Basic SCripting Tutorial

[mold999]

This is basically what the title says. I will explain some of the variable/OnCollide scripting.

I will list the steps, and explain them as I go.

1.) Open up the console in Algodoo (Phun) using F11 or 'tilde' (~)

2.) Type scene.my.Write your variable here, and then have it equal some value (i.e. 10, .4, true). It should look something like this :

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scene.my.dens = 100

3.) Open the script menu of an object, and type your variable (including the scene.my.) into any box. Be sure yo put curly brackets { } around the ENTIRE variable. DO NOT include the value of the variable. It should look something like this :

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{scene.my.dens}

. If I inputted this into the density box, Now, the object you have selected will have the density of the value you inputted for the variable. So, if I had my variable's value at 5, the density of the selected object will be five.

4.) To change the density of this object (object A, I'll call it) when another object collides, open the script menu of another object (object B), and paste this into the OnCollide box :

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scene.my.dens = scene.my.dens = 10

This will change the density of the original object to 10. (Please not that object B DOES NOT have to collide with object A in order for the script to work. Object B CAN COLLIDE WITH ANY OTHER OBJECT!)

5.) You can also increase the density object A, so that every time object B collides, it increases the density of object A by one (this can also be inputted into the OnCollide of object A). The code looks like this :

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scene.my.dens = scene.my.dens + 1

6.) If you want to change the color of object A, you do not secondarily need any variables (only if you want when object B collides, it changes the color of object A). Input this into the OnCollide of object A :

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e.this.color = [1, 1, 1, 1]

this will change the color of object A white.


This concludes my basic scripting tutorial. If you have any questions or comments, PM me or add a reply to this scene.

I will add another slightly more advanced tutorial, but right now I'm too lazy.

[frogman786]

thanks i've been looking for something like this for awhile
im pretty sure for number 6 to change the color you don't need to put

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e.this.color = [1,1,1,1]

just put

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color = [1,1,1,1]

[mold999]

thanks i've been looking for something like this for awhile
im pretty sure for number 6 to change the color you don't need to put

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e.this.color = [1,1,1,1]

just put

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color = [1,1,1,1]

I know, but I think that the e.this. clarifies that you can do an e.other. also.

[frogman786]

yea explaining things like e.other, e.this and e.geom would help noobs in the long run (just suggesting it)

oh and nuber 4 looks like you made a mistake

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scene,.my.dens = scene.my.dens = 10

[mold999]

I fail...

[Dare]

Did you search around?
I'm sorry, but this thread is simply a waste of space. It has already been done, and it's been done better by a more experienced thyme mechanic.

[TC42]

This link is even stickied! How did you not see it?

Also, you forgot to mention if statements, the most useful thing in scripting.

[mold999]

Look, the new people who come here might not even know what to look for. If this thread is new, it will be on the front page, so the new people will look at this, and know there is more to search for.

[Dare]

It's stickied. It's permanently at the top of the page, even the new threads get put underneath it.

This thread is totally pointless.