Hi, I’m essentially trying to make a sprite invisible (that code works fine), or even just disable it (idk if that’s possible) when the user clicks a button on a character selection screen. The sprite is within the first level collection which uses a tilemap.
This code is on the sending half:
msg.post("main:/controller", "load level 1")
function on_message(self, message_id, message)
if message_id == hash("proxy_loaded") then
if character == "male" then
msg.post("girlpl:/controller", hash("set female invisible"))
elseif character == "female" then
msg.post("boypl:/controller", hash("set male invisible"))
end
if maledisable == true then
msg.post("girlpl:/controller", hash("reset female to visible"))
elseif femaledisable == true then
msg.post("boypl:/controller", hash("reset male to visible"))
end
end
end
And this is an example of the receiving half for one of sprite scripts (they use the same code and both don’t work)
function on_message(self, message_id, message, sender)
if message_id == hash("set male invisible") then
go.set("#boyplayer", "tint", vmath.vector4(0, 0, 0, 0))
elseif message_id == hash("reset male to visible") then
go.set("#boylayer", "tint", vmath.vector4(1, 1, 1, 1))
end
end
In you rfirst post, you have the “msg.post” outsize of the lifecycle functions.
That won’t work, So perhaps it part of the problem, that the message is never sent?
Sorry I should’ve made it a bit clearer, that line of code was on the very end of the previous on_input function, I just included it there so people could see what I used incase there was something wrong with it.
if action.pressed and gui.pick_node(gui.get_node("button_play2"), action.x, action.y) then
--check if the player has pressed the button_play2 node button
msg.post("main:/controller", "load level 1")
and then in main script:
elseif message_id == hash("load level 1") then
-- level 1 game starting
msg.post(self.current_collection, "unload")
msg.post("#level1_proxy", "load")
self.current_collection = "level1_proxy"
You need to print() debug every step of the way to figure out where things fall down. Is input being detected at all, if yes is the button being clicked, if yes is any message received (if so what’s the id), etc…
Everything works and prints as intended prior to the first print issue that I showed above. I’m not sure if I’m missing something or what - I’m pretty new to defold
You have a main.collection with a main.script which acts as a controller to load and unload screens and levels. This is a good practice!
From the main.collection you load a character select screen with a character.gui_script
When the player has selected male or female and press Play you send a message from character.gui_script back to main.collection to load the first level.
The problem is that you expect the “proxy_loaded” message to be sent to character.gui_script. This will not happen since it is the main.script which loads level1.collection.
One solution would be to store the character selection choice in a Lua module. Use this information in level1.collection to disable one of the player characters.
-- settings.lua
local M = {}
M.gender = "male"
return M
-- character.gui_script
local settings = require("settings")
function on_input(self, action_id, action)
if gui.pick_node(...) then
settings.gender = "male"
--- boypl.script
local settings = require("settings")
function init(self)
-- delete if male is not selected (do same in girlpl.script)
if not settings.gender == "male" then
go.delete()
end
end
Another option would be to send the selected character from character.gui_script back to main.script in the load level 1 message use it there instead.
Thank you, I’ve implemented what you’ve said, but it comes up with the error that the file settings.lua cannot be found. Also silly question maybe, but what would it look like when I want to do the settings.lua code for the female part? I assume I’d change M for F and “male” for “female”
And from other places you check the gender as I showed previously:
local settings = require("settings")
if settings.gender == "female" then
print("I'm female")
elseif settings.gender == "male" then
print("I'm male")
end
Sorry, I’m an idiot lol. Still doesn’t seem to work though… I’m at an absolute loss on how I’ve messed it up. I did a print statement:
local Lsettings = require “main.Lsettings”
function init(self)
msg.post("#", "acquire_input_focus")
print("test")
if not Lsettings.gender == "female" then
print("its a boy!")
go.delete()
end
end
The first print test works, but the second does not. I did the exact same in the lua file as you said so I’m unsure as to why nothing is being returned.
