Noob LUA Scripting Question

[Guest Red Ocktober]

ok... first off all this is all Aggror's fault... he's the one who's got me trying to come to grips with this lua stuff with his video tutorials...

 

here's my problem...

 

i can't figure out why i can't get the camera to move when i press the appropriate keys...

here is the code...

 

while  AppTerminate()==0 do



 if(KeyDown(KEY_A)) then cam:Turn(Vec3(0,1,0)) end
 if(KeyDown(KEY_D)) then cam:Turn(Vec3(0,-1,0)) end 

 if(KeyDown(KEY_W)) then cam:Move(Vec3(0,0,1)) end
 if(KeyDown(KEY_S)) then cam:Move(Vec3(0,0,-1)) end

 cube:Turn(Vec3(1,1,1));


 fw:Update();
 fw:Render();

 Flip(0);
end

 

 

do i need to include a key constants file or something, or is the code totally off in deep space...

 

thx

 

 

also... strange things to note...

 

1- i can load the tunnels.sbx scene into the editor in beta 2.32, but not in the 2.31 editor... it just quits...

 

2- i can load the tunnels.sbx scene from a lua app in both 2.32 beta and 2.31, but can't load it from bmax app... it says can't find query.vert error but i know it's in the pak...

 

3- lua compiler is super quick... and compiled apps seem to be running pretty swiftly compared to earlier LW versions... probably my imagination...

 

 

anyways... thx again in advance for any and all help...

 

 

 

--Mike

[macklebee]

i thought we already covered this here

 

1) the object scripts for lights were modified at one point so maybe that was part of the issue

 

2) what is your app path for your media in the bmax program?

[Guest Red Ocktober]

i thought we already covered this here

 

yes... yes we did... you're absolutely right... doing a refresher on it now...

 

 

THANKS again Mack...

 

 

--Mike

[macklebee]

no problem... first time ive got to touch LE in over a month... so I understand about refresher learning...

[Guest Red Ocktober]

yeah... i just got done filing a supplemental legal brief that wore me out, and it seems as if my mind is still recovering from it

 

 

also, i'm too many programming languages in one sitting... i was doing something on the mac in c++ and trying to come to grips with this lua stuff again... and i wrote the lua code as i would in c++... i forgot to explicitly test the conditionals in the lua script...

 

if(KeyDown(KEY_A)) doesn't seem to want to test true... i need to code it like this if(KeyDown(KEY_A)==1) for it to work...

 

i'll be alright... it's almost bed time...

 

 

hey, thx again for the help...

 

 

--Mike

[macklebee]

understand completely... RL comes first.

 

also, you need to setup your profile to allow for PM's to be sent to you! I cant send you a PM because it looks like your account doesnt have it enabled.

[Guest Red Ocktober]

will take care of that immediately...

 

--Mike