Is there any reason that I would not be able to read a param from a Game::Chr obj?

Here's what I'm trying to use:


In the editor i have a Param on the object:
Type: Int
Name: value
Value: 1

The params.elms is 1 on the obj.

This seems to be the same thing that's being done in the Sample world and in example 09. The only difference is that it's using a Game::Item instead of a Game::Chr.

1. Does every Chr have that parameter in its OBJECT_CLASS or did you apply it to just 1 Chr object in the world editor?
2. Did you also do: pParam.asInt(); (EDIT: My bad, misread the name)

I put the parameter on just the one instance. The OBJ_ITEM, from the examples, doesn't have it on the OBJECT_CLASS.

Yes I do use asInt, if it is not NULL. But it's always NULL.

pParam is sort-of hungarian notation. p means pointer. It was the coding standard at one the gaming companies I worked for, and I've had a hard time changing it. Prior to the job I used to despise that style notation.

About the name: Yeah.. I misread it and blame my lenses I read it as pRaram (with an R).

I should test how reading the params work if it's not in the OBJECT_CLASS base. For now, can you try putting it on all instances? (not manually, but in the base OBJECT_CLASS)

It's actually reading from the Resource object, rather than the in game Object.

A Game::Item uses it's own parameters whereas as Game::Chr uses the ones from the Object drop on the scene.

I had a chance to look at the Character source file. A character sets it's Obj to the first obj of the Resource Object:


The item does not.

The parameters which are specified in the World Editor (Object tab) can be accessed only by overriding the virtual create (Game::Obj class) method.
Other parameters may be accessed at any time as long as you've stored the pointer to the "obj.firstStored"