System messages [DONE]

[ant0N]

not found in the Skyline of this very useful function.

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message(object, $message, delay, data )

*if message = "*", then the message is sent to all objects in the scene.
*data - any data, a string, number, Vec3, etc.

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function ResiveMessage(message, extra)
end

Example:
-- Player script

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function onUpdate( timeDelta )
   if (input.keyDown("f")==1) then
       message(getEntityIDFromTag("flashlight"), "ON", 0)
   end
end

-- flashlight script

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function ResiveMessage(message, extra)
   if (message == "ON") then
       --the activation code of the flashlight
   end
end

[StarFire]

great idea!

We do have the new command:

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entity.callPublicFn(obj,entity.getLastHitEntityID(),bulletDamage);

but this only sends to the specified object script. To have a Broadcast Event where all scripts can hear the message would be really useful.
ie. Turn on the light switch and all 5 lights in the room turn on

Added to the feature request list, I will try to get this in for the next version release

[StarFire]

Just added a global broadcast to all scripts:

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sky.callGlobalFn(int objID, value);

and in each script the event callback is:

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function globalFn(callingID, value)

end


See the new tech demo - Physics Demo 02 as this dynamically creates a few physics objects and sends them to sleep so they do not move. Then by hitting the space bar a callGlobalFn(...) is made which is picked up by globalFn(callingID, value) in all of the spawned objects, this function is set to awaken them and they fall to the ground.