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Registering/Unregistering Torque Objects

by Alex Okafor · in Torque X 3D · 02/17/2007 (3:34 pm) · 2 replies

I get an assertion failed when un-registering and re-registering an object. It removes itself successfully from the torque object database but it's objectID is not reset to 0.

this is what I have written for an object that is a simple subclass of T2DSceneObject

if (this.IsRegistered)
{
      TorqueObjectDatabase.Instance.Unregister(this); // remove so we can register a new component.  
}
GSMoveComponent mover = new GSMoveComponent();
this.Components.AddComponent(mover);
TorqueObjectDatabase.Instance.Register(this);

the assertion is in TorqueObjectDatabase.cs line 277. So am I missing something about how objects are registered with the DB? It seems like I shouldn't have to reset the object ID and calling Unregister should do the work. Is this a bug?
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Torque Owner Ben R Vesco
#1
02/18/2007 (9:52 am)
Did the call to Unregister return true or false? You'll need to capture this value and test it before trying to register again. Trying to unregister an object can fail.

I recommend using the debugger to step in to TorqueObjectDatabase.Unregister to find the exact point of failure.

Torque Owner Alex Okafor
#2
02/18/2007 (10:51 am)
The call to Unregister did return true. It was that the ID of the object didn't seem to be reset to 0.

It's failing in Register in this if statement:

if (obj == null || obj.ObjectId != 0 || obj.IsRegistered)
            {
                Assert.Fatal(false, "Registering an object which is already registered");
                return false;
            }

I altered my code to test it out again and it still fails

if (this.IsRegistered)
                {

                    bool worked = TorqueObjectDatabase.Instance.Unregister(this);
                    if (worked)
                    {
                        TorqueObjectDatabase.Instance.Register(this);
                    }
                }

And setting the Pool to true in my constructor gives me a different error: 'Torque Object is removed but not reset', which is in TorqueObject.cs line 509. adding a .Reset() call before registering doesn't fix this problem either since the Unregistered isn't set to false.