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Re: Creating empty entity(not unit or projectile,etc) and sp

2016-04-14T22:03:55+02:00

Wow! You got another like from me, Crotalus Thank you for all the help you are offering me, It helps enourmously!

Statistics: Posted by Redmoth — 14 Apr 2016, 22:03

Re: Creating empty entity(not unit or projectile,etc) and sp

2016-04-14T07:48:38+02:00

You instance a class by doing local obj = (args)

So you could make your own class:

Code:: Cortex = Class ({ __init = function(self, args) self.strategy = args.strategy end, DoSomething = function(self) end, })

and put it on an individual brain here:
https://github.com/FAForever/fa/blob/re ... in.lua#L91

Code:: OnCreateAI = function(self, planName) ... self.cortex = Cortex({strategy='Rush'}) ... end

Statistics: Posted by Crotalus — 14 Apr 2016, 07:48

Re: Creating empty entity(not unit or projectile,etc) and sp

2016-04-14T01:03:28+02:00

I see. However, I think this is good pretty much only If I have one main loop, no?

Say I have 4 ais that benefit from the script. Say my script has a 'strategy' variable. With the unit or entity technique I know i can have access to the 'strategy' of that particulars player from itself without having, say, a main loop that does

Code:: Exampleloop = function(self) CurPlayer = 0 NbPlayer = 4 For CurPlayer < NbPlayer do army = GetArmyIndex(CurPlayer) army:DoSomeFunction() end --OR Players = GetAllPlayersInGame For i, p in players do brain = GetaiBrain(player) brain:DoSomething() end end,

Edit: this has to do with my question of yesterday. Since I dont understand how a class is instanciated in supcom (like the aiBrain being one instance Per player) So I do not know how to instanciate my CleverAI class the same way as an aiBrain. I would need a function like CreateaiBrain() but CreateCleverAI()

Edit2: I DO know however that If I CreateUnitHPR(), this will make an Instance of that unit. I can sadly not find any logical function that does CreateInstanceOfClass or CreateInstanceOfScript etc

Statistics: Posted by Redmoth — 14 Apr 2016, 01:03

Re: Creating empty entity(not unit or projectile,etc) and sp

2016-04-14T00:55:07+02:00

If you're adding something to a starting player you probably put that code in SimInit.lua (OnCreateArmyBrain) or maybe somewhere in AIBrain.

You could immediately ForkThread from there and then have a separate code-path to do whatever you want.

Code:: ForkThread(import('/link/to/some/module.lua').InitCleverAI, brain)

Statistics: Posted by Crotalus — 14 Apr 2016, 00:55

Re: Creating empty entity(not unit or projectile,etc) and sp

2016-04-14T00:31:24+02:00

All I'm looking for is the clenest way to have a script Entirely on a seperate scd file, this is possibly by having a custom unit with the script triggering off OnCreate() and adding it to a players starting units

Edit: I know there are multiple ways, but looking for just about the simplest to comprehend since Im not inherently confortable with supcom's stuff

Statistics: Posted by Redmoth — 14 Apr 2016, 00:31

Re: Creating empty entity(not unit or projectile,etc) and sp

2016-04-14T00:29:07+02:00

I see. Seeing it in a code's perspective, it makes me think: Is the unit what I actually want? eg:

Code:: SomeUnit = Class(Unit) { OnCreate = function(self) { --[[local spec = { Owner = unit } local entity = Entity(spec) self:ForkThread(self.DoSomethingWithEntity) ]]-- self:ForkThread(self.DoSomethingWithUnit) end) }

Statistics: Posted by Redmoth — 14 Apr 2016, 00:29

Re: Creating empty entity(not unit or projectile,etc) and sp

2016-04-14T00:26:00+02:00

Something like this would create an entity:

Code:: SomeUnit = Class(Unit) { OnCreate = function(self) { local spec = { Owner = unit } self.entity = Entity(spec) self:ForkThread(self.DoSomethingWithEntity) end), }

Statistics: Posted by Crotalus — 14 Apr 2016, 00:26

Creating empty entity(not unit or projectile,etc) and spawn?

2016-04-14T00:17:30+02:00

Hi. Very quick question.

I know how to copy a unit's file and have it as a new unit in the game.

Is this possible with an entity? My plan is to have a script running on a unit I will spawn.
However i would much prefer it not actually being a 'unit'(ie no blueprint, no model, no display, no blip on radar etc, only the entity in the gameworld running the script I will write in it)

Thank you

Statistics: Posted by Redmoth — 14 Apr 2016, 00:17