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[Ivanlul]

Is there a way to make a script do something when it is not being hit by a laser instead of when is is being hit by a laser?

[niffirg1]

That has been Suggested: onIdle, etc. It would be great but no, to my knowledge there is not a way to do this (Wish there was)

[KarateBrot]

Yes there is.

If you want to use scene.my. variables

Open the console and type in this two lines of code

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scene.my.timecheck := 0.0

scene.my.onIdle := { (sim.time - scene.my.timecheck > 1/sim.frequency) && sim.running ? {*do sth when not colliding*} : { }; 11.0 }


After that create the object and the laser. In the object's onHitByLaser type in:

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(e)=>{scene.my.timecheck = sim.time}


In the object's controllerAcc type in:

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{scene.my.onIdle}


If you hate scene.my. variables

First create the object and the laser. Define a new object variable in the object's scripting menu. In the line at the bottom type in:

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timecheck := 0.0


If you don't want to define a new object variable use one which already exists and which you don't need (for example textScale)

In the object's onHitByLaser type in:

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(e)=>{timecheck = sim.time}


In the object's controllerAcc type in:

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{ (sim.time - timecheck > 1/sim.frequency) && sim.running ? {*do sth when not colliding*} : { }; 11.0 }


And that's it. Now the event will be executed every time the laser does NOT hit the object

Only important if you want to use the geometry controller:
The cool thing is you still can use controllerAcc for steering objects. The only thing is: if you want to change controllerAcc in the geometry controller menu you can't do it there. But you can change the acceleration values in your scene.my.onIdle code from 11.0 to the value you want.

[niffirg1]

Wow... Never knew that.

[KarateBrot]

Me neither

[Matten]

But I think an onIdle script would be easier

[Dakta]

Meh, if you add features to fill every user's every need for a function, all you do is create unnecessary clutter.

The means to do this already exists, and is pretty straightforward, so I don't think a special function is needed for it.

[Rrobba]

There is no simple way to do it. But with quite a lot of scripting it can be done. I do hope they implement this in an easier form soon, and the same thing for on-collide with normal objects and shapes.

[KarateBrot]

you can do this with oncollide too. you just have to put (e)=>{scene.my.timecheck = sim.time} into onCollide instead of OnHitByLaser

[Rideg]

Okey how would I go around making something when it's hit and when it's not do another thing?

[Matten]

For example if you want to make a loop that is executed every frame. But you can switch the loop off by touching the block.

[Rideg]

I solved this with a DEactivasionbutton on the laser

[Matten]

I solved this with a DEactivasionbutton on the laser

I was searching for that How does it work?!

[Rideg]

here's the code:

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// Phunlet created by Algodoo v1.7.1

FileInfo -> {
    title = "Missile Launcher v1.6.1 [PROTOTYPE]";
    author = "Rideg";
    version = 8
};
Scene.addLaserPen {
    geom := -1;
    pos := [-0.21875, 0.5414031];
    velocity := +inf;
    fadeDist := 25.0;
    maxRays := 1;
    cutter := false;
    opaqueBorders := true;
    showLaserBodyAttrib := true;
    size := 0.08280628;
    collideSet := 127;
    collideWater := true;
    color := [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0];
    onLaserHit := (e)=>{};
    entityID := 15225;
    zDepth := 23.0;
    rotation := 1.5707964;
    activationButton := "on toggle return"
}

Just paste it in the algodoo window

[Matten]

here's the code:

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// Phunlet created by Algodoo v1.7.1

FileInfo -> {
    title = "Missile Launcher v1.6.1 [PROTOTYPE]";
    author = "Rideg";
    version = 8
};
Scene.addLaserPen {
    geom := -1;
    pos := [-0.21875, 0.5414031];
    velocity := +inf;
    fadeDist := 25.0;
    maxRays := 1;
    cutter := false;
    opaqueBorders := true;
    showLaserBodyAttrib := true;
    size := 0.08280628;
    collideSet := 127;
    collideWater := true;
    color := [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0];
    onLaserHit := (e)=>{};
    entityID := 15225;
    zDepth := 23.0;
    rotation := 1.5707964;
    activationButton := "on toggle return"
}

Just paste it in the algodoo window

Thanks