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Unknown command setLinearVelocityY???

by John Walsh · in Torque 2D Beginner · 07/01/2013 (7:50 am) · 4 replies

Hey I'm new to Torque 2D, having only been messing around with it for under a week. I've created an image and my background and now I'm trying to connect controls to the image. When I load up my .exe, the image doesn't move and the log file says: 

modules/myModule/scripts/controls.cs (23): Unknown command setLinearVelocityY.
  Object InputManager(1147) InputManager -> ScriptObject -> SimObject
modules/myModule/scripts/controls.cs (27): Unknown command setLinearVelocityX.
  Object InputManager(1147) InputManager -> ScriptObject -> SimObject
modules/myModule/scripts/controls.cs (39): Unknown command setLinearVelocityY.
  Object InputManager(1147) InputManager -> ScriptObject -> SimObject
modules/myModule/scripts/controls.cs (31): Unknown command setLinearVelocityX.
  Object InputManager(1147) InputManager -> ScriptObject -> SimObject
modules/myModule/scripts/controls.cs (19): Unknown command setLinearVelocityY.
  Object InputManager(1147) InputManager -> ScriptObject -> SimObject
modules/myModule/scripts/controls.cs (35): Unknown command setLinearVelocityY.
  Object InputManager(1147) InputManager -> ScriptObject -> SimObject
modules/myModule/scripts/controls.cs (47): Unknown command setLinearVelocityX.
  Object InputManager(1147) InputManager -> ScriptObject -> SimObject
modules/myModule/scripts/controls.cs (23): Unknown command setLinearVelocityY.
  Object InputManager(1147) InputManager -> ScriptObject -> SimObject
modules/myModule/scripts/controls.cs (43): Unknown command setLinearVelocityX.
  Object InputManager(1147) InputManager -> ScriptObject -> SimObject
modules/myModule/scripts/controls.cs (39): Unknown command setLinearVelocityY.
  Object InputManager(1147) InputManager -> ScriptObject -> SimObject

Here is the contents of the controls.cs:

function InputManager::Init_controls(%this)
{
new ActionMap(goblincontrols);

$Goblin = %this;

goblincontrols.bindCmd(keyboard, "w", "GoblinUp();", "GoblinUpStop();");  
goblincontrols.bindCmd(keyboard, "s", "GoblinDown();","GoblinDownStop();"); 
goblincontrols.bindCmd(keyboard, "a", "GoblinLeft();","GoblinLeftStop();");  
goblincontrols.bindCmd(keyboard,"d","GoblinRight();","GoblinRightStop();");  

goblincontrols.push();
}

function GoblinUp()
{
$Goblin.SetLinearVelocityY(-15);
}
function GoblinDown()
{
$Goblin.SetLinearVelocityY(15);
}
function GoblinLeft()
{
$Goblin.SetLinearVelocityX(-25);
}
function GoblinRight()
{
$Goblin.SetLinearVelocityX(25);
}
function GoblinUpStop()
{
$Goblin.SetLinearVelocityY(0);
}
function GoblinDownStop()
{
$Goblin.SetLinearVelocityY(0);
}
function GoblinLeftStop()
{
$Goblin.SetLinearVelocityX(0);
}
function GoblinRightStop()
{
$Goblin.SetLinearVelocityX(0);
}

Does anybody know what could be wrong?
If you need the player.cs I can provide that too.

Thanks.


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Anthony Green
#1
07/01/2013 (8:14 am)
I think you're trying to run setLinearVelocity on a ScriptObject and not a SceneObject or Sprite, I could be wrong but could you post your player.cs?

Actually, after looking over this again, why do you set $Goblin = %this?

John Walsh
#2
07/01/2013 (8:29 am)
The $Goblin = %this was from something I was trying earlier, seems I forgot to remove it, I've removed it now and I'm getting a new error message:

modules/myModule/scripts/controls.cs (24): Unable to find object: '' attempting to call function 'setLinearVelocityX'
modules/myModule/scripts/controls.cs (20): Unable to find object: '' attempting to call function 'setLinearVelocityY'
modules/myModule/scripts/controls.cs (36): Unable to find object: '' attempting to call function 'setLinearVelocityY'
modules/myModule/scripts/controls.cs (40): Unable to find object: '' attempting to call function 'setLinearVelocityX'
modules/myModule/scripts/controls.cs (20): Unable to find object: '' attempting to call function 'setLinearVelocityY'
modules/myModule/scripts/controls.cs (36): Unable to find object: '' attempting to call function 'setLinearVelocityY'

Here is the player.cs:

function createPlayer()
{
    %player = new Sprite(Goblin);
    

    %player.setBodyType( dynamic );
       
  
    %player.Position = "0 0";

      
    %player.Size = "7 7";
    
  
    %player.SceneLayer = 1;
 
    %player.Image = "myModule:goblin";

    %player.createPolygonBoxCollisionShape();

    %player.setCollisionCallback( true );

    
    myScene.add( %player );   
   
  }

Anthony Green
#3
07/01/2013 (8:32 am)
I've been confused by this and I'm not sure if this will work but try removing the $ from Goblin in the control scripts. I don't think global variables and object names are one in the same.

John Walsh
#4
07/01/2013 (8:34 am)
You were right! Thanks a lot :)