Get properties of an object

#1 If you already know the field, you can just do:

$name = %object.name;


But if you are wanting to enumerate the fields and values, you can do it
like this:

%fldcnt = %object.getFieldCount();
   for (%i=0;%i<%fldcnt;%i++)
   {
      // Gets the field name and the field value
      %fldname  = %object.getField(%i);
      %fldvalue = %object.getFieldValue(%fldname);
   }

Fields can also be added dynamically:

%object.MyNewField = "10"; // creates a new dynamic field and assigns it.

You enumerate these differently:

%fldcnt = %object.getDynamicFieldCount();
   for (%i=0;%i<%fldcnt;%i++)
   {
      // Gets the field name and the field value
      %fldname  = %object.getDynamicField(%i);
      %fldvalue = %object.getFieldValue(%fldname);
   }

#2 Thanks! Using that I was able to figure out that using:

%name = %object.getFieldValue(parentGroup);

would return the parent group name of the object I clicked on.

#3 I use %object.setFieldValue to change a field on the object but it doesn't seem to actually change anything. I check the object with the world inspector and the field has changed.

For instance if I want to change the color shading of a tree. I can do this:

%object.setFieldValue(customAmbientLighting, "9 9 0 9");
%object.setFieldValue(useCustomAmbientLighting, true);

I'd check the properties of the tree and the value for the custom ambient lighting has changed to 9 9 0 9 and the check mark is checked on use ambient lighting, but the trees appearance doesn't change. if I click the check mark off and back on again, then it will change.

is there some type of update command I have to send to the object to make the changes take place?

#4 A lot of this is dependent on the implementation of the object - whether the field auto updates or not. If it doesn't, you can call InspectPostApply to force it to update (like the inspector does).

#5 Thanks for the quick reply.

Sorry for my lack of knowledge but I'm having trouble locating the correct syntax for InspectPostApply.

The documentation says SimObject::inspectPostApply() but that wasn't helpful.

Could you let me know how I would apply that to my script?

Thanks