0"
  Lifetime = "0"
  LinearVelocity = "0.000 0.000"
  LinkPoints = ""
  Mass = "0.25"
  MaxAngularVelocity = "0"
  MaxLinearVelocity = "0"
  MinAngularVelocity = "0"
  MinLinearVelocity = "0"
  MountForce = "0"
  MountInheritAttributes = "0"
  MountOffset = "0.000 0.000"
  MountOwned = "0"
  MountRotation = "0"
  MountTrackRotation = "1"
  Paused = "0"
  position = "-27.500 -12.500"
  Restitution = "1"
  Rotation = "0"
  scenegraph = "t2dScene"
  size = "5.000 5.000"
  SortPoint = "0.000 0.000"
  SrcBlendFactor = "SRC_ALPHA"
  superclass = "RedDrugSlot"
  UseMouseEvents = "1"
  Visible = "1"
  WorldLimitCallback = "0"
  WorldLimitMax = "0.000 0.000"
  WorldLimitMin = "0.000 0.000"
  WorldLimitMode = "OFF"
Tagged Fields:
  isSelectable = "1"

Which shows that the object does, in fact, exist.

After $Red4.safeDelete();

==>$Red4.safeDelete();
==>$Red4.dump();
<input> (0): Unable to find object: '2653' attempting to call function 'dump'
Set::getObject index out of range.

So the object does get delete, but why does the imagemap stay?

Torque 3D Owner Marc Dreamora Schaerer
Gayasoft
#3
01/15/2007 (3:13 pm)
How are you actually able to turn it etc if the reference to it does not exist anymore? Sounds little curious. But anyway: that what actually allows you to modify it further could be preventing the safeDelete from happening.