Passing parameters when load collection proxy

[uditha]

hi ,
I am using collection proxy to switch between two collections,

local function loadGame(self)
	msg.post("/game#gameProxy", "load")
	msg.post("/game#gameProxy", "enable")
	msg.post("oombi_game:/game_body#oombi1", "user_need_to_create_private_room")
end

local function unloadGame()
	msg.post("/game#gameProxy", "unload")
end

local function loadLogin(self)
	msg.post("/game#loginProxy", "load")
	msg.post("/game#loginProxy", "enable")
end

local function unloadLogin(self)
	msg.post("/game#loginProxy", "unload")
end

i need to pass game type “Manual” or auto as a parameter when load game (“loadGame”) function,
but when i use "msg.post(“oombi_game:/game_body#oombi1”, “user_need_to_create_private_room”) " it gives "Could not send message ‘user_need_to_create_private_room’ from ‘main:/game#main’ to ‘oombi_game:/game_body#oombi1’

are there any way to do this process

[sicher]

The engine will send a message back to your script when the proxy is loaded, then you can send your message:

...

function on_message(self, message_id, message, sender)
    if message_id == hash(”proxy_loaded”) then
        msg.post(sender, ”init”)
        msg.post(sender, "enable")
        msg.post("oombi_game:/game_body#oombi1", "user_need_to_create_private_room")
    end
end

See https://www.defold.com/manuals/collection-proxy/#_loading_a_collection

[Lex]

Is there any new way since this post to pass parameters to collection proxy?
This is quite painful to pass a message once the collection is loaded. A simple message passing when collection is initialized would be very much appreciated.

[britzl]

@Lex

Is there any new way since this post to pass parameters to collection proxy?

Nope. You need to send the message manually. Or build something using Lua modules.

In the Monarch screen manager you can do something like:

-- show the game screen and pass some data to it
-- this will load the collection from a proxy
-- or spawn from a collection factory
monarch.show("game", nil, { foo = "bar" })

-------------------------------

-- read the data from a script in the loaded game screen
function init(self)
    local data = monarch.data("game")
    print(data.foo) -- "bar"
end