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Returning console objects to C++

by DIAG · in Torque Game Engine · 08/18/2004 (2:05 am) · 3 replies

Hello,
I am just beginning to play around with console objects and objects in C++. I was just wondering, if I declare an c++ class as a console object, and the create an instance of this object in script, can i return a reference to that object to the engine so that i can use it in my c++ code via script?
Thanks
Damien
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Torque Owner Markus Nuebel
#1
08/18/2004 (2:28 am)
Yes you can:

Say you are creating your object in C++

MyObj* pObj= new MyObj();
pObj->onNewDataBlock( pObjDataBlock );
pObj->registerObject();

Then you return the object id from your ConsoleMethod :

ConsoleMethod( TestClass, getMyObj, S32, 2, 2, "( )"
              "Retrieve an object")
{
	...
	return pObj->getId();
}

Now you are ready to use the object in your scripts.

--Markus

Torque Owner DIAG
#2
08/18/2004 (2:31 am)
Thanks for your prompt reply....but is it possible to do it the other way around...declare and instance of the object in scripts...and return it to the c++ code via console method?

Torque Owner DIAG
#3
08/18/2004 (7:16 am)
K i figure this out, its just reverse of what you showed me here really...another question while im here... im trying to use the initPersistFields() in order to define a variable that i can access directly from the script language. the variable i wish to access is declared as a static float. When i try to access this varaible, torque crashes. can static variables be accessed from script? i tried this with a bool that was not static and it worked fine.
Thanks
damien