Simple Script Problem

#1 %times is a local variable. As such it will be reset to 0 every time the function is called.

#2 Harold is correct. You could change it to $times to make it global, or put the times variable into the players namespace... ie %this.times

#3 It didn't work. I don't want to use a global variable and tried %this.times and it didn't work. Here is my new code.

datablock StaticShapeData(LaunchCrate)
{
category = "WeirdItems";
shapeFile = "~/data/shapes/crate/crate.dts";
};
function LaunchCrate::onCollision(%this, %obj, %col)
{
if(%col.getClassName() $= "Player")
{
if(%this.times > 1){
echo('This has been called ' @ %this.times @ ' times.');
%impulse = 50 * %this.times;
%col.applyImpulse("0 0 0", "0 0 %impulse");
%this.times = %this.times + 1;
}
else{
echo('First time called!');
%this.times = 2;
%col.applyImpulse("0 0 0", "0 0 50");
}
}
}

Also, the terminal continues to say '21' Please post if you can help with any bit of my code.

#4 Instead of %this.times, just use $times for now. That should get it working.

#5 Function LaunchCrate::onAdd(%this,%obj)
{
%obj.times = 1;
}

try that if that doesn't work just use $times or set up echo's to check the value of %obj.times

#6 I tried changing the code to this:

datablock StaticShapeData(LaunchCrate)
{
category = "WeirdItems";
shapeFile = "~/data/shapes/crate/crate.dts";
};
function LaunchCrate::onAdd(%this,%obj)
{
%obj.times = 1;
}

function LaunchCrate::onCollision(%this, %obj, %col)
{
if(%col.getClassName() $= "Player")
{
echo('This has been called ' @ %this.times @ ' times.');
%impulse = 50 * %this.times;
%col.applyImpulse("0 0 0", "0 0 %impulse");
%this.times = %this.times + 1;
}
}

but now I get no impulse. Clearly there is something wrong with that function. Please help me as soon as possible, I want to get the hang on Torque Script.

#7 Function LaunchCrate::onCollision(%this, %obj, %col)
{
if(%col.getClassName() $= "Player")
{
echo('This has been called ' @ %this.times @ ' times.');
%impulse = 50 * %obj.times;
%col.applyImpulse("0 0 0", "0 0 %impulse");
%obj.times = %obj.times + 1;
}
}

it should be %obj.times not %this.times %this = "Launchcrate" as in the datablock %obj is the object.

#8 No luck. I am getting a lot of console messages like 21122, 21222, 21322, 21422, 21522, ect...

I think that it believes that %obj.times is a string. Here is my code:

Function LaunchCrate::onCollision(%this, %obj, %col)
{
if(%col.getClassName() $= "Player")
{
echo('This has been called ' @ %this.times @ ' times.');
%impulse = 50 * %obj.times;
%col.applyImpulse("0 0 0", "0 0 %impulse");
%obj.times = %obj.times + 1;
}
}

What should I do?

#9 Okay sorry for above posts I must not have been thinking clearly

%col.applyImpulse("0 0 0", "0 0 %impulse");

should be

%col.applyImpulse("0 0 0", "0 0 "@%impulse);

and

%obj.times = %obj.times + 1;

could be shortened to

%obj.times++;

finally I forgot to change the %this in the echo so the overall function should be

Function LaunchCrate::onCollision(%this, %obj, %col)
{
if(%col.getClassName() $= "Player")
{
echo('This has been called ' @ %obj.times @ ' times.');
%impulse = 50 * %obj.times;
%col.applyImpulse("0 0 0", "0 0 "@%impulse);
%obj.times++;
}
}

#10 THANKS!!! This is totaly working! At last! Thanks you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!
Master Treb you were so helpful!

#11 Nice to hear. just to clarify to add a variable to a string you need an @ in between

ex.
echo("%this = "@%this@"!");

#12 I have another small question. How does loadMyMission() work? I got it to work during the GettingStarted.pdf, but no it starts to load, but then it just doesn't. Where can I change which mission it loads / which mission is default?

#13 Nm, found the anwer on another forum