Characters (DS) - Revision history

AFRLme at 19:38, 18 January 2015

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AFRLme at 18:59, 18 January 2015

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AFRLme at 18:54, 18 January 2015

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AFRLme: Created page with "This page consists of an overview of the fields & tables belonging to the '''character''' data structure table. == CharacterActions == A list of actions belonging to the spec..."

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Created page with "This page consists of an overview of the fields & tables belonging to the '''character''' data structure table. == CharacterActions == A list of actions belonging to the spec..."

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This page consists of an overview of the fields & tables belonging to the '''character''' data structure table.

== CharacterActions ==
A list of actions belonging to the specified character. ''Requires iteration.''

<syntaxhighlight>
local c_act = getObject("Characters[Tom]"):getLinks(VCharacterActions) -- store actions table in c_act

for i = 1, #c_act do -- for index 1 to c_act total value do...
print( c_act[i] ) -- will print the action associated with the current index value to the log
end
</syntaxhighlight>

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-This page consists of an overview of the fields & tables belonging to the '''character''' data structure table.
+This page consists of an overview of the fields & tables belonging to the '''character''' data structure table. ''Please note that Visionaire Studio 4.1+ is required for all shorthand Lua script examples.''
 == CharacterActions ==
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 end
 </syntaxhighlight>
-''Print a single action to log by specifying an index value. ''Visionaire Studio 4.1+ is required for shorthand Lua script.''
+''Print a single action to log by specifying an index value.
 <syntaxhighlight>
-print( Characters[Tom].CharacterActions[1] ) -- print action in table index 1
+print( Characters["Tom"].CharacterActions[1] ) -- print action in table index 1 (shorthand)
 </syntaxhighlight>

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 A list of actions belonging to the specified character. ''Requires iteration or an index value.''
-Example 1: print all actions belonging to Tom using ''for loop'' iteration
+Why would you want to access this? Well... as a quick example: I used this for checking if specific actions were available, which were then used to determine which command buttons should be available in a ring/coin interface I created. ''Please see this script [[Global_Command_Checker_(CMS)|here]].''
 <syntaxhighlight>
 local c_act = getObject("Characters[Tom]"):getLinks(VCharacterActions) -- store actions table in c_act
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 end
 </syntaxhighlight>
-Example 2: print a specific action belonging to Tom using the shorthand Lua script method. ''Visionaire Studio 4.1 onwards is required for shorthand.''
+''Print a single action to log by specifying an index value. ''Visionaire Studio 4.1+ is required for shorthand Lua script.''
 <syntaxhighlight>
 print( Characters[Tom].CharacterActions[1] ) -- print action in table index 1
 </syntaxhighlight>