How do you find the entity number of an item once it has been placed?

Just hover your mouse over the entity and when it's highlighted with the reddish aura down at the bottom of the editor it will tell you

This is something I was just thinking about.

I'll try Jerry's way to get the value of "e" for a particular entity. I'm also going to try a script for the entity and see if I can prompt the value when the gay is running.

That said, once I know that number, can I use it in a script for a different entity? In other words, could I have the script of one entity send commands to the engine for a different entity? I'm going to play with this, just wondering if anyone has tried it?

Go Devils

I haven't tried it, but I don't see why not.

Yes but there are two numbers there. use the first one for scripting. the second is for the lightmap process I believe, But will check on that.

Yes, you can work with the id of an entity, I've tried it with success in the first competition.
All credits go to smallg, I just limited myself to change some things for suit my needs.


-- Allows the player to pick-up the item (teapot - 194), carry it and then drop - floor grate - 259
-- Note - entity with this script must have Physics > No & Static Mode > No

local i_state = {}
local itemdist = 100
local yangle = 0
local tCheckTime = {}

function carryteapot_init(e)
i_state[e] = "start"
end

function carryteapot_main(e)

if i_state[e] == "start" then
tCheckTime[e] = GetTimer(e)
i_state[e] = "initial"
end

--Prompt (g_Entity[220]['x'],g_Entity[220]['y'],g_Entity[220]['z'],g_Entity[e]['x'],g_Entity[e]['y'],g_Entity[e]['z'] )

PlayerDX = g_Entity[e]['x'] - g_PlayerPosX;
PlayerDY = g_Entity[e]['y'] - g_PlayerPosY;
PlayerDZ = g_Entity[e]['z'] - g_PlayerPosZ;
PlayerDist = math.sqrt(math.abs(PlayerDX^2)+math.abs(PlayerDY^2)+math.abs(PlayerDZ^2));

if PlayerDist < 100 then
if i_state[e] == "initial" and GetTimer(e) > tCheckTime[e] + 500 then
Prompt ("Press E To Pick Up teapot. You need to find a right side, to place this")
if g_KeyPressE == 1 then
GravityOff(e)
CollisionOff(e)
Show (e)
yangle=g_PlayerAngY
i_state[e] = "carried"
PlaySound(e,0)
ActivateIfUsed(e)
tCheckTime[e] = GetTimer(e)
end
end
end -- end if player dist

if i_state[e] == "carried" then
--calculate and then hold the item 'itemdist' in front of player
itemx=g_PlayerPosX
itemz=g_PlayerPosZ
itemy=g_PlayerPosY
itemx = itemx+math.sin(math.rad(g_PlayerAngY))*itemdist
itemz = itemz+math.cos(math.rad(g_PlayerAngY))*itemdist
itemy = itemy-math.sin(math.rad(g_PlayerAngX))*itemdist
-- hide if view angle drops underground or too high - adjust as needed

if g_PlayerAngX > -50 and g_PlayerAngX < 25 then
Show(e)
else
Hide(e)
end

SetPosition(e,itemx,itemy-15,itemz)

-- mirror precisely the player Y angle for the items rotation to player
yangle = g_PlayerAngY

if g_PlayerAngY >= 360 then
yangle = g_PlayerAngY - (360 * (math.floor(g_PlayerAngY / 360)))
elseif g_PlayerAngY < 0 and g_PlayerAngY > -360 then
yangle = g_PlayerAngY + 360
elseif g_PlayerAngY 360 then
FaceAngle = FaceAngle - 360
end

--adjust the '-20' to tilt the item further away/towards the player whilst being carried (set to 0 for flat)
SetRotation(e,(g_PlayerAngX-10 * -1),FaceAngle,0)
--SetRotation(e,0,FaceAngle,0)

--check if player wants to drop item and if so drop
Prompt ("Press E To Drop teapot, if does not, is because this is not the right side, to place it")

if g_KeyPressE == 1 and GetTimer(e) > tCheckTime[e] + 500 then
SetRotation(e,0,FaceAngle,0)
GravityOn(e)
CollisionOn(e)
floorgratex = g_Entity[199]['x']
floorgratey = g_Entity[199]['y']
floorgratez = g_Entity[199]['z']
if floorgratex

Nice example 3 com. Thanks, Something I need to learn more of myself. Check out the script board section. Plenty of great advice there, and example scripts.

Mike it is something odd here.
1- I can no see all my post. Or
2- I can no edit my post right.

Now, I can see till it says: if floorgratex , but this not the complete post, I've tried to edit it twice with the same results, looks like lua code tags does not work properly.
Please can you see the complete post, or you see the same like me?

3com

Yes I had a little lag going on. Steam servers crashed yesterday also I see in the log, and Our servers got hit hard. But Our IT guy is great at fixing it. So might be a rebooting server you see. and you were just there at the wrong time, lets say.

But if it keeps happening, please report again.

Thanks

This is what I see right now.



3com

I see the whole post, script and all. Perhaps they fixed it, I've been gone all day!!