current ActionExecutionType?

  • #1, by rhavin grobertFriday, 01. December 2017, 00:52 6 years ago
    How do I get the current ActionExecutionType?

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  • #2, by afrlmeFriday, 01. December 2017, 01:32 6 years ago
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    To be honest I'm not sure if that's possible. You can however listen out for keyboard presses & mouse events though. Check example 1 & 2 here.

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  • #3, by sebastianFriday, 01. December 2017, 02:19 6 years ago
    old method:

    Actions["name"]:getInt(VActionExecutionType) 

    new(er) 

    Actions["name"].ActionExecutionType

    or

    Actions.name.ExecutionType

    in this case "name" should be named uniqe . 

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  • #4, by rhavin grobertFriday, 01. December 2017, 09:55 6 years ago
    Ok, I should have asked more specific grin

    See this:

    if (_qp == nil) then
    
      _qp = {}
    
    end
    
    
    
    _qp.cmd = {}
    
    _qp.cmd.objThis = emptyObject
    
    _qp.cmd.objLast = emptyObject
    
    _qp.cmd.cmdLast = emptyObject
    
    _qp.cmd.curCmd = _qp.cmd['cmdWalk']
    
    _qp.cmd.altObj = emptyObject
    
    _qp.cmd.altName = ""
    
    
    
    _qp.cmd['cmdWalk'] = getObject('Interfaces[_default].InterfaceButtons[cmdWalk]')
    
    _qp.cmd['cmdLook'] = getObject('Interfaces[_default].InterfaceButtons[cmdLook]')
    
    _qp.cmd['cmdUse'] = getObject('Interfaces[_default].InterfaceButtons[cmdUse]')
    
    _qp.cmd['cmdTalk'] = getObject('Interfaces[_default].InterfaceButtons[cmdTalk]')
    
    _qp.cmd['cmdGive'] = getObject('Interfaces[_default].InterfaceButtons[cmdGive]')
    
    _qp.cmd['cmdTake'] = getObject('Interfaces[_default].InterfaceButtons[cmdTake]')
    
    _qp.cmd['cmdPush'] = getObject('Interfaces[_default].InterfaceButtons[cmdPush]')
    
    _qp.cmd['cmdPull'] = getObject('Interfaces[_default].InterfaceButtons[cmdPull]')
    
    _qp.cmd['cmdOpen'] = getObject('Interfaces[_default].InterfaceButtons[cmdOpen]')
    
    _qp.cmd['cmdClose'] = getObject('Interfaces[_default].InterfaceButtons[cmdClose]')
    
    
    
    -- mainloop hooking function
    
    function _qphookMain()
    
      _qp.cmd.objThis = game:getLink(VGameCurrentObject)
    
      -- skip if nothing happend
    
      if _qp.cmd.objThis == _qp.cmd.objLast
    
        then return end
    
      _qp.cmd.setAltText(emptyObject, "")
    
      _qp.cmd.onChangeObjectcommand()
    
      _qp.cmd.objLast = _qp.cmd.objThis
    
    end
    
    
    
    -- get displayed object name in current language
    
    _qp.getObjLangName = function(obj)
    
      if obj:isEmpty() then return "" end
      local id = obj:getId().tableId
    
      if id == eObjects then
    
        return obj:getTextStr(VObjectName)
    
      elseif id == eCharacters then
    
        return obj:getTextStr(VCharacterName)
    
      elseif id == eScenes then
    
        return obj:getTextStr(VSceneName)
    
      elseif id == eButtons then
    
        return obj:getTextStr(VButtonName)
    
      end
    
    end
    
    
    
    -- set displayed object name in current language
    
    _qp.setObjLangName = function(_obj, _name)
    
      if _obj:isEmpty() then return end
      -- get all texts belonging to the object
    
      local texts = _obj.ObjectName.TextTextLanguages
    
      local ldef = game.StandardLanguage:getId().id
    
      for _,v in ipairs(texts) do
    
        if v.language == ldef then
    
          v.text = _name
    
          -- reassign to trigger update
    
          _obj.ObjectName.TextTextLanguages = texts
    
          break
    
        end
    
      end
    
    end
    
    
    
    -- set alternative temporary text
    
    _qp.cmd.setAltText = function(_obj, _altText)
    
      if _qp.cmd.altObj ~= emptyObject then
    
       _qp.setObjLangName(_qp.cmd.altObj,_qp.cmd.altName)
    
      end
    
      _qp.cmd.altObj = _obj
    
      if _qp.cmd.altObj ~= emptyObject then
    
       _qp.cmd.altName = _qp.getObjLangName(_qp.cmd.altObj)
    
         _qp.setObjLangName(_qp.cmd.altObj,_altText)
    
      end
    
    end
    
    
    
    -- call an items command
    
    _qp.cmd.callItemCommand = function(_cmd, _item)
    
      local cmds = _item:getLinks(VObjectActions)
    
      for _,v in ipairs(cmds) do
    
        if v.ActionCommand == _cmd then
    
          startAction(v) 
        end
    
      end
    
    end
    
    
    
    -- change current command
    
    _qp.cmd.changeCommand = function(_cmd)
    
       game:setValue(VGameActiveCommand, _cmd)
    
      _qp.cmd.curCmd = _cmd
    
    end
    
    
    
    -- called if current target has just changed
    
    _qp.cmd.onChangeObjectcommand = function()
    
      if _qp.cmd.objThis:isEmpty() or
    
        _qp.cmd.objThis:getId().tableId ~= eObjects then
    
        return false
    
      end
    
      -- get command object and internal command name
    
      _qp.cmd.curCmd = game:getLink(VGameActiveCommand)
    
      local nameCmd = _qp.cmd.curCmd:getName()
    
     
    
      for _,v in ipairs(_qp.cmd.objThis:getLinks(VObjectValues)) do
    
        local attribute = v:getName()
    
        local valString = v:getStr(VValueString)
    
        -- check if cmd is redirected by object
    
        if attribute == nameCmd then
    
          if _qp.cmd[valString] ~= nil then
    
            _qp.cmd.changeCommand(_qp.cmd[valString])
    
            nameCmd = _qp.cmd.curCmd:getName()
    
          end
    
        end
    
        -- check for cmdWalk with walkto
    
        if attribute == "walkto" and nameCmd == "cmdWalk" then
    
          -- change action text
    
            _qp.cmd.setAltText(_qp.cmd.objThis, _qp.getObjLangName(Scenes[valString]))
    
          return true
    
        end
    
        -- check if object represents an item
    
        if attribute == "item" then
    
          -- call items command action
    
          return _qp.cmd.callItemCommand(_qp.cmd.curCmd, game:getLinks(VGameItems)[valString])
    
        end
    
      end
    
      return false
    
    end
    
    
    
    registerEventHandler('mainLoop', '_qphookMain')

    Currently, the function callItemCommand is called from onChangeObjectcommand if an object has the attribute item with the value of the items internal name. Its purpose it to tell the engine that a scene object *is* an item, so any actions that are not explicitly defined in the scene object should be handled by the item. So the logic I want to get is something that should be part of the engine, but is not, so I have to do this myself:

    If a scene object is connected to an item, forward all actions not explicitly stated in the scene object to the connected item. The purpose is of course that there are some actions that would require different handling depending of an objects position (standing somewhere in the scene, held in inventory), but most action (like "look at apple") should get the same action. That action in this examples apple will have some ActionExecutionType and I need to forward the action only if that has already been met.

    For now, this works immediately, so if an item has an action that should be issued on the view command, it will get called as soon as the mouse reached the object-item regardless of that items actions ActionExecutionType.

    So I need to delay that depending on the current ActionExecutionType (has a mouse button been pressed? Has the character already reached the item? etc.)

    The other three alternatives I can envision are:

    Copy all actions not defined in scene-object from item to scene-object…

    - at load of game
    - at first start of scene
    - by a tool that I have to write which does it directly in the *.vis-file (not preferred, because it will lead to a mess keeping manually track of those changes)

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  • #5, by sebastianFriday, 01. December 2017, 17:58 6 years ago
    Your scripts are not easy to follow. 
    Im not quite sure if i understand you correctly or what you are up to... 
    Also your explainations are a bit misunderstandable for me. 

    Lets say you have a scene object "apple" with actions for look,  take,  eat, etc...  
    There is also an Item "apple" which represents the apple. Now you want to call the same actions on the item that you used in the scene object but not want to copy&paste everything redundant? 
    (or the other way around) 
    OR 

    do you want to have some kind of fallback actions which get triggered when there is no action defined for a command? 

    thats what i understand from your explainations... 

    or something else? 

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  • #6, by rhavin grobertFriday, 01. December 2017, 18:14 6 years ago
    Lets say you have a scene object "apple" with actions for look,  take,  eat, etc...  
    There is also an Item "apple" which represents the apple. Now you want to call the same actions on the item that you used in the scene object but not want to copy&paste everything redundant? 
    Exactly, but the other way around grin. Scene object should behave like item exept in those cases, where an action is explicitly defined in scene-object.

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  • #7, by sebastianFriday, 01. December 2017, 18:21 6 years ago
    why not using the "call action" action parts and refer to the items action? No Lua needed...
    You still need to create the actions on both so that it gets triggered but in the scene object you just include the "call action"  to the items representation if that command. 

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  • #8, by rhavin grobertFriday, 01. December 2017, 19:02 6 years ago
    why not using the "call action" action parts and refer to the items action? No Lua needed...
    You still need to create the actions on both so that it gets triggered but in the scene object you just include the "call action"  to the items representation if that command. 

    because that would become about three or four call-actions per item instead of one simple to maintain attribute.

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  • #9, by sebastianFriday, 01. December 2017, 21:54 6 years ago
    im afraid i cant help you out here then... I already posted about the ActionExecutionType but got no feedback at all if it works for you.

    I believe you try to expand the engine on the wrong ends for the sake of saving not much maintenance time (which is not bad) but creating these for the simplest in-engine builtin mechanics and also producing a huge lua overhead in the mainloop and elsewhere. 
    Not sure where this will lead in case of performance for your project. 

    Anyway, good luck smile 

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