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[DustyDrake]

So it's still like the entitydataread and save?

[Pineapple]

No. Now you can do getentityglobal(player,"pos") without doing anything beforehand except declaring that global variable in the player script. (And if it hasn't been declared you just get a nil back.)

player.lua:

Code:

function initialized()
	pos=10
	if code==14 then code=code+2 end
end

main.lua:

Code:

function main()
	print(getentityglobal(player,"pos"))
end

console/log output:

Code:

16

This *should* work even with tables.

[DustyDrake]

Declaring it like so?
setentityglobal( this, "pos", value )
Or can I use pos = value?
Because if not it's exactly like entitydataread/save.

[Pineapple]

See the more information I edited into the previous post. It really is not at all like entitydataread/save.

[pluckyporcupine]

Declaring it like so?
setentityglobal( this, "pos", value )
Or can I use pos = value?
Because if not it's exactly like entitydataread/save.

In the simplest terms - from inside the entity in question, you just access the variable in question with "pos = value". From outside the entity in question, it's like entitydataread/save.

It pretty much just saves a few calls. Doesn't make manipulation from outside the entity's script any easier if that was what you were getting at.

[DustyDrake]

I just needed to get the value of that variable.
However now I'm apparently getting issues with getentityx() not working.
I gotta look into how I'm making the entity in question before I call broken though.

Edit: Yep, I put entitygetx, instead of getentityx

Edit: Argleblarg, the stupid enemy is solid even after I use setentitysolid(this,0)

[Pineapple]

Edit: Argleblarg, the stupid enemy is solid even after I use setentitysolid(this,0)

Solid only applies to collision with other entities, not with the map. (Should probably do something to make not colliding with the map ok, though.) If collision with the map is the problem maybe try using positional commands that ignore the map mask?

[DustyDrake]

It's an entity I want to not be solid. Do both have to be set to notsolid?

[Pineapple]

It's an entity I want to not be solid. Do both have to be set to notsolid?

Nope. Can I see where you're setting the entity to not-solid?

[pluckyporcupine]

Having a really bizarre problem. I tried to add to the Captain's Log so that it prints the objective on startup. This is in initialize().

Code:

mission = dataread("mission")
	print("mission" .. tostring(mission))
	if mission == 0 then
		datasave(tostring(cc), "ELIMINATE")
		print(dataread(cc))
		datasave(tostring(cc) .. "sym", 19)
		cc = cc + 1
		print("mission confirmed" .. cc)
	end

And it doesn't print. It prints everything else but that. But here's the weird part. This is my log:

Code:

09/02/13 - 09:39:40 AM : SCRIPT: "C:/Users/Matt/Documents/Banshee Engine/banshee - ANSISubGame/ansisubgame/scripts/playermain.lua": mission0
09/02/13 - 09:39:40 AM : SCRIPT: "C:/Users/Matt/Documents/Banshee Engine/banshee - ANSISubGame/ansisubgame/scripts/playermain.lua": ELIMINATE
09/02/13 - 09:39:40 AM : SCRIPT: "C:/Users/Matt/Documents/Banshee Engine/banshee - ANSISubGame/ansisubgame/scripts/playermain.lua": mission confirmed1

It's set up IDENTICALLY to the other code dictating the usage of the Captain's Log.

[Pineapple]

I'm confused what the issue is. It looks like it does what it's supposed to.

Just to be sure: you know that "print" only outputs to the console/log, right? To put it on the screen you'll need to use drawstring or drawtext.

[pluckyporcupine]

Just to be sure: you know that "print" only outputs to the console/log, right? To put it on the screen you'll need to use drawstring or drawtext.

Yes. I know that. I did build a HUD that involves drawing lots of text. The print statements were to make sure everything was going through correctly, which it APPEARS to be doing.

My problem is that the HUD isn't printing that statement. Even though cc = 1 at the end and the place for cc = 0 in global data prints "ELIMINATE" like it's supposed to, it does not show up in the place where the HUD code says to print dataread(cc-1).

EDIT: To be clearer, for some reason, ALL of the code related to the Captain's Log works...except that. And that is in the initialize() function which is the only thing it doesn't share with the rest of the code. Otherwise it's almost identical.

EDIT2: And I fixed it by modifying the number gained from this operation after it was set but this gives me an access violation error apparently and I'm a bit confused as to why.

Code:

local cxmax = getmapwidth(getentitymap(this)) - 39

[Pineapple]

EDIT2: And I fixed it by modifying the number gained from this operation after it was set but this gives me an access violation error apparently and I'm a bit confused as to why.

Reeks of an engine bug. Can you send me what you've got?

[Pineapple]

Currently working on a massive upgrade to the documentation.

[DustyDrake]

It's an entity I want to not be solid. Do both have to be set to notsolid?

Nope. Can I see where you're setting the entity to not-solid?

Both when I initialize the enemy and when it's draw function is called:

Code:

function initialized()
	setentitysolid(this, 0)
end

function draw_self()
	local dist = getentityglobal(player,"pos")
	setentitysolid(this, 0)
	if(dist < 15) then
		drawset(2,3,19)
		drawtile(getentityx(this),getentityy(this))
	end
end

Actually that reminds me, for some reason I can't use getentityglobal(player,"pos") - pos
Might be because I used entitydatasave for that variable, so I'll check on that.

[Pineapple]

setentitysolid(this, 0)

The function is meant to take a boolean - try setting it to false instead. Lua is prickly and weird about casting numbers to bools and visa-versa.

Actually that reminds me, for some reason I can't use getentityglobal(player,"pos") - pos
Might be because I used entitydatasave for that variable, so I'll check on that.

Yeah, if it's entitydata instead of an Lua global then it's not gonna see it.

[Pineapple]

Docs in progress.

It's absolutely unstyled at the moment, but it's going pretty well. I think it's a huge improvement.

[pluckyporcupine]

Reeks of an engine bug. Can you send me what you've got?

That line after the "EDIT2" with code is the exact line that gave me an access violation.

And I still am lost as to why setting the data during the initialized() function is not allowing me to print said data.

[Pineapple]

Reeks of an engine bug. Can you send me what you've got?

That line after the "EDIT2" with code is the exact line that gave me an access violation.

And I still am lost as to why setting the data during the initialized() function is not allowing me to print said data.

For me to know precisely what's causing an access violation I pretty much have to be able to run your game in debug mode, and what line of script caused it is mostly irrelevant. 

[pluckyporcupine]

For me to know precisely what's causing an access violation I pretty much have to be able to run your game in debug mode, and what line of script caused it is mostly irrelevant.  

Ah. Sure. Let me upload it and PM you.

EDIT:

And I still am lost as to why setting the data during the initialized() function is not allowing me to print said data.

Still no idea why it wouldn't print (cc is just a pointer to a number and that number - 1 = the global address that is being printed) but doing what I'd done with every other zone and saving cc after adding to it seems to have fixed it.

EDIT2: D'OH! That's what I get for solving the problem right after I wake up. The pointer was increasing but then it was being overwritten (decreased) during the next step by the game syncing the globally saved data to the local variable. THEN when the next text update happened, it would overwrite it.

Ah, makes much more sense now.