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[NutJob]

Is there a way to print to a text/log file instead of the screen? I understand, that if there was, it would be a problem with compiled modules (exported) and modders potentially could write something malicious but looking for something that would only work in a development setting (the editor).

[QuintinStone]

Is there a way to print to a text/log file instead of the screen? I understand, that if there was, it would be a problem with compiled modules (exported) and modders potentially could write something malicious but looking for something that would only work in a development setting (the editor).

JohnWordsworth's script to get object definitions does something pretty brilliant.
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=8439

It dumps the text into a script object definition so that while running the dungeon in preview mode, you can place that script object into your map. When you view the source of the object, all the text appears and it can be copy-pasted to any text editor outside the game.

[Soaponarope]

What do I use to define a large group of assets instead of this which doesn't seem to work for grimrock 2.

for i in allEntities(party.level) do

[minmay]

for i in party.map:allEntities() do

[Soaponarope]

Don't know what I'm doing wrong, or why the scripting ref changed so much.

function massopenpit()
for i in party.map:allEntities() do
if i.id:sub(1,8) == "tomb_pit" then
if i:isOpen() then
i:close()
else
i:open()
end
end
end
end

PitComponent:isOpen() also doesn't work

[GoldenShadowGS]

function massopenpit()
for i in party.map:allEntities() do
if i.id:sub(1,8) == "tomb_pit" then
if i.pit:isOpen() then
i.pit:close()
else
i.pit:open()
end
end
end
end

Always take off the "Component" when looking at the scripting reference

[minmay]

Don't know what I'm doing wrong

You're trying to call methods that don't exist.

or why the scripting ref changed so much.

Because it's Grimrock 2 and not Grimrock 1.

function massopenpit()
for i in party.map:allEntities() do
if i.id:sub(1,8) == "tomb_pit" then
if i:isOpen() then
i:close()
else
i:open()
end
end
end
end

PitComponent:isOpen() also doesn't work

Because GameObject doesn't have an isOpen() method, GameObject doesn't have a close() method, GameObject doesn't have an open() method, and "PitComponent" is the name of the class, not an actual instance of it. You probably wanted to call i.pit:isOpen(), i.pit:close(), etc. All of this information is in the scripting reference.

[Soaponarope]

Thank you both, working now.

I am using the scripting reference, but I don't know scripting and I'm sometimes not sure what I'm looking for.(like taking off the "component")

[cameronC]

I just can't get delayedCall to work. I've combed through the various posts regarding it in other threads and the brief mention of it in the scripting ref but I think I'm completely misunderstanding it. I've tried many things to get a script function to be ran after X seconds and sometimes the editor crashes on delayedCall() and sometimes it passes through it fine but gives me an invalidconnector warning onscreen and nothing else happens.

If I have entityID with a functionName I want to run after X seconds, is that something this can do?

[QuintinStone]

I just can't get delayedCall to work. I've combed through the various posts regarding it in other threads and the brief mention of it in the scripting ref but I think I'm completely misunderstanding it. I've tried many things to get a script function to be ran after X seconds and sometimes the editor crashes on delayedCall() and sometimes it passes through it fine but gives me an invalidconnector warning onscreen and nothing else happens.

If I have entityID with a functionName I want to run after X seconds, is that something this can do?

I'm currently having problems too. I'm trying to call the stop() method on an object's controller component.

delayedCall(obj.go.id, 1, "stop") produces no results
delayedCall(obj.go.id, 1, "controller:stop") produces no results