Add item 'envelope' to Character 'Timmy'

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1. Wednesday, 06. March 2013, 14:47 · 14 years ago#1

   Hi,
   
   How can headline action be done with LUA? I mean, giving an item (i.e. envelope) to a Character (i.e. Timmy).
   I've looked for the action in Data Structure documentation, but the only similar thing I see there is the CharacterItems field in Character table. I have tried adding an object there, but I can't.
   
   Thanks!
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3. Wednesday, 06. March 2013, 16:23 · 14 years ago#2

   hmm ...
   only thing I see in the data structure are the commands for listing game items & character items.
   
   I'm not sure based on this if you can give the characters items using lua (Alex would know- I think)
   you could try reading the lua files insie of the visionaire3 folder found in program files or maybe inside of the projects.ve file itself by reading it with a text editor like notepad++ or sublime.
   
   I know you can write commands like game:getLink etc.
4. Wednesday, 06. March 2013, 17:51 · 14 years ago#3

   Just use a function like this. i.g. addItemToChar( "Timmy", "evenlope" )
   
   

   function addItemToChar (iChar, iItem)
     local char = getObject("Characters[" .. iChar .. "]")
     local items = char:getLinks(VCharacterItems)
     local gameItem = getObject("Game.GameItems[" .. iItem.. "]")
   
     table.insert(items, gameItem)
   
     -- debugging
     for i = 1, table.maxn(items) do
       print('item ' .. i .. ': ')
       print(items[i])
     end
   
     char:setValue(VCharacterItems, items)
   end

5. Wednesday, 06. March 2013, 19:38 · 14 years ago#4

   Yeah, it works!
   
   Thanks a lot. So, this is the way to add data to a table... Good to know. Thanks!