Finding an object placed in editor?

[Andy Gilbert]

HI, in the "driver" example, when you run the game from within the editor, the script creates the car and places it ETC. This sort of defeats the object of the editor.

 

So my question is, how can i place an object in the editor that has a lua script, then from the "game" script find that object and do stuff with it?

 

I have read the lua guide, but it doesnt explain it in there, unless ive missed it.

 

thanks

Andy

[Andy Gilbert]

Done it:

 

for entity in iterate(fw.main.world.entities) do

if entity:GetKey("name")=="myModel_1" then

myModel = entity

end

end

 

Andy

[ParaToxic]

Why you don't use FindChild ?? You get the world of the Framework( index 0 ) and call FindChild, place your entityname and get the entity back

[fumanshoo]

Could you possibly tell me where you found out how to do this? A source would be much appreciated.

[Andy Gilbert]

If your referring to the method i posted then it was a combination of the Lua guide and trial And error.

 

Otherwise I'm not sure bout paratoxic and although I'm sure it will work I haven't tried it.

 

Thanks

Andy

[ChrisMAN]

I might be due for another pass through the scripts folder. All of that stuff is there. The class script is probably the most important. The code reads really well. I have wondered how much of a perf boost could be gained on the lua side by doing proper prototypical inheritance instead of creating extra functions everywhere.