Script:Start is not called in lua script in the prefab

[Mikalaj]

Hello, I have the next problem, maybe someone can help me.

 

I want to create a weapon prefab. I got mdl file with all the animations. But that model was oriented differently than standard FPSPlayer.lua expects. So I created a pivot point with appropriate orientation and attached the whole model to this point.I have attached a script no to the top level pivot point but to the weapon model that is a child of a pivot point. Save scene as prefab.

 

To the FPSPlayer.lua script in another scene I have attached this prefab as a weapon. And when I start a game Script:Start in the prefab weapon is not called leaving uninitialized some parameters that lately causes errors.

 

So I have several questions. Is start method is some special method? What conditions should be met to make Start called? What is the best way to initialize parameters in the prefab?

 

Thanks.

[Genebris]

I thought start is called for all entities, but if it's not, you can just call it yourself from player start function for example. Find where weapon prefab is loaded in player script and then call weapon's start.

 

I have just came across the same problem so I added start call myself:

w=Prefab:Load("prefabs/weapons/"..self.equipment["weapon"]..".pfb")
w:GetChild(0).script:Start()

Edited October 15, 2014 by Genebris

[Mikalaj]

Thanks, Genebris. That also worked for me.

Seem that documentation differs from reality.

 

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/documentation/_/command-reference/prefab/prefabload-r622 states

"When the prefab is loaded, any entities in the hierarchy with a script attached to them will have the Start() function called."

[Josh]

Add Map::LoadScripts to the flags parameter. I updated the documentation a bit and added a comment below.

[Rick]

• static Entity* Load(const std::string& path, int flags=LoadScripts, const uint64_t fileid=0)
  

 

Isn't that the default value already?

[beo6]

According to the documentation page i would also think that scripts are loaded already by default.

[Josh]

You're right.