Action Editor Order

[Shando]

Hi All,

I've noticed that the order that you add "Actions" in the Action Editor affects the way things should work.

For Example, if I add:

AI Sensor
Micro Script
Simple Character Controller

in this order, then I an animation created in the Micro Script "onInit" will not play.

However, if I change the order to:

AI Sensor
Simple Character Controller
Micro Script

then all works as expected.

Is there any way that you can build something into the background of Skyline that ensures that, no matter what order Actions are added, then they will always be called in the correct order? If not, can you please let me have some sort of matrix that shows what order Actions should be added??

Regards

Shando

[SolarPortal]

Skyline already has a system for handling this the rule is quite simple.
If you are handling data from actions in a script, then the postInit() should be used:

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function postInit()
end


It is called after all actions have been initialized regardless of order. It is the same for the microscript and the external script.

Since the microscript is an action, the "onInit(objID)" is called in order of action addition, but we too had a problem like this as well, so we created the postInit() routine. Since then, we have had no problems initialising code.

The other problem with the simple onInit() is whether one sceneEntity is initialised before another and referencing a script that has not yet been setup. (which is why the sceneScript exists, since it runs first out of all) The postInit routine is called after all sceneEntities have had their onInit() called.

It's also good as you get 2 stages of initialization which in some scripts is required for certain features.

Hope this helps

[Shando]

Hi SP,

Cool, I wondered where the postInit() function came from

Thanks

Shando