Scripting That Works, Using Cameras

Okay, I may get hazed for asking these questions, and most likely directed to a tutorial that doesn't work with the current build, but perhaps someone might be able to help me...


I'm relatively new to scripting with Torque. Brand new, really. I'm more of a designer by trade, but programmers are hard to come by, so I'm taking over for my company's project. So, this is going to be fantastic. I can already feel the late nights feuled by caffeine. Good times.

Anyway, the first thing is, how the heck does one actually write a script to affect what is going on in the game?

Case in point: I have created a testbed to start working on little sample pieces to get used to scripting. My level is called title.t2d (it's a title screen).

I have clouds on the screen, labeled titlecloud1 and titlecloud2. I can get them to move from within the TGB testbed program by entering "titlecloud1.setlinearvelocityy(-2);" into the terminal, but if I write it within the main.cs file or game.cs file, nothing happens.

I've looked through the docs and am probably missing something fairly obvious, but I'm just not getting it. I want to know WHERE to put my scripting so that it affects the objects on screen. I know how to tinker with the objects, but I just can't get the right placement of the code.


Second, how do I zoom the camera? I've tried using setcurrentcamerazoom(2); and it doesn't work. I'm sure the answer is simple, but it eludes me at the moment.

Thanks for any help,

Jesse