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RE: Display message only when looking at an entity - Robby - 09-25-2012
More details please. "But it didn't work". How? Error? Or what?
RE: Display message only when looking at an entity - Akos115 - 09-25-2012
No error message. There is no text displayed when looking at the entity.
RE: Display message only when looking at an entity - Robby - 09-25-2012
Maybe you had written the names in the script incorrectly? Maybe a tiny problem in the lang file? (Like, extra letter/symbol).
Otherwise, what you tried may not function. When it comes to "if" parts in scripting, I'm dud like an extinguished grenade.
RE: Display message only when looking at an entity - Akos115 - 09-25-2012
I checked the names in the script, the .lang file and even in the game.They are all good :/
I figured it out... I made static objects for the items to make sure the player wont pick them up... STATIC OBJECTS, not entities, thats why it wont work... I feel so stupid now xD
RE: Display message only when looking at an entity - Vic7im - 09-25-2012
(09-25-2012, 04:10 PM)Akos115 Wrote: No error message. There is no text displayed when looking at the entity.
I had the same issue not long ago. The problem is either:
#1 .lang file error (even if you triple-check it, you may have overlooked it)
Fix: Create another entity with a text in it and see if it appears. If it doesn't then there's an error in the .lang file.
#2 Bad scripting.
I personally use on start stuff:
{
SetEntityPlayerLookAtCallback("Entity", "Function", true);
}
void Function (string &in asEntity, int alState)
{
if (alState == 1)
{
SetMessage("Category", "Text", 0);
}
}
which is basically the same thing you wrote.
If the second solution doesn't work there's an error in the .lang file, no way around that.
RE: Display message only when looking at an entity - Akos115 - 09-25-2012
(09-25-2012, 04:15 PM)Akos115 Wrote: I figured it out... I made static objects for the items to make sure the player wont pick them up... STATIC OBJECTS, not entities, thats why it wont work... I feel so stupid now xDbut thanks anyway
RE: Display message only when looking at an entity - The chaser - 09-25-2012
In the level editor, click at the desired entity you want to be seeked and then that displays message. Sorry if I don't explain myself well, my english isn't the best
It's PlayerLookAtCallback, or something like that. Try it.