Creating an object with trigger

#1 Try this script

datablock StaticShapeData(Door1)
{
   category       = "Doors";
  shapeFile      = "~/data/shapes/door/door.dts";//Change this to the actual door file location
   maxDamage      = 100;
   destroyedLevel = 90;
};

function StaticShapeData::create(%data)
{
   %obj = new StaticShape() 
   {
      dataBlock = %data;
   };
   return %obj;
}

datablock TriggerData(CreateDoor)
{
   // The period is value is used to control how often the console
   // onTriggerTick callback is called while there are any objects
   // in the trigger.  The default value is 100 MS.
   tickPeriodMS = 100;
   DoorPlaced = false;
};



function CreateDoor::onEnterTrigger(%this,%trigger,%obj)
{
   // This method is called whenever an object enters the %trigger
   // area, the object is passed as %obj.  The default onEnterTrigger
   // method (in the C++ code) invokes the ::onTrigger(%trigger,1) method on
   // every object (whatever it's type) in the same group as the trigger.
   Parent::onEnterTrigger(%this,%trigger,%obj);
if(!%trigger.DoorPlaced)
{
%trigger.DoorPlaced = true;
%Door = new StaticShape()
   {
      dataBlock = Door1;
   };
 %Door.setTransform("0 0 0");//This will place the new door at location 0 0 0
}

}

function CreateDoor::onLeaveTrigger(%this,%trigger,%obj)
{
   // This method is called whenever an object leaves the %trigger
   // area, the object is passed as %obj.  The default onLeaveTrigger
   // method (in the C++ code) invokes the ::onTrigger(%trigger,0) method on
   // every object (whatever it's type) in the same group as the trigger.
   Parent::onLeaveTrigger(%this,%trigger,%obj);
   

}

function CreateDoor::onTickTrigger(%this,%trigger)
{
   // This method is called every tickPerioMS, as long as any
   // objects intersect the trigger. The default onTriggerTick
   // method (in the C++ code) invokes the ::onTriggerTick(%trigger) method on
   // every object (whatever it's type) in the same group as the trigger.

   // You can iterate through the objects in the list by using these
   // methods:
   //    %this.getNumObjects();
   //    %this.getObject(n);
   Parent::onTickTrigger(%this,%trigger);
}

Put it in a script file and make sure you exe it in your start up code.

When the player enters the trigger the door will be created and moved to the location you specify.

#2 Thanks for the prompt response. I will try to implement this on monday and if I have any questions, hopefully you will be there for me.

Thanks Again

#3 "%Door.setTransform("0 0 0");//This will place the new door at location 0 0 0 "

I know that this is like a noob question but i am having a brain fart.

I have a question about that line. I know that it is for the location for the object but which direction is which (ex. up, down, left/right).

#4 The SetTransform("0 0 0") should be more like SetTransform("0 0 0 1 0 0 0").

The first three 0's are the position in the world, or the X Y Z posistions.

The last four are the rotation of the object along it's 3 axises.

Simply place the object in the editor where you want it to appear at and make a note of these 2 parameters.

position = "-17.8816 669.321 26";
rotation = "0 0 1 205.692";

And combine them in your trigger script like this.

//position first then rotation. 
%Door.setTransform("-17.8816 669.321 26 0 0 1 205.692")

And it will place it exactly where you placed it in the editor.

#5 I put in your code and changed it to the dts file of mine and I get five things that are going wrong:

Tried to get the object for item 685, which is not InspectorData!
Tried to get the object for item 685, which is not InspectorData!

Namespace::unlinkClass - cannot unlink namespace parent linkage for Door1
for StaticShapeData.

Error: cannot change namespace parent linkage of Door1 from StaticShapeData to Trigger.

Could not find data block "Door1"

#6
I see one error I made in the script.
You need to change

if(!%trigger.DoorPlaced)

To

if(!%this.DoorPlaced)

%trigger is the actual trigger and %this is the triggerdata where the DoorPlaced variable was defined.

I just tested it with this correction and it works.

#7 I have a question Bill. When you put your trigger in the game and this works for you are you naming it Door1 because that is the name of your object or could I use just some random name on the trigger?

The code......comment at bottom of code.



////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

datablock StaticShapeData(Door1)
{

shapeFile = "~/data/shapes/door/EnergyBarrier.dts";//Change this to the actual door file location

};

function StaticShapeData::create(%data)
{
%obj = new StaticShape()
{
dataBlock = %data;
};
return %obj;
}

datablock TriggerData(CreateDoor)
{
// The period is value is used to control how often the console
// onTriggerTick callback is called while there are any objects
// in the trigger. The default value is 100 MS.
tickPeriodMS = 100;
DoorPlaced = false;
};



function CreateDoor::onEnterTrigger(%this,%trigger,%obj)
{

echo("Player in trigger");
// This method is called whenever an object enters the %trigger
// area, the object is passed as %obj. The default onEnterTrigger
// method (in the C++ code) invokes the ::onTrigger(%trigger,1) method on
// every object (whatever it's type) in the same group as the triger
if(!%this.DoorPlaced)
{
%trigger.DoorPlaced = true;
%Door = new StaticShape()
{
dataBlock = Door1;
};
%Door.setTransform("640.593 702.813 199.912 0 0 -1 59.3808");//This will place the new door at location 0 0 0
}

}

function CreateDoor::onLeaveTrigger(%this,%trigger,%obj)
{
// This method is called whenever an object leaves the %trigger
// area, the object is passed as %obj. The default onLeaveTrigger
// method (in the C++ code) invokes the ::onTrigger(%trigger,0) method on
// every object (whatever it's type) in the same group as the trigger.
Parent::onLeaveTrigger(%this,%trigger,%obj);


}

function CreateDoor::onTickTrigger(%this,%trigger)
{
// This method is called every tickPerioMS, as long as any
// objects intersect the trigger. The default onTriggerTick
// method (in the C++ code) invokes the ::onTriggerTick(%trigger) method on
// every object (whatever it's type) in the same group as the trigger.

// You can iterate through the objects in the list by using these
// methods:
// %this.getNumObjects();
// %this.getObject(n);
Parent::onTickTrigger(%this,%trigger);
}



When I name the trigger I have used Door1, EnergyBarrier, DBarrier, and a few others.

Tried to get the object for item 685, which is not InspectorData!---red
Tried to get the object for item 685, which is not InspectorData!---red

creating path editor/newObject.cs---grey

when I run through trigger it says - Could not find data block "Door1"

#8 You can call the datablock whatever you want to.
You just have to make sure it is defined before you call it.

datablock StaticShapeData(EnergyBarrierDoor)
{
shapeFile = "~/data/shapes/door/EnergyBarrier.dts";//Change this to the actual door file location
};
datablock StaticShapeData(EnergyBarrierDoor2)
{
shapeFile = "~/data/shapes/door/EnergyBarrier.dts";//Change this to the actual door file location
};
datablock StaticShapeData(door)
{
shapeFile = "~/data/shapes/door/EnergyBarrier.dts";//Change this to the actual door file location
};

These are all valid definitions for the datablocks.

There have been some times when I needed to define a datablock in a script file separate from the script trying to call it.
I am not sure why this happens be it has happened to me before.
Try creating a script file called doors.cs and put the door datablock definition in it and exec that file before you exec the file where the trigger is.

Also take a look at your console.log file and make sure no compile errors or loading errors occurred.