access lua table in Script:Start()

[tipforeveryone]

My goal is place some boxes at the position of some pre-placed pivots

I have 3 pivots (pivot1, pivot2, pivot3)

Scripts 1: which is attached to pivot1 and 2

function Script:Start()
  	table.insert(global_table,self.entity)
end

(global_table was declared in main.lua, before the while loop)

Script 2: which is attached to pivot3

function Script:Start()
    for key,value in ipairs(global_table) do
    	local box = Model:Box()
    	box:SetPosition(value:GetPosition(true))
    end
end

Script 2 does not work, because there is nothing inside the global_table to execute, all Script:Start() function are started at the same time.

How can I force the Start() function of script2 (attached to pivot3) to be executed after all others execution?

[AggrorJorn]

5 hours ago, tipforeveryone said:

Script 2 does not work, because there is nothing inside the global_table to execute, all Script:Start() function are started at the same time.

How can I force the Start() function of script2 (attached to pivot3) to be executed after all others execution?

There is no build in way to force the pivot3 scripts from being exucted first. What you can do is wait a couple of frames before calling the for loop in your pivot 3 script.

[GorzenDev]

you could create your own pre-post processor function in your main.lua, and have that execute when you want.

[Rick]

"My goal is place some boxes at the position of some pre-placed pivots"

 

You stated a goal but I wonder if this is the entire goal really? Why do you want to great a global variable to store these in? To reach your goal just make a Box script and attach it to the pivots and inside it's Start() it makes a box at self.entity position. That would reach your goal.

[tipforeveryone]

Yeah it is not actually my goal, I want to place my character spawn position by using pivots. I place pivots in editor and when I run the game, my characters will be placed with pivots's position.

Anyway, I found the solution, I put Script2 into UpdateWorld(), not in Start(), with a variable which can help execute character create code only one time.