I've been trying out new functions/callbacks in lua and i've run into some problems. Callbacks such as OnFinishCaptureName do not work, but ones such as OnObjectKillName do. Were the ones that don't work just never added? or is there some kind of syntax i'm missing.

Here is a sample.
OnFinishCaptureName(airlockfill, "airlock1");


Any scripting wizards have a remedy?

If airlock1 ain't the name of the cp nothing will work.

All the callbacks work, you just have to get the syntax and data types correct.

Hmm, then it's just very hard to get them to work then. What happens ingame is i capture the cp named "airlock1", but for some reason airlockfill never triggers.

post the function airlockfill()

function airlockfill()
PlayAnimation("rise1");
end

Well, thats it. I know it works because i've tested it on a working callback(onobjectkillname)

Ok, i was able to get my function working, however now i'm having trouble with timers.

Message Severity: 3
.\Source\LuaHelper.cpp(312)
CallProc failed: (none):0: attempt to call global `OnTimerElapseName' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
(none): in function `ScriptPostLoad'


The scripting for the timer

conquest:Start()

airlock1_timer = CreateTimer("airlock1_timer");
SetTimerValue(airlock1_timer, 5.0);
StartTimer(airlock1_timer);
OnTimerElapseName(airlockfill, "airlock1_timer");

end

function airlockfill()

PlayAnimation("rise1");
SetTimerValue(airlock1_secondary, 5.0);
StartTimer(airlock1_secondary);

end

Very confusing.. but am I defining the timer right?

OnTimerElapseName() doesn't exist

it's just

OnTimerElapse()

How is the timer formated then? I don't really see any good examples in the official luas.

OnTimerElapseName(airlockfill, "airlock1_timer");

should be

OnTimerElapse(airlockfill, airlock1_timer);

You should read the campaign scripts, they contain a lot of useful info.

Yeah, i've read through quite a few of the campaign scripts, but usually they are formated like this.

OnTimerElapse(

function(timer)
StartObjectives()
ScriptCB_EnableCommandPostVO(0)
ScriptCB_SndPlaySound("MYG_obj_01")
ScriptCB_SndPlaySound("MYG_obj_02")
DestroyTimer(timer)
end,

timePop

)

I tried implementing it this way, but all it would do is crash my game. I don't think i've ever seen it formated like the one you suggested anywhere in the campaign files.

just do it the way I posted it.

lol, yeah. Btw, thx, it worked. Now I can finally get back to modding instead of grappling with annoying errors.