amber dagger
When I set up an onPlayerAction(player, action, targets) callback, how would I get the custom object info out of targets when I group select a bunch of objects with custom object info. I assume I should be able to do something along the following:
lua function onPlayerAction(player, action, targets) if action == Player.Action.Select then for i,t in ipairs(targets) broadcastToAll(t.getCustomObject().tostring()) end end
but no dice
faint monolith
just so i understand, you want to trigger some function (getting custom object info) when a player (you) selects a bunch of objects? the trigger being selecting?
and it looks like you are doing this from the in-game console, not the scripting editor or Atom?
amber dagger
yeah, I haven't dug into why but log(foo) doesn't log into the ~ console the way I'd expect in the mod I'm poking
specifically I'm just trying to get the mesh, model, collider URLs out of the custom object data of all objects I select, trying to implement a system that auto-loads, maps, and pairs a bunch of custom object figurines to rules data cards automatically
faint monolith
well, for one thing, you need to make sure to include a do with the for loop
amber dagger
sorry yes the do should be there, I'm not writing this from my dev workstation and pseudocoded from memory
I don't have syntax errors on the for or if blocks in the actual implementation but I seem to be misunderstanding what is in targets
I assume by doing a for over the pairs i,t in targets I should be able to call t.getCustomObject() and get the custom object but I don't so I'm assuming I don't understand what the t in targets actually is
faint monolith
let me check
amber dagger
targets should be a table of objects with the key of each element being their guid yes? Perhaps I need to do getObjectFromGUID(t.name).getCustomObject()
faint monolith
it doesn't look like it, no
when i click and drag to select a bunch of objects, the player action "select" triggers every time a new object is selected. that single object is what is contained in "targets".
it doesn't seem to include every object that is currently selected
just triggering once per object that gets selected, so the key for each object is 1
so i think what you're likely running into is that when you run your function there is no Player.Action.Select action occuring
you probably have a bunch of things selected and try to run that function, but i don't think that Player.Action.Select runs on currently selected objects
amber dagger
Ah I thought select would work as a group select. Is there a more appropriate action to use with onplayeraction? I guess I could take all objects in the scene but that seems excessive
faint monolith
yes, one sec. i can't remember but, yes there is a more appropriate action. its not Player.Action, its something else...
fallen nimbus
Player.getSelectedObjects() could help
amber dagger
Would player.action.select be appropriate for only calling the getSelectedObjects on a group select
Or is there another action I should check for
faint monolith
so Player.Action.Select only gets called when you are selecting something with clicking and dragging. Each time a new object is selected, that action is triggered
you are looking for a way to loop over objects that are already selected, and Player.getSelectedObjects() is likely the answer
but i don't see any documentation on that
amber dagger
Yeah I knew that was just the action event type I erroneously assumed onplayeraction would return the selected objects as a table on a group select callback
faint monolith
faint monolith
Yeah I knew that was just the action event type I erroneously assumed onplayerac...
oh
amber dagger
Thanks for the elucidation I'll follow up once I've got it fixed
faint monolith
no prob!