Null framewerk

[Arska134]

Hello!

 

I am trying to do menu and game in different scenes, but some problems comes up...

For a first boot of game menu loads as it should. I select "Start game" and game itself loads as i should.

But when i press ESC (to go back to main menu) it gives me "Null framewerk". I tried to clear all entities from world with "ClearWorld()" function.

 

If KeyHit(KEY_ESCAPE)=True Then
clearworld()
Goto menu
EndIf

 

Game keeps running still.

 

Now i try to select "Start game" and game crashes.

 

Without clearworld() it gets back to game, but player model is invisible and old player model stands there.

 

So how should i reset my game probably?

[Arska134]

Really? Nobody?

[macklebee]

read through this: http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/topic/903-lua-error/#entry8035

[Arska134]

Looks like that it's creating new controller, but it isn't creating player model again. I tried to use "FreeEntity(playerModel)", but it still not creating new one when entering game again.

 

I pushen some barrels around in my scene and then tried to go back to main menu and then start new game, but barrels are in place where is pushed them. I am not currently using clearworld() because it crashes the game. If i understand right you said in that thread that when loading new scene it should reset framework too.

[macklebee]

are you telling it to free the controller/character then recreating a new character/controller? i said it appears to be releasing everything in the world... but i had not tried it with anything but simple examples. It sounds like you just need to use ResetFramework(), reload the scene, and then recreate the character/controller...

 

At this point without you posting your code or example code there really isn't much i can do but guess at what you are doing... if you want help, its always best to post some code so people can actually see what you are doing...

[Arska134]

Here is some "code" to explain what is happening.

 

*Load everything which i need only load ones (engine and etc...)*
#menu
*Load scene for main menu*
repeat
*menu selection stuff*
forever

*Load scene for game itself*
*Create player controller*
*Create player model*
repeat
if keyhit(KEY_ESCAPE) then
goto menu
endif
forever

 

So if i press 'escape' it jumps back to menu scene loading part. What should i do before jumping there? I no need game scene no more when going back to main menu. I need to reset/delete it somehow. Now when i am going back to game it continues previous scene of game, but not creating new character model, and old one is still in scene where i left it last time.

[macklebee]

free the character/controller

ResetFramework()

Reload the scene

recreate the character/controller

 

that seems to work just fine in the example i am trying... but i am also assuming you are adding the character/controller via the code and its not something that is placed in the scene via an object script...

[flachdrache]

I do not exactly "destroy/delete" structures but reInit them with scene values ... e.g. the camera gets places at an "info_player" which is fetched on scene load.

 

  // --
  // Prepare App for new sceneLoad
  if( KeyHit(KEY_F5) )
  {
   ResetFramework();
   playerIndex01.~cController();
   playerIndex01.SetCamera( GetLayerCamera( _layer_main ) );
   playerIndex01.CreatePlayer();
   scene.~cScene();
   scene.Load( "abstract::SceneParaTropique_GTownCamp.sbx" );
   // add camera from scene
   PositionEntity( playerIndex01.GetCamera(), scene.GetCameraPos() );	   
   RotateEntity( playerIndex01.GetCamera(), scene.GetCameraRot() );
   // add controller from scene camera
   PositionEntity( playerIndex01.GetPlayer(), scene.GetCameraPos() );
  }
  else if( KeyHit(KEY_F6) )
  {
   ResetFramework();
   playerIndex01.~cController();
   playerIndex01.SetCamera( GetLayerCamera( _layer_main ) );
   playerIndex01.CreatePlayer();
   scene.~cScene();
   scene.Load( "abstract::SceneParaTropique_GTownBlank.sbx" );
   // add camera from scene
   PositionEntity( playerIndex01.GetCamera(), scene.GetCameraPos() );	   
   RotateEntity( playerIndex01.GetCamera(), scene.GetCameraRot() );
   // add controller from scene camera
   PositionEntity( playerIndex01.GetPlayer(), scene.GetCameraPos() );
  }

 

Which means on start of the game and only the menu comes up (going back to menu in your case) i have a default.sbx scene loaded with a controller in the background. I do this to keep some "game assets" around which keeps load times somewhat shorter and for the menu background world.

 

If a "CreatePlayer" has to add a controllable player or just the camera could be fetched with Set/GetKey for init_spawnpoint Vs. player_spawnpoint ... Load/Save belongs to "CreatePlayer" then imo.

 

a little dodgy to explane but hth ...

[Arska134]

Almost working now.

 

If KeyHit(KEY_ESCAPE)=True Then
 freeentity(playerModel)
 freeentity(player)
 resetframework()
 Goto menu
EndIf

Thats what i did when escape is pressed.

 

Now it goes to menu. (what is oddly very blurry) When i go back to game it loads everything nicely. Next thing what i see my player character falling, because scene isn't loaded.

 

So can somebody explain me why it's not loading scene?

[macklebee]

uh, are you reloading the scene?

 

LoadScene("abstract::NameOfTheScene.sbx")

[Arska134]

uh, are you reloading the scene?

 

LoadScene("abstract::NameOfTheScene.sbx")

Yes i am reloading the scene.