Get value from another lua entity

[macklebee]

I am setting a key/value in object's script file. I have a sbx that has this object loaded into it. Looking at the sbx file in notepad, my custom key/value is being written to the sbx. I have the map loaded into sandbox and I am using the fpscontroller.lua file to scan the current world entites for this key, but yet it never finds it. Does this not work because its in the editor and I would need to actually load the sbx in my own lua file to run separately from the editor? Or is this a limitation of a multistate lua system versus a single state?

 

pick=CameraPick(camera,Vec3(GraphicsWidth()/2,GraphicsHeight()/2,2.0),0,0)
if pick~=nil then
	for entity in iterate(CurrentWorld().entities) do
		if GetEntityKey(entity,"myvalue","")=="1" then
			if entity==pick.entity then
				if EntityDistance(camera, pick.entity)<3 then
					myotherkey = 1

				else
					myotherkey = 0
				end
			end
		end
	end
end

[Rick]

Use

 

for model in iterate(fw.main.world.entities) do
	if(model:GetKey("Name") == name) then
		return model
	end
end

 

You don't know what CurrentWorld() is returning because there can be multiple worlds.

[macklebee]

Use

 

for model in iterate(fw.main.world.entities) do
	if(model:GetKey("Name") == name) then
		return model
	end
end

 

You don't know what CurrentWorld() is returning because there can be multiple worlds.

 

yes i have already tried this as well as performing GetGlobalObject for the main_world and setting the world to fw.main.world etc... still no response at all...

[Rick]

That works for me. Put some Prints() in there to see where it's hitting and where it's not. That could help debug.

[macklebee]

yep got it...