LUA code, what does "entity" mean?

Fiodis · Post by **Fiodis** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:50 pm

In LUA terms, what does Entity mean? The doc says it's props and objects, but in the teleporter tut the code says:

OnEnterRegion(
function(regIn,character)
MoveEntityToNode(character,"TeleportNode")
end,
"TeleportRegion"
)
ActivateRegion("TeleportRegion")

The MoveEntityToNode line is, I think, what moves the player. But the player isn't a prop or object. Is he?

Null_1138 · Post by **Null_1138** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:00 pm

I'm not a Lua expert, but Dictionary.com says:

Dictionary wrote:something that has a real existence

So I guess anything that exists and has form.

Fiodis · Post by **Fiodis** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:12 pm

Something in the dictionary isn't always the same in LUA.

YaNkFaN · Post by **YaNkFaN** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:20 pm

i'm taking a wild guess on this one but an entity is something that has a mesh...i'm not a 100% sure i know it includes players and i know it doesn't include things like lights so yea just a guess

Fiodis · Post by **Fiodis** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:09 pm

So "OnEntityDamage (entity, damager)" with "entity" being a player/character/unit is a valid function?

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