SetObjectTexture problems

[Lean Bear]

OK, basically - that command doesn't work for me.

I am using the shortest of the BIS apartment blocks //or whatever you want to call them - the grey ones with loads of floors.

I would like to make a texture appear on the side of a building using an action. I made a new plane on the side of the building in O2 and called the face that points outwards "Side" in the selections box. I then textured it with a clear texture (transparent).

Next in the config of the building I put:

class CfgVehicles
{
   class All{};
   class Static: All{};
   class Building: Static{};
   class Strategic: Building{};
   class LNB_House: Strategic
   {
        scope=2;
        icon="Unknown_object";
        model="\LNB_House\LNB_House.p3d";
        displayName="LNB House";
      vehicleClass="Lean Bear's Buildings";
        accuracy=0.200000;
 Ã‚ Â Â Â Â Â typicalCargo[]={};
        destrType="DestructBuilding";
        transportAmmo=0;
        transportRepair=0;
        transportFuel=0;
        mapSize=11;
        cost=0;
        armor=2000;
      ladders[]={{"start","end"}};
      hiddenSelections[]={"Side"};
   };
};


Everything works out OK in the editor etc. the building comes up under its own class and works fine.

Then I made the scripts:

one called painthouse.sqs which is activated by a proximity trigger and contains:

player addAction ["Paint", "PaintingTime.sqs"]

Then, in PaintingTime.sqs:

_LNB_House = _this select 0

_LNB_House setObjectTexture [0,"\LNB_House\LNB_Paint1.paa"]

(btw neither of these work at all when I keep them in the pbo - so, on a side not, how do I include scripts in my addons?)

but nothing happens. When the player walks into the trigger, the action "Paint" comes up, but when used - nothing happens.

Can anyone help me out here?

[h-]

The addAction passes three variables in the called script [on who/what the action is attached to ,user of the action (the one who activates it),action id], so in this case the line
_LNB_House = _this select 0
refers to the trigger (if on nothing at all), not the house...

Put the addAction command in the houses init field and it should work...

[Lean Bear]

OK, although I didn't really understand what you said about the three variables (perhaps you could expound on that?) but I tried putting player addAction ["Paint","PaintingTime.sqs"] in the building's inti field, but when I did "Paint" the tex that I wanted on the side of the house came up tiny on the behind of my unit.

[h-]

You might wanna use this instead of player because if you use player the _this select 0 referres to the player, not to the house...

So, in the houses init field:
this addAction ["Paint","PaintingTime.sqs"]

The explanation of the three variables can be found here:
http://www.ofpec.com/editors/comref.php?letter=A#addAction

[Lean Bear]

Thanks for the three variables link.

I tried what you said but this time absolutely nothing happened.

Here's what I think:

in the script PaintingTime.sqs I said:-

_LNB_House = _this select 0

so surely when I put this in the addAction line - surely it is refering to the house (the object) - correct?

Actually I'm just waffling and have no idea how to get this to work - I've checked and re-checked FAB's tuts on his site, and my stuff looks exactly the same - but mine doesn;t work

[h-]

Well, you could use some debugging in your script, so put some line like
hint format ["%1",_LNB_House]
after the line
_LNB_House = _this select 0
and see what the hint tells you...

Then you at least know what the variable _LNB_House actually includes...

[Lean Bear]

Well, when the addAction line read player addAc... the hint came up with this:

WEST Alpha Black:1 (Lean Bear)

^ This, to me, seems very normal and doesn't really tell me anything except that that is the player.

Then, far more interesting , when the line read this addAc.. in the building's init field the hint came up with the following message:

15b77b00# NOID
lnb_house

Just like that. Doesn't really mean anything to me 'cept that there is probably an error or something.

[h-]

15b77b00# NOID
lnb_house

Just like that. Doesn't really mean anything to me 'cept that there is probably an error or something.

well, I don't think that's an error (afaik)...
The NOID probably means that the object has no object ID because it was put on the map in the editor (again, pure guess...)

You could go another way around, by using the nearestBuilding function...
In the Painting time you would have something like:

Code: [Select]

_unit = _this select 1
_house = nearestBuilding _unit
_house setObjectTexture [0,"blah blah"]

I can't access to FABs site for some reason so I can't have a look at the tutorial you are talking about...
Are you sure you don't need to define anything for the house in CfgModels (in the config)?

[KTottE]

Have you added the selection name in the CfgModels section of your config? Because if you haven't, the unit won't "have" the selection and all the setObjTexture's in the world won't matter.

[Tyger]

...mapSize=11;
        cost=0;
        armor=2000;
      ladders[]={{"start","end"}};
      hiddenSelections[]={"Side"};
   };
};

i think this is your problem mate.  I've done some configs and i believe hiddenSelections[]={ }; is to make avalible such things as the medic abilities.  As KTottE said, i think you want to make this selection[]={ };

not 100% sure though.

[h-]

i think this is your problem mate.

No, exactly the opposite...
The hiddenSelections MUST have the selections in it...
Because in the setObjectTexture [number,"texture"] the number refers to the hiddeSelections array (yes, it's an array...) and it works like 'regular' arrays so 0 is the first element and so on....

What KTottE means is the CfgModels part in the config...

[Lean Bear]

OK, I'd just like to confirm what the cfgModels section is for a house/building so that  I don't spend ages correcting mistakes.

class CfgModels
{
   class Default {};
   class Vehicle: Default {};
   class LNB_House: Vehicle
   {
      sections[] = {"Side"};
   };
};

           ^
           |   Is this correct?

edit

This is what I had been using, but as it didn't seem to make any difference, I cut it out.

[Planck]

If your p3d file is indeed called ....LNB_House.p3d.......then this looks correct to me.

Hmmm.....a house that is a vehicle.........does it have wheels too?    ;D



Planck

[Lean Bear]

Yes, that is what it's called.

As there are no buildings defined in the cfgModels section I have actually changed it to:


class CfgModels
{
   class Default {};
   class LNB_House: Default {};
   {
      sections[] =
      {
         "Side"
      };
   };
};

(since it isn't a mobile home )

Also, I got fed up and tried using setObjectTexture directly in the house's init field:

this setObjectTexture [0,"LNB_Paint1.paa"]

and I put the texture in the mission folder.

....nothing.....

I was so used to the texture appearing on the rear end of my unit that I was very shocked to see that nothing had happened.

Perhaps there is something else that's wrong?

[Planck]

Try this one:


class CfgModels
{
   class Default
   {
      sections[] = {};
      sectionsInherit="";
   };
   class Building: Default{};
   class Strategic: Building{};
   class LNB_House: Strategic
   {
      sections[] = {"Side"};
   };
};


Also do you have a cfgPatches section in your config?


Planck