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Posted: **Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:39 am**

somen00b suggested that I start a new thread on this, so I will. I tested the functionality of an OnEnterRegion trigger to teleport a unit to a path node, but it didn't work. The modtools log gave me nothing. Mainly, though, I think this is because I'm so lacking in knowledge of the programming of the scripts - I probably put the function in the wrong place. Does it need to go into ScriptPostLoad, ScriptInt....? Cause the space LUAs are different than the land ones, but they share those functions....

Posted: **Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:41 am**

I just tested it by copying it straight out of the thread where I posted it (in case I made a mistake in the post). I only changed the region and path names, and it worked fine for me.

All listeners (things beginning with "On") should go into the ScriptPostLoad() function. I've never seen them used in ScriptInit() so I'm assuming they won't function there. Also make sure you have activated the region using ActivateRegion(). Regions that aren't activated won't throw the EnterRegion event.

If none of that works, post the lua where you use it so we can try to see what the problem might be.

Posted: **Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:23 pm**

I've done several variations on this, so I don't know what's up with it. This is the Space Assault LUA for my map:

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[quote="BRDg_Diet Dr. Pepper"]

--

-- Copyright (c) 2005 Pandemic Studios, LLC. All rights reserved.

-- SPAX - Galactic Civil War Template Assault File

--

ScriptCB_DoFile("setup_teams")

ScriptCB_DoFile("BRDg_cmn")

ScriptCB_DoFile("ObjectiveSpaceAssault")

ScriptCB_DoFile("LinkedShields")

ScriptCB_DoFile("LinkedDestroyables")

myGameMode = "BRD_GCW-Assault"

function ScriptPostLoad()

    SetupObjectives()

    SetupShields()

    SetupDestroyables()

    SetupTurrets()

    AddAIGoal(ALL, "Deathmatch", 100)

    AddAIGoal(IMP, "Deathmatch", 100)

	DisableSmallMapMiniMap()

OnEnterRegion(

	function(regIn,character)

		MoveEntityToNode(character,"teleport1")

	end,

	"teleport"

)

ActivateRegion("teleport")

end

function SetupObjectives()

	assault = ObjectiveSpaceAssault:New{

		teamATT = IMP, teamDEF = ALL, 

		multiplayerRules = true

	}

	local impTargets = {

		engines		= {"all_drive_1", "all_drive_2", "all_drive_3", "all_drive_4", "all_drive_5", "all_drive_6"},

		lifesupport	= "all-life-ext",

		bridge		= "all-bridge",

		comm		= "all-comms",

		sensors		= "all-sensors",

		frigates		= "all-frigate",

		internalSys	= { "all-life-int", "all-engines" },

	}

	local allTargets = {

		engines		= { "imp_drive_1", "imp_drive_2", "imp_drive_3" },

		lifesupport	= "imp-life-ext",

		bridge		= "imp-bridge",

		comm		= "imp-comms",

		sensors		= "imp-sensors",

		frigates		= "imp-frigate",

		internalSys	= { "imp-life-int", "imp-engines" },

	}

	assault:SetupAllCriticalSystems( "imp", impTargets, true )

	assault:SetupAllCriticalSystems( "all", allTargets, false )

	assault:Start()

end

function SetupShields()

    -- ALL Shielded objects    

    local linkedShieldObjectsALL = { "all_ship_1", "all_ship_2",

    							"all-bridge", "all-comms", "all-life-ext", "all-sensors",

    							"all_drive_1", "all_drive_2", "all_drive_3", "all_drive_4", "all_drive_5", "all_drive_6"}

    shieldStuffALL = LinkedShields:New{objs = linkedShieldObjectsALL, controllerObject = "all-shield"}

    shieldStuffALL:Init()

    function shieldStuffALL:OnAllShieldsDown() 

        ShowMessageText("level.spa.hangar.shields.atk.down", IMP)

        ShowMessageText("level.spa.hangar.shields.def.down", ALL)

		BroadcastVoiceOver( "IOSMP_obj_16", IMP )

		BroadcastVoiceOver( "AOSMP_obj_17", ALL )

    end

    function shieldStuffALL:OnAllShieldsUp() 

        ShowMessageText("level.spa.hangar.shields.atk.up", IMP)

        ShowMessageText("level.spa.hangar.shields.def.up", ALL)

		BroadcastVoiceOver( "IOSMP_obj_18", IMP )

		BroadcastVoiceOver( "AOSMP_obj_19", ALL )

    end

    -- IMP Shielded objects    

    local linkedShieldObjectsIMP = { "imp_ship_1", "imp_ship_2", "imp_ship_3", "imp_ship_4", "imp_ship_5", "imp_ship_6",

    							"imp-bridge", "imp-comms", "imp-life-ext", "imp-sensors",

    							"imp_drive_1", "imp_drive_2", "imp_drive_3"}

    shieldStuffIMP = LinkedShields:New{objs = linkedShieldObjectsIMP, controllerObject = "imp-shield"}    

    shieldStuffIMP:Init()

    function shieldStuffIMP:OnAllShieldsDown() 

        ShowMessageText("level.spa.hangar.shields.atk.down", ALL)

        ShowMessageText("level.spa.hangar.shields.def.down", IMP)

		BroadcastVoiceOver( "IOSMP_obj_17", IMP )

		BroadcastVoiceOver( "AOSMP_obj_16", ALL )

    end

	function shieldStuffIMP:OnAllShieldsUp() 

        ShowMessageText("level.spa.hangar.shields.atk.up", ALL)

        ShowMessageText("level.spa.hangar.shields.def.up", IMP)

		BroadcastVoiceOver( "IOSMP_obj_19", IMP )

		BroadcastVoiceOver( "AOSMP_obj_18", ALL )

    end

end

function SetupDestroyables()

    --ALL destroyables

    lifeSupportLinkageALL = LinkedDestroyables:New{ objectSets = {{"all-life-int"}, {"all-life-ext"}} }

    lifeSupportLinkageALL:Init()

    engineLinkageALL = LinkedDestroyables:New{ objectSets = {{"all_drive_1", "all_drive_2", "all_drive_3", "all_drive_4", "all_drive_5", "all_drive_6"}, {"all-engines"}} }

    engineLinkageALL:Init()

    --IMP destroyables

    lifeSupportLinkageIMP = LinkedDestroyables:New{ objectSets = {{"imp-life-int"}, {"imp-life-ext"}} }

    lifeSupportLinkageIMP:Init()    

    engineLinkageIMP = LinkedDestroyables:New{ objectSets = {{"imp_drive_1", "imp_drive_2", "imp_drive_3"}, {"imp-engines"}} }

    engineLinkageIMP:Init()

end[/quote]

One thing - do I have to choose a specific Region type, or am I okay if I just make a new one and name it?

Posted: **Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:21 pm**

That might be your problem actually. I've found that the game uses the region's type as it's "name"... I have no idea why...

Try setting both the editor name and the region's type to the same thing and try it again.

Also, where is the "MoveEntityToNode()" function? It was also in the other thread and is needed for the OnEnterRegion listener to work (it calls it).

Posted: **Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:00 am**

This is what i'm getting from this:

Place a region in a map, leaving it as it's original name.

Place a node with a specific name.

Enter...

OnEnterRegion(
function(regIn,character)
MoveEntityToNode(character,"***")
end,
"***"
)
ActivateRegion("***")
end

this into the LUA of the map (replacing *** with the name of region and/or node), and you can teleport people?

If this is completely wrong, could you type out some sort of a tutorial on how to do this?

Posted: **Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:03 am**

AHA! The BFlog is finally useful now.

Message Severity: 3
.\Source\LuaHelper.cpp(312)
CallProc failed: (none):0: attempt to call global `MoveEntityToNode' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
(none): in function <(none):28>

I thought I put it in the ScriptPostLoad function....it's right there in the LUA.

Maybe do you have to specify the specific node IN the path..?

Posted: **Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:33 am**

What you have in your lua is just the "call" to the function. The function itself also has to be defined somewhere in your script (it is NOT one of the game's functions).

Here it is from the other thread:

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function MoveEntityToNode(entIn,pathIn,nodeIn)
   if not entIn then
      print("Warning!: Entity not specified for move")
      return false
   elseif not pathIn then
      print("Warning!: Path not specified for Entity " .. entIn .. " move")
      return false
   end
   
   local node
   if nodeIn then
      node = nodeIn
   else
      node = 0
   end
   
   local locDest = GetPathPoint(pathIn,node)
   local charUnit = GetCharacterUnit(entIn)
   if charUnit then
      SetEntityMatrix(charUnit,locDest)
      return true
   end
   return false
end

Just paste that at the very end of your lua script.

Posted: **Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:58 pm**

That was the problem. Thanks, archer01! It works! Awsome.

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