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 Quick Actor Switching Script Needed *More help needed 
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Post Quick Actor Switching Script Needed *More help needed
Unfortunately, my Lua skills are not good enough to do this. I need a script that is attached to an actor, and when that said actor is created, the player of its team switches control to it. Thanks.

Edit: scroll all the way down to see the problem.


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Sun Aug 16, 2009 12:03 am
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ActivityMan:GetActivity():SwitchToActor(self,Activity.PLAYER_1,self.Team);
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Simply putting the Lua line in a Lua file doesn't work, so I tried this:
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function Create(self)
self.ActivityMan:GetActivity():SwitchToActor(self,Activity.PLAYER_1,self.Team);
end
end
end


And got this:
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Why did you put three ends?

function Create(self) needs one end.

Any logical statement (if, for, while) needs an end.

Function calls, variable changes, etc, do not need ends.

You put more ends than there are even lines of "real" code.
Sun Aug 16, 2009 1:23 am
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function Create(self)
self.ActivityMan:GetActivity():SwitchToActor(self,Activity.PLAYER_1,self.Team);
end


Too many "end's"
;)

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Another error. :(
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BTW, the actor that the script is attached to is a rocket that dies instantly and has an actor in its inventory.
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Just ActivityMan, not self.ActivityMan.
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It's working now, thanks!
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I need another script which is also beyond my abilities. It would be attached to an actor and would...
-Find the nearest actor within a 50 pixel range.
-Check if the actor is being controlled by a human player.
-If yes, switch control to self.
-If no, delete self.
-Entire script would not effect all human players, only one (if found).
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Code:
function Create(self)
local curdist = 50;
   for actor in MovableMan.Actors do
   local avgx = actor.Pos.X - self.Pos.X;
   local avgy = actor.Pos.Y - self.Pos.Y;
   local dist = math.sqrt(avgx ^ 2 + avgy ^ 2);
   if dist < curdist then
       curdist = dist;
       self.closestactor = actor;
         end
    end
    if self.closestactor == true then
        if self.closestactor:IsPlayerControlled == true() then
            self.ActivityMan:GetActivity():SwitchToActor(self,Activity.PLAYER_1,self.Team);
        else
            self.ToDelete = true
      end   
   end
end


Dunno for sure if this will work, but this is my guess for now.

This is when it's created, fyi. If it's not sposed to be that, make sure to tell me :)

Edit: the activityman is sposed to be one line :)
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Mind wrote:
Edit: the activityman is sposed to be one line


What does that mean?

And error:
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Try and line up the tabs. The tabs are messed up, so make sure to line em up with the designated statement.
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Tabs seem to have no effect.
Sun Aug 16, 2009 4:37 am
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Remove the "()" in this line:

Code:
if self.closestactor:IsPlayerControlled == true() then
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Code:
function Create(self)
local curdist = 50;
   for actor in MovableMan.Actors do
   local avgx = actor.Pos.X - self.Pos.X;
   local avgy = actor.Pos.Y - self.Pos.Y;
   local dist = math.sqrt(avgx ^ 2 + avgy ^ 2);
   if dist < curdist then
       curdist = dist;
       self.closestactor = actor;
         end
    end
    if self.closestactor == true then
        if self.closestactor:IsPlayerControlled() == true then
          self.ActivityMan:GetActivity():SwitchToActor(self,Activity.PLAYER_1,self.Team);
        else
            self.ToDelete = true
      end   
   end
end


Sorry, ya like the valiant said, it should be if self.closestactor:IsPlayerControlled() == true.
Sun Aug 16, 2009 4:49 am
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