Difference between revisions of "Characters (DS)"

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A list of actions belonging to the specified character. ''Requires iteration or an index value.''
 
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
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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]].''
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''Print all actions associated with the character by iterating with the for loop.''
 
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local c_act = getObject("Characters[Tom]"):getLinks(VCharacterActions) -- store actions table in c_act
 
local c_act = getObject("Characters[Tom]"):getLinks(VCharacterActions) -- store actions table in c_act
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end
 
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Example 2: print a specific action belonging to Tom using the shorthand Lua script method. ''Visionaire Studio 4.1 onwards is required for shorthand.''
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''Print a single action to log by specifying an index value. ''Visionaire Studio 4.1+ is required for shorthand Lua script.''
 
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print( Characters[Tom].CharacterActions[1] ) -- print action in table index 1
 
print( Characters[Tom].CharacterActions[1] ) -- print action in table index 1
 
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Revision as of 20:59, 18 January 2015

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 or an index value.

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 here.


Print all actions associated with the character by iterating with the for loop.

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

Print a single action to log by specifying an index value. Visionaire Studio 4.1+ is required for shorthand Lua script.

print( Characters[Tom].CharacterActions[1] ) -- print action in table index 1