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[THOM]

I am trying to get this line to work - but I'm failing...

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delayedCall(self.go.id, 0.2, "shootProjectile", "frostbolt", 1.0, 15 )

any idea someone??

oh - I should mention that it's used inside a monster definition

[minmay]

delayedCall is like a connector. It essentially calls [first parameter].controller:[third parameter]([fourth+ parameters]) after [second parameter] seconds. If the component named "controller" is a ScriptControllerComponent rather than a ControllerComponent, it essentially calls [first parameter].script.[third parameter]([fourth+ parameters]). I didn't forget to type ':' instead of '.', it actually is an "unbound" call unlike the ControllerComponent version.
So if your object doesn't have a ScriptControllerComponent named "controller" and a ScriptComponent named "script" with a function "shootProjectile", it won't work.

[cromcrom]

function castFrostbolt()
"frostbolt", 1.0, 15 or whatever
end

delayedCall(self.go.id, 0.2, "castFrostbolt")

self.go.id if the function you call is in the same script as the delayed call.
castFrostbolt is thus the name of the function. You cannot pass parameters with this, it seems.
Hope it helps.

[minmay]

you can pass parameters as I said, they can only be strings or numbers though

[THOM]

Thank you all.
delayedCall is still a mystery for me - with minmays explanation I'm a little bit wiser now...

cromcrom - I know that this is the way to trigger a function inside a script entity - but I doubt (without having tried it) that this would work to call inside a monster definition (it is a monster i my case that is supposed to cast a frostball...)

[cromcrom]

Sorry about misleading people, I won't make this despicable mistake twice.
Cheers.

[THOM]

no matter to be upset

[minmay]

Thank you all.
delayedCall is still a mystery for me - with minmays explanation I'm a little bit wiser now...

Isaac - I know that this is the way to trigger a function inside a script entity - but I doubt (without having tried it) that this would work to call inside a monster definition (it is a monster i my case that is supposed to cast a frostball...)

delayedCall with a monster as the target is a bad thing to do: monsters tend to die, and their object is destroyed shortly after that. Trying to execute a connector on an object that doesn't exist won't cause a crash, but it will print a warning to the console. Why not use an animation event instead?

[Modraneth]

hi, its only possible to place cinematics.ivf ? im trying to place a cinematic to end my mod, but i dont know how to change the format from mp4 to ivf. someone can help please ?

[minmay]

That's a question to ask your favourite search engine.