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Finding the path marker the player is headed to

by Andy Hawkins · in Torque Game Engine · 07/26/2007 (8:41 am) · 1 replies

How can I address the member 'internalName' in the context of the path Marker defined below.

I want to do something like
if (currentPath.currentMarker.internalName $= "wait5") 
 {
     // do something
 }

Here's my code...
new Path(Human1Path) {
            canSaveDynamicFields = "1";
            isLooping = "1";

            new Marker(Marker1) {
               canSaveDynamicFields = "1";
               internalName = "wait5";               // <- get to this member????
               position = "792.084 832.16 -28.8";
               rotation = "1 0 0 0";
               scale = "1 1 1";
               seqNum = "1";
               type = "Normal";
               msToNext = "1000";
               smoothingType = "Spline";
            };
...

I'm trying to rig the method like this... but I don't know how to call internalName...
function HumanAIPlayer::onReachDestination(%this,%obj)
{
   // Moves to the next node on the path.
   // Override for all player. Normally we'd override this for only
   // a specific player datablock or class of players.
   if (%obj.path !$= "")
   {
      // resume normal handling
      if (%obj.currentNode == %obj.targetNode)
         %this.onEndOfPath(%obj,%obj.path);
      else
      {
          // is there something for the object to do?
         // check the internal name where a task may reside
         // currently there is waitX or loadX
         // waitX is wait X number of seconds
         // loadX is grab an object and wait X seconds before moving off
         if (%obj.path.internalName $= "wait5")      // < -------- this is bit that doesn't work
         {
            // call wait and schedule to moveToNextNode after wait
            AIPlayer::wait(%this,5);
            %this.schedule(5 * 1000,"moveToNode",%obj);
            
         }
         else
         {
            %obj.moveToNextNode();
         }
      }
   }
}
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#1
07/27/2007 (11:06 pm)
Well I figured it out.

Here's how to access the current marker the path is pointed to. What it does is allow you to use the 'internalName' field to give a human, or bot or whatever, extra instructions before it heads off to the next waypoint. In my case I want to give the player the impression the humans are going to a point, picking something up or performing a job, then taking objects with them or moving to something else. So a human could be fixing a bunch of generators, or moving stock from a warehouse to a boat etc.

%node = %obj.path.getObject(%obj.currentNode);
         if (%node.internalName $= "wait5")
         {
            // call wait and schedule to moveToNextNode after wait
            %this.ailoop2=%this.schedule(5 * 1000,"moveToNode",%obj);
       
         }
         else
         {
            if (%node.internalName $= "load5")
            {
               // call play load animation and schedule to moveToNextNode after wait
               // also mount object to human
               %this.ailoop2=%this.schedule(5 * 1000,"moveToNode",%obj);
            }
            else
            {
               if (%node.internalName $= "dump5")
               {
                  // call play dump animation and schedule to moveToNextNode after wait
                  // also unmount object from human
                  %this.ailoop2=%this.schedule(5 * 1000,"moveToNode",%obj);
               }
               else
               {
                  %obj.moveToNextNode();
               }
            }
         }