Modding Help .lua code: Trying to work out how to reset an objects animation

In my current lua code:

function main()
-- Check for the single execution
if self.initialized == nil then
-- Init object
initializeObject();
-- Set flag
self.initialized = true;
end
end

function initializeObject()
-- Set animation as "active"
object.setInteractive(true);
object.setAnimationState("beaconState", "active");
end

function onInteraction(args)
-- Change animation to "skree"
object.setAnimationState("beaconState", "skree");
object.playSound("skreeSounds");
end

So I can place the object, when it is interacted with it plays "beaconState", "skree", however it just stops on the last frame of that animation and does not loop back to "beaconState", "active"

 

This is the last step in finishing this object mod.

There might be something outside of the .lua that has to be added to but I don't know what.

Surely there would be some simple code to return to a previous animation that is set to loop ("active")

 

Is your goal to have the animation loop?

 

I don't know why but I read everything but your very last sentence. I've noticed in some of the animation jsons there's a field that goes under frames and cycle called "mode" and can have a value of loop

Code:

          "walk" : {
            "frames" : 8,
            "cycle" : 1.0,
            "mode" : "loop"
          },

 

I thought there might be a field that has something like:

"playcount" : "3"

but I don't know where to look that up.


The current setup is:

Place object, it loops "active"

Interact with object, it plays "skree" (but then stops)


I want it to return to "active"

 

re-initialize before you end your onInteraction method:

Code:

function onInteraction(args)
-- Change animation to "skree"
object.setAnimationState("beaconState", "skree");
object.playSound("skreeSounds");
initializeObject();
end

is "skree" like a pig squeal? not important, just curious

 

When I set the code like that, it plays the sound completely but the "skree" state animation instantly ends (doesn't even play)

Also, is there a way to make the object have a speech bubble above it with a message like players?

I tried using the say and emote but they did nothing:

object.say("Message");

and

object.emote("Message");

Sounds are played using:

object.playSound("skreeSounds");

with this in the .object file:

"skreeSounds" : [ "/assets/sfx/objects/skrees.wav" ]

So would messages be created using:

object.say("skreeMessage"); or object.emote("skreeMessage");

with this in the .object file:

"skreeMessage" : [ "not sure what goes here" ]

 

The reason the skree animation ends right away is because there's no timer or something to tell you that it's not finished playing yet and the next function is called right away. See if the play animation function returns a boolean, then maybe you could do a while or if statement.

As for the messages, I've noticed the merchants use a function called "sayToTarget()". I don't know if this only works for merchants or npcs though. Check out the .npctypes and then check out the merchantState.lua and see if that helps you any.

 

This is the function in \assets\npcs\merchant\merchantState.lua:

function merchantState.enteringState(stateData)
sayToTarget("merchant.dialog.start", stateData.sourceId)
end

This is the function in \assets\npcs\merchant\merchant.npctype:

"scriptDelta" : 5,
"scriptConfig" : {
"idleTimeRange" : [2.0, 10.0],

"merchant" : {
"waitTime" : 10,
"storeRadius" : 8,

"dialog" : {
"start" : {
"default" : [
"Welcome to my shop.",
"See anything you like?",
"What can I do ya for?"
],

}

These things are beyond my understanding right now so I will have to wait until someone makes an object that does similar things and look at the code.

 

You see how the lua specifies the state as entering? This means entering negotiation in this instance. So in sayToTarget he finds merchant-> goes to the dialog branch -> goes to the start branch -> chooses one of the pre-designated things to say based on the second parameter which is the sourceId.

If you look at one of these branches:

Code:

     
 "dialog" : {
        "end" : {
            "glitch" : {
                "default" : [
                    "Content. Please come again.",
                    "Pleased. Thank you for your patronage.",
                    "Disappointed. You're not going to buy more?",
                    "Melancholy. Until next time, customer."
                    ]
                },

Glitch would mean the vendor is of glitch type, and the following default is what the glitch would say if it can't determine what the other subject is.
You can very well hardcode all this to suit your very own race's needs ie. sayToTarget("That bitch stole my wallet", "avian").

 

I tried a few combinations, if I put the sayToTarget line before the playSound, the sounds don't play.

In my .lua:

function onInteraction(args)
object.setAnimationState("beaconState", "skree")
object.playSound("skreeSounds");
sayToTarget("skreeDialog", stateData.sourceId);
end

In my .object:

"skreeDialog" : {
"default" : [
"Message"
]
}

Do i need to add .default after .skreeDialog so it's skreeDialog.default or does it read from that anyway.


From the log:


Error: Exception while invoking lua method 'onInteraction'. LuaException: [string "/assets/objects/wired/skree/skree..."]:22: attempt to index global 'stateData' (a nil value)

 

Ok, what's happening is you're not setting sourceId to anything and you're trying to index through a tree that you don't have yet. If you're going to use their hierarchy (and I suggest you do), you're going to need another array inside default (which, yes should be skreeDialog.default) that should also be called default and another in that that should be called default and have your dialogs in there.

To fix the stateData.sourceId problem (in case you want to do that personalized race thing) try putting at the very top of that function sourceId = args.interactArgs.sourceId and pass the function sourceId and not stateData.sourceId (since stateData doesn't exist in this function)

 

The sounds dont play because you forgot a semi-colon at the end of the object.setAnimationState("beaconState", "skree") line

 

It was only missing from the post, checked it and tried again same thing.

I deleted the commented out line above that one to make it easier to read and took that with it by mistake.

 

Put sayToTarget first then, just like the reinitialize was cutting off the animation the sayToTarget is cutting off the sound

 

return { "ShowPopup", { message = "No signal! Please activate on planet surface." } }