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Moving sun around

by Ivan Mandzhukov · in Technical Issues · 09/21/2007 (2:43 am) · 11 replies

I've tried to change the "azimuth" parametar of the sun object via slider. But it doesn't work. the code fothe slider is :

function slider3()
{sun1.azimuth = slider3.value;
}

any ideas how to make it work? In fact when i change the value from the slider and press F11 to get in the workd editor inspector, when i press on the sun1 object in the tree the changes apply. but i want it to work from the GUI i have made(where the slider3 is situated). Please help!
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Employee Michael Perry
ZombieShortbus
#1
09/21/2007 (5:45 am)
@Metodi - Your function is actually right on, but there is a function called from the WorldEditor which applies the changes. This function occurs after you hit apply or switch the focus to another field.

To get this functionality, you'll need to call the "apply" function directly on the sun object in your slider3() method.

Employee Michael Perry
ZombieShortbus
#2
09/21/2007 (6:08 am)
Appending to my previous post, I admit that I had to make one minor change in the source code, but I can't talk about it in a public forum or provide the code to a non-SDK owner.

There is probably another clever way to make this "apply" function fire, but I went for the quick and easy solution.

Torque Owner Ivan Mandzhukov
Liman3D
#3
09/21/2007 (6:52 am)
Ok, Michael, no problem, but i just wanted to tell you that i have tried to call the function behind the "apply" button on the right place in my function , but still no result.I think there is something that i miss. correct me if i am wrong but it seems that the problem is big.

Employee Michael Perry
ZombieShortbus
#4
09/21/2007 (7:09 am)
What is the exact name of the function you called?

Torque Owner Ivan Mandzhukov
Liman3D
#5
09/21/2007 (7:31 am)
EWorldEditor.isDirty = true;inspector.setName(InspectorNameEdit.getValue());EWorldEditor.makeFirstResponder(true);

this is what apply button does from the inspector editor.
I have tried this :

function slider3()
{sun1.azimuth = slider3.value;
EWorldEditor.isDirty = true;inspector.setName(InspectorNameEdit.getValue());EWorldEditor.makeFirstResponder(true);
}

but it didn't work.

Employee Michael Perry
ZombieShortbus
#6
09/21/2007 (2:12 pm)
Nice attempt, but this is not the function that needs to be called. I'll look into another possible solution, but so far the only way I know how to do this is in the engine. What I have done is exposed the engine function to script

Torque Owner Ivan Mandzhukov
Liman3D
#7
09/22/2007 (11:10 am)
Anyway still no result , if anyone has an idea how to do it , i'll be glad to hear it.

Employee Michael Perry
ZombieShortbus
#8
09/22/2007 (11:24 am)
Yup, I've tried a few different things and can't seem to replicate this functionality in script without really fudging things up. I'm afraid this can only be done in the engine. Now, since you don't have the source code access, if you tell me what version of TGE you are using, I can send you an executable that WILL allow you to do this from script.

How does that sound?

Torque Owner Gabriel Notman
#9
09/22/2007 (12:12 pm)
A similar thread:
www.garagegames.com/mg/forums/result.thread.php?qt=67180

However the solution requires access to the source.

Gabriel

Torque Owner Ivan Mandzhukov
Liman3D
#10
09/22/2007 (12:34 pm)
Sun.apply(); did the job !!!
anyway thanks to all of you, pals.

Employee Michael Perry
ZombieShortbus
#11
09/22/2007 (12:35 pm)
Well whadd' ya' know. Last time I had to perform this operation Sun.apply() was not an exposed function. I had to do it manually myself. Certainly helpful =)