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David Stoffel: Text replacement - "wikitable" to "ts"

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Text replacement - "wikitable" to "ts"

AFRLme at 18:18, 16 August 2014

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 |}
 <hr>
 == Instructions ==

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 | Alignment to the object is based on the object interaction position; I may change this to object offset position in the future.
 |}
+<hr>
 == Instructions ==

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 This small function allows you to quickly align a character to an object.
 {| class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed ts"
 |-
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 |-
 | There is no simple method for obtaining the top (y) pixel coordinate of the currently active character animation.
 |-
 | Alignment to the object is based on the object interaction position; I may change this to object offset position in the future.
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 . Add the [[#Main_Script|main script]] to the Visionaire Studio Script Editor & set the script as a definition script.<br/>
 a. To align current character to an object...
-<syntaxhighlight>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
-alignObj("", "object_name")
+alignObj(nil, "Rock")
 </syntaxhighlight>
 b. To align a specific character to an object...
-<syntaxhighlight>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
-alignObj("character_name", "object_name")
+alignObj("Tom", "Rock")
 </syntaxhighlight>
 == Main Script ==
-<syntaxhighlight>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
 function alignObj(c, t)
-  if c == "" then c = game:getLink(VGameCurrentCharacter) else c = getObject("Characters[" .. c .. "]") end
+  if c == nil then c = game.CurrentCharacter else c = Characters[c] end -- store character or current character
-  t = getObject("Game.GameCurrentScene.SceneObjects[" .. t .. "]")
+  t = game.CurrentScene.Objects[t] -- store target object
   -- + --
-  local p1 = c:getPoint(VCharacterPosition)
+  local p1 = c.Position -- store character position
-  local p2 = t:getPoint(VObjectPosition)
+  local p2 = t.Position -- store object position
   -- + --
   local ax, ay
-  ay = p1.y - p2.y
+ ax = p2.x - p1.x -- calculate x destination coordinate
- ax = p2.x - p1.x
+  ay = p1.y - p2.y -- calculate y destination coordinate
   -- + --
-  local angle = math.deg( math.atan2(ay, ax) )
+  local angle = math.deg( math.atan(ay, ax) ) -- calculate angle
-  if angle < 0 then angle = 360 + angle end
+  if angle < 0 then angle = 360 + angle end -- some fallback? I don't remember why I wrote it
   -- + --
-  c:setValue(VCharacterDirection, angle)
+  c.Direction = angle -- update specified characters direction
 end
 </syntaxhighlight>
 == Syntax Breakdown ==
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 ! style="text-align:left" | Name !! style="text-align:left" | Type !! style="text-align:left;width:80%" | Description
 |-
-| c || "string" || This should be a "string" value containing the name of the character you want to affect; if string is empty it will default to current character.
+| c || "string" or nil || This should be a "string" value containing the name of the character you want to affect, or nil if you want to link to the current character.
 |-
 | t || "string" || This should be a "string" value containing the name of the object you want to align to.
 |}

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 This small function allows you to quickly align a character to an object.
-{| class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed ex"
+{| class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed ts"
 |-
 !Additional Info

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 This small function allows you to quickly align a character to an object.
-{| class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed ex">
+{| class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed ex"
 |-
 !Additional Info

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 This small function allows you to quickly align a character to an object.
-<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed tbl-ds">
+{| class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed ex">
-<span class="bold">Additional Info</span>
+|-
-<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
+!Additional Info
-<div class="alt-bg">Alignment is based on character center which is usually set near the feet.</div>
+|-
-<div>There is no simple method for obtaining the top (y) pixel coordinate of the currently active character animation.</div>
+| Alignment is based on character center which is usually set near the feet.
-<div class="alt-bg">&nbsp;</div>
+|-
-<div>Alignment to the object is based on the object interaction position; I may change this to object offset position in the future.</div>
+| There is no simple method for obtaining the top (y) pixel coordinate of the currently active character animation.
-</div></div>
+|-

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-{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
+{| class="ts" style="width:100%"
 |-
 ! style="text-align:left" | Name !! style="text-align:left" | Type !! style="text-align:left" | By
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 == Syntax Breakdown ==
-{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
+{| class="ts" style="width:100%"
 |-
 ! style="text-align:left" | Name !! style="text-align:left" | Type !! style="text-align:left;width:80%" | Description

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:16, 16 August 2014
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	This small function allows you to quickly align a character to an object.		This small function allows you to quickly align a character to an object.
		+	<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed tbl-ds">
		+	<span class="bold">Additional Info</span>
		+	<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
		+	<div class="alt-bg">Alignment is based on character center which is usually set near the feet.</div>
		+	<div>There is no simple method for obtaining the top (y) pixel coordinate of the currently active character animation.</div>
		+	<div class="alt-bg"></div>
		+	<div>Alignment to the object is based on the object interaction position; I may change this to object offset position in the future.</div>
		+	</div></div>
		+

	== Instructions ==		== Instructions ==