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[blmw911]

Hi,

while reading the help file, I was confused about this part:

Custom methods and objects
"You cannot override the engine defined methods, ..." but also

"You can also override the engine built-in methods, ..."

Which one is right?

[Mnemonic]

Ahem, oops. The second one is right, you CAN override the built-in methods. The first sentence is a remnant from an older WME version, which I forgot to remove. I'll fix it for the next release.

[blmw911]

Ok, thx.

I tried to override the "LoadEntity" method of the game and scene object.
therefore I wrote:

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method LoadEntity(Filename)
{
Game.LOG("loadentity, game");
var result;
result = this.LoadEntity(Filename);
result.AttachScript("scripts\entity.script");
return result;
}
into the game.script / scene.script.

But I didn't get a LOG entry.

Whats wrong?

Or is there an easier way to attach a script file to all entities?

[blmw911]

Or is there an easier way to attach a script file to all entities?

I think that I found the solution myself:
It is easier to use templates instead of attaching a script file to all entities.

[Mnemonic]

But I didn't get a LOG entry.

Whats wrong?

You'd get the log only if you called LoadEntity explicitly in your scripts. Scene entities loaded by the engine don't call this method internally.

[blmw911]

Now, I've another problem.

Is it posible to store a reference of an object in a global variable?

Or is a reference to an object only for the "this" operator available.


Because I'm trying to code some sort of callback function.


And THX for your help, WME is really a great engine.

[Mnemonic]

Yes, it's possible. But you should be careful about the objects' lifetime (objects created by scene get destroyed when changing to another scene etc.)