Returning Strings and stuff.....

#1 1) depending on the console method (see the C++ code for how they are implemented)

1b) You can store your string as a global variable, which is accessable wherever.

2) you have to use the simObject functions, i dont remember the exact functions but various consolefunctions/consolemethods take the object name as a parameter (which is just a string) and then get the actual object.

your best bet is to look at the C++ source for the answers/examples you need.

#2 I have looked, there doesnt appear to be a way of returning strings, which I found odd, so I posted here hoping I was wrong.

Ive worked out the class thing. =)

#3 Hi Ricky,

that's how its done (I think):

ConsoleMethod( SomeClass, getSomeValue, const char*, 2, 2, "")
{
char* buffer = Con::getReturnBuffer( dStrlen( object->mSomeValue)+1 );
dStrcpy(buffer, object->mSomeValue);
return buffer;
}

- Michael

#4 Ricky,

(1) has been answered above.

(2) You can use "Sim::findObject( id )". "findObject" has many overloads but by far the easiest way is to just directly passing the incoming string parameter (which is an id). Look in "fxSceneObject2D.cc" (line 505) e.g. the "addToScene()" function. Here the incoming ID is in argv[2] and uses...

fxSceneGraph2D* pSceneGraph2D = dynamic_cast<fxSceneGraph2D*>(Sim::findObject(argv[2]));

The dynamic_cast will obviously let you know if the object is what you expect.

For more examples, search for the "Sim::findObject" call in the SDK.

If you need to pass an object id back, set the return type as S32 (which is the type for SimObjectId) and just return "myObject->getId()".

Hope this helps,

- Melv.

#5 Thank you loads Michael and Melv!

=) Back to my T2D'ing...