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[THOM]

Wasn't there a possibillity to scale down the dimensions of a model in the object definition? Kind of an equivalent to setMaterial? I cannot find an entry in the definition reference. But I believe I have read somewhere in a post about that...

[minmay]

You cannot scale individual components. You can translate them with the "offset" field or Component:setOffset() and rotate them with the "rotation" field or Component:setRotationAngles().
You can, however, scale entire GameObjects: get the object's transformation matrix from GameObject:getRotation(), apply whatever changes you want (which could include scaling), and pass it back to GameObject:setRotation().

[Isaac]

If you want a very simple animation for the sarcophagus like moving it backwards one tile then that can probably be done with a script that changes its offset every frame until its in place, scripting is not my strong suit ,(so here is hoping someone will jump in with a good model offset move example)

Another way to achieve this is to rotate the gate node; this also works in LoG1.

[THOM]

is there a way to get identified, which floortrigger is pressed?

what I want to do is having a line of floortriggers. if a monster steps on one of them I want to have it pushed on the next one. for certain reasons I cannot use teleporters - I want the monster to be moved.

to avoid making several copies of nearly the same script, I'm looking for a way to identify which trigger is activated, send this information to my script and move the monster on that specific floortrigger. But I have no idea how to identify the trigger and send it's coordinates to my script...

script would look something like

local floortrigger = [information about trigger/coordinates]
local monster = [monster on same coordinates of floortrigger]
monster:knockback(0)

[Zo Kath Ra]

is there a way to get identified, which floortrigger is pressed?

what I want to do is having a line of floortriggers. if a monster steps on one of them I want to have it pushed on the next one. for certain reasons I cannot use teleporters - I want the monster to be moved.

to avoid making several copies of nearly the same script, I'm looking for a way to identify which trigger is activated, send this information to my script and move the monster on that specific floortrigger. But I have no idea how to identify the trigger and send it's coordinates to my script...

script would look something like

local floortrigger = [information about trigger/coordinates]
local monster = [monster on same coordinates of floortrigger]
monster:knockback(0)

Put this function in a script entity:

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function test(caller)
	hudPrint(caller.go.id)
end

Then add a connector to the floor trigger that calls this function.

[THOM]

Danke

This function works. So, I hoped, I could deduce a simple solution. But sadly "caller.go.monster" doesn't seem to exist.

Will find a more painful way...

EDIT: Nonsense. The result of "caller.go.id" ist the trigger, not the triggering monster...

[minmay]

You ASKED for the trigger, not the triggering monster. You can find the triggering monster by using trigger.go.map:entitiesAt(trigger.go.x,trigger.go.y).

[THOM]

@minmay: I meant with "nonsense" myself... just wanted to edit in, what my earlier writing was...

Still some problems.

I have to do a delayedCall, because I have to stop the monsteranimation (therefore the monster self triggers the script, the knockback won't run while it's moving).
But to to handle this, I have to forward somehow which monster is meant.

I tried this, but caller seems to be an invalid message...

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function moveMonsterNorth(caller)
	for e in party.map:entitiesAt(caller.go.x, caller.go.y) do
		if e.monster then
			e.animation:stop()
			delayedCall(self.go.id, 0.01, "move2", caller)
		end
	end
end

function move2(caller)
	for e in party.map:entitiesAt(caller.go.x, caller.go.y) do
		if e.monster then
			e.monster:knockback(0)
		end
	end
end

[minmay]

Store the caller's id instead of the caller itself (which is unserializable and should NEVER be stored), and use findEntity() to retrieve it. Also you want to use caller.go.map, not party.map, otherwise you will get the wrong map if the party is on the level.

[THOM]

Thanks.

my final result:

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function moveMonsterNorth(caller)
	for e in caller.go.map:entitiesAt(caller.go.x, caller.go.y) do
		if e.monster then
			calling = caller.go.id
			e.animation:stop()
			delayedCall(self.go.id, 0.01, "move2", calling)
		end
	end
end

function move2(calling)
	for e in party.map:entitiesAt(findEntity(calling).x, findEntity(calling).y) do
		if e.monster then
			e.monster:knockback(0)
		end
	end
end