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Title: What exactly is ACTOR description
Post by: MARTIN151 on January 03, 2025, 12:06:24 PM

Hello,

my debigging console says that there is a syntax error in ACTOR definition.

But I have absolutely no idea, in which of the files the error is. Of course it is in one of the actor-associated files, but which exactly?

This problem causes more errors and leads to not spawning the actor (but in scene editor the actor shows normally).

Could someone please help me? Thanks.

Title: Re: What exactly is ACTOR description
Post by: Mot on April 28, 2025, 06:33:26 PM

Quote from: MARTIN151

Of course it is in one of the actor-associated files, but which exactly?

I'd say one whose file extension is either .act3d (for 3D actors) or .actor (for 2D actors).

3D actor definition files look like this:

Code: WME Script

1. ACTOR3DX
2. {
3.   NAME = "trinity"
4.   CAPTION = "Trinity"
5.   INTERACTIVE = TRUE
6.   ACTIVE = TRUE
7.   SCRIPT = "actors\trinity\trinity.script"
8.   SHADOW_IMAGE = "actors\trinity\shadow.png"
9.   SHADOW_SIZE = 12.0
10.   LIGHT_POSITION { -40, 200, -40 }
11.   SHADOW_TYPE = "stencil"
12. ;  SHADOW_COLOR { 0, 0, 0, 128 }
13. ;  SHADOW_MODEL = "actors\trinity\trinity_low.x"
14.   SCALE = 180
15.  
16.   ;--- velocity
17.   VELOCITY = 70.0
18.   ANGULAR_VELOCITY = 400.0
19.  
20.   ;--- external data
21.   MODEL = "actors\trinity\trinity.x"
22.   FONT = "fonts\outline_white.font"
23.   ;CURSOR = ...
24.  
25.   ANIMATION
26.   {
27.     NAME="idle"
28.     LOOPING=TRUE
29.   }
30.  
31.   ANIMATION
32.   {
33.     NAME="hold"
34.     LOOPING=TRUE
35.   }
36.  
37.   ANIMATION
38.   {
39.     NAME="walk"
40.     LOOPING=TRUE
41.  
42.     EVENT
43.     {
44.       FRAME = 4
45.       NAME = "footstep"
46.     }
47.  
48.     EVENT
49.     {
50.       FRAME = 16
51.       NAME = "footstep"
52.     }
53.   }
54.  
55. }

2D actor definition files look like this:

Code: WME Script

1. ACTOR
2. {
3.   NAME = "molly"
4.   CAPTION=""
5.   SCALABLE = TRUE
6.   INTERACTIVE = TRUE
7.   X = 400
8.   Y = 460
9.   SCRIPT="actors\molly\molly.script"
10.  
11.   FONT = "fonts\outline_red.font"
12.  
13.   ANIMATION
14.   {
15.     NAME       = "idle"
16.    
17.     LEFT       = "actors\molly\ll\stand.sprite"
18.     RIGHT      = "actors\molly\rr\stand.sprite"
19.     UP         = "actors\molly\uu\stand.sprite"
20.     DOWN       = "actors\molly\dd\stand.sprite"
21.  
22.     UP_LEFT    = "actors\molly\ul\stand.sprite"
23.     UP_RIGHT   = "actors\molly\ur\stand.sprite"
24.     DOWN_LEFT  = "actors\molly\dl\stand.sprite"
25.     DOWN_RIGHT = "actors\molly\dr\stand.sprite"
26.   } 
27.  
28.   ANIMATION
29.   {
30.     NAME       = "walk"
31.    
32.     LEFT       = "actors\molly\ll\walk.sprite"
33.     RIGHT      = "actors\molly\rr\walk.sprite"
34.     UP         = "actors\molly\uu\walk.sprite"
35.     DOWN       = "actors\molly\dd\walk.sprite"
36.  
37.     UP_LEFT    = "actors\molly\ul\walk.sprite"
38.     UP_RIGHT   = "actors\molly\ur\walk.sprite"
39.     DOWN_LEFT  = "actors\molly\dl\walk.sprite"
40.     DOWN_RIGHT = "actors\molly\dr\walk.sprite"
41.   }
42.  
43.   ANIMATION
44.   {
45.     NAME       = "talk"
46.    
47.     LEFT       = "actors\molly\ll\talk.sprite"
48.     RIGHT      = "actors\molly\rr\talk.sprite"
49.     UP         = "actors\molly\uu\talk.sprite"
50.     DOWN       = "actors\molly\dd\talk.sprite"
51.  
52.     UP_LEFT    = "actors\molly\ul\talk.sprite"
53.     UP_RIGHT   = "actors\molly\ur\talk.sprite"
54.     DOWN_LEFT  = "actors\molly\dl\talk.sprite"
55.     DOWN_RIGHT = "actors\molly\dr\talk.sprite"
56.   }
57.  
58.   ANIMATION
59.   {
60.     NAME       = "turnleft"
61.    
62.     LEFT       = "actors\molly\ll\turn.sprite"
63.     RIGHT      = "actors\molly\rr\turn.sprite"
64.     UP         = "actors\molly\uu\turn.sprite"
65.     DOWN       = "actors\molly\dd\turn.sprite"
66.  
67.     UP_LEFT    = "actors\molly\ul\turn.sprite"
68.     UP_RIGHT   = "actors\molly\ur\turn.sprite"
69.     DOWN_LEFT  = "actors\molly\dl\turn.sprite"
70.     DOWN_RIGHT = "actors\molly\dr\turn.sprite"
71.   }
72.  
73.   ANIMATION
74.   {
75.     NAME       = "turnright"
76.    
77.     LEFT       = "actors\molly\ll\turn.sprite"
78.     RIGHT      = "actors\molly\rr\turn.sprite"
79.     UP         = "actors\molly\uu\turn.sprite"
80.     DOWN       = "actors\molly\dd\turn.sprite"
81.  
82.     UP_LEFT    = "actors\molly\ul\turn.sprite"
83.     UP_RIGHT   = "actors\molly\ur\turn.sprite"
84.     DOWN_LEFT  = "actors\molly\dl\turn.sprite"
85.     DOWN_RIGHT = "actors\molly\dr\turn.sprite"
86.   } 
87. }