Referencing Entities in the Scene

[ElmutiKelmuti]

How would I reference entities in the scene?

 

I have this health giving box that I'm setting up for the default player that comes with the demo, but I have no Idea how to index the player entity

 

Script.HealthPerUse = 15
Script.Uses = 2
Script.Sound = ""
function Script:Use()
if Script.Uses > 0 then
 print("Health giver used!")
 local player = I_DONT_KNOW
 player:ReceiveHealth(Script.HealthPerUse)
 Script.Uses = Script.Uses - 1
end
end

[shadmar]

If you in your script add this :

Script.player=""--entity

 

Then in your scene tab, you can drag and drop your player entity.

You will need to reference they player as self.player in the script.

[ElmutiKelmuti]

I have this set up as the Script of the box

 

Script.HealthPerUse = 15
Script.Uses = 2
Script.Sound = ""
Script.player = ""
function Script:Use()
if self.Uses > 0 then
 print("Health giver used!")
 local player = I_DONT_KNOW
 player:ReceiveHealth(self.HealthPerUse)
 self.Uses = self.Uses - 1
end
end

 

However I checked through all the properties in the box, and it doesn't have any of the properties I set to it in the script

[macklebee]

This:

Script.player=""--entity

is not the same as this:

Script.player = ""

 

the commented text after the script variables will allow you to set options/parameters in the editor as explained here at the bottom of the article: http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/tutorials/_/script/creating-your-first-object-script-r110

[beo6]

How do you call the Use function?

I would guess you use it from the player script, so you should be able to just give the player entity with it.

 

as a side node. But definetly my own opinion:

I would not let another entity play around with the player functions. That way the box don't even need to know the player