laser ID

[HavingPhun]

When each laser is created does it have an ID like laser #1,#2,#3 and is there a way to find out what there ID is. Also can you use that ID when scripting like laser1.color = [2,5,6,4] ? Thanks!

[bozbez]

Lasers do have EntityIDs, you can find it out by selecting the laser and ctrl-c, and pasting it into somwhere and looking through until you find entityID=45, or similar, and, as far as i know, i don't think you can use the ID when scripting though.

[Someone Else]

You can't use entityIDs in Thyme. It would make things so much easier though...

[TC42]

You do use geomIDs though, they're used in spawning.

[HavingPhun]

Im gonna suggest that. Also do lasers have a geom ID

[bozbez]

Lasers dont have geomIDs as soon as you put them into the scene, but you can give them geomIDs by, in the script menu, typing down at the bottom, geomID = 27 (obviously the number can be changed). This destroys the entityID though (does it matter?).

[Kilinich]

Lasers dont have geomIDs as soon as you put them into the scene, but you can give them geomIDs by, in the script menu, typing down at the bottom, geomID = 27 (obviously the number can be changed). This destroys the entityID though (does it matter?).

Changing geomID, entityID (as any other hidden property) via script window don't affect anything at all.

[HavingPhun]

Can i use geomID in scripting? like

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geomID27.color = [4,56,78,44]

? Also is that how you spell it because arent they case sensitive. And is that how you would code it?

[Someone Else]

I really wish you could do that, though. The only way you really can use geomID is in spawning, as TC42 said.

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scene.addCircle({
   pos := e.pos;
   geomID = 142
   });
scene.addLaserPen({
   pos := e.pos;
   geom := 142
   })

[Kilinich]

Can i use geomID in scripting? like

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geomID27.color = [4,56,78,44]

? Also is that how you spell it because arent they case sensitive. And is that how you would code it?

There is a way to do such things but you need to get target object somehow (collide or hit with laser) and it will work only in runtime (can't save it).
For example you can use onCollide = (e) => {scene.my.obj1 = e.this} and after that scene.my.obj1.color is valid variable.

geomID is dynamic and can be changed even on undo.

[Someone Else]

geomID is dynamic and can be changed even on undo.

Now why would they do that?

[bozbez]

Lasers dont have geomIDs as soon as you put them into the scene, but you can give them geomIDs by, in the script menu, typing down at the bottom, geomID = 27 (obviously the number can be changed). This destroys the entityID though (does it matter?).

Changing geomID, entityID (as any other hidden property) via script window don't affect anything at all.

It does with me?