Getting script from entity

[Brutile]

I have a script that grabs the player entity as a value:

Script.player = nil --Entity "Player"

The player gets assigned in the scene properties.

 

This succeeds:

if self.player ~= nil then

end

But this doesn't:

 

if self.player.script ~= nil then

end

The player definitely has a script, and I've accessed the script the same way by passing it directly. But using the properties panel to set the player, it doesn't work.

[macklebee]

Can you give more detail on your script? Have you checked the output log to see if it has loaded/executed the player's script prior to this script?

I just tried this simple script on a csg box with the standard fpsplayer set as the 'script.player', and it seems to work.

Script.player = nil --Entity "Player"

 

function Script:Start()

if self.player ~= nil then

System:Print("player exists")

end

if self.player.script ~= nil then

System:Print("script exists")

end

end

[Brutile]

This is the full script

 

Script.player = nil --Entity "Player"
Script.enemyPath = "" --path "Enemy Prefab" "Prefab (*.pfb):pfb|Prefabs"
Script.spawnRate = 5 --float "Initial Spawn Rate"
Script.spawnVariation = 0.25 --float "Spawn Variation"
Script.spawnAmount = 5 --int "Initial Spawn Amount"
Script.spawnTimer = 0
function Script:Start()
self.spawnTimer = self.spawnRate
end
function Script:UpdateWorld()
local deltaTime = (1.0 / Time:UPS())
if self.spawnTimer <= 0 and self.spawnAmount > 0 then
 self.spawnTimer = self.spawnRate
 self.spawnAmount = self.spawnAmount - 1
 if self.enemyPath ~= "" then
  local prefab = Prefab:Load(self.enemyPath)

  if prefab ~= nil then
   if prefab.script ~= nil then
 if self.player ~= nil and self.player.script ~= nil then
  prefab.script.target = self.player.script
 end

 prefab:SetPosition(self.entity:GetPosition(true), true)
 prefab:SetRotation(self.entity:GetRotation(true), true)
   else
 prefab:Release()
   end
  end
 end
else
 self.spawnTimer = self.spawnTimer - deltaTime
end
end

 

It is an enemy spawner that spawns enemies and sets their target as the player. It tries to spawn an enemy and set the script after 5 seconds, so the player script is definitely being loaded first. I'm really not sure why this would happen

[macklebee]

Just tried that script and it appears to work just fine for me. No errors and I am being chased by 5 crawlers. Not that it seems to make a difference for me, but you could just set the 'prefab.script.target' to 'self.player' without having to check that the player has a script and it will work as well.

[Brutile]

I tried everything to fix this, but nothing worked. I created a test player entity with the same properties as my player and it worked. I was so confused. I ended up re-saving my player prefab to tweak some settings. Still nothing, so I deleted it and put the prefab back exactly how it was. THEN IT WORKED! It turned out to be some bug with Leadwerks, but unfortunately I have no idea how to replicate the bug.