value is nil

[Rick]

What am I missing here? I load the mesh, but when I try to SetPosition() it says object.characterModel is nil. So the mesh isn't getting loaded, but the Notify I have shows the correct filename and the model is under the Model directory on the LE SDK. Is there a typo I'm not seeing?

 

function object:SetKey(key,value)
	if key=="model" then
		local pos = self.model:GetPosition()
		object.characterModel = LoadMesh("abstract::"..value)
		Notify("abstract::"..value)
		object.characterModel:SetPosition(Vec3(pos.x, pos.y, pos.z))
	else
		return self.super:SetKey(key,value)
	end
	return 1
end

[VicToMeyeZR]

Whats the Notify you get? is it abstract::c:\program files\leadwerks SDK\..... ?

[Rick]

It's abstract::character.gmf

 

The model does load in the model viewer.

[VicToMeyeZR]

change object.characterModel to self.characterModel

[Rick]

That's what it originally was

 

It seems LoadMesh() or LoadModel() aren't working on this model or for some reason it can't find it.

[VicToMeyeZR]

so it works fine with another gmf file then?

[Rick]

Well now I'm really confused. Now when I open my scene it's there. grrr, I hate stuff like that.

[wh1sp3r]

yes Rick .. there are lots of mysteries in lua ... strange crashes, strange errors, strange object disappearng ..

[VicToMeyeZR]

yeah. frustrating... The lua doesn't refresh/reload like it should.