Expression 2 - Entity Discovery

[chiss]

Can someone PLEASE show me some WORKING code of this?

Everything i try doesn't seem to work?

@name FINDY
@outputs E:entity GPS:vector Owner:entity O_GPS:vector
@persist 

interval(1000)

Name="chiss"

if(Owner:name() == Name)
{
    findExcludePlayer(Owner)
    findInSphere(Owner:pos(),1000)
    E = findResult(findInSphere(Owner:pos(),1000))
    GPS = E:pos()
    O_GPS = Owner:pos()
}
else
{
    Owner=findPlayerByName(Name)
}

For example this should just target the closest entity to me?
(Most of this is someone elses code - no credit to me)

I can easily get them to track me, or some specific other player. But i can't get it working as a target finder at all.

I get timer errors all the time too :\ why?

[Pyro-Fire]

Assuming exp2 now entirely resembles lua;

findResult(findInSphere(self:pos(),1000))
will give you the entity.

[Magos Mechanicus]

That is nearly correct usage right there (findResult() isn't supposed to take findInSphere() as an argument, just a number between 1 and whatever findInSphere() returns.). It's just that one or other update broke findInSphere()/findInBox() (and maybe findInCone() too, I haven't checked). Not much to do but revert to the original find.lua or wait until Gwahir's not so busy, I suppose.

[Pyro-Fire]

findInSphere returns the entity ID, which findresult uses to select an entity, so used together like that will return the entity.

[chiss]

Assuming exp2 now entirely resembles lua;

findResult(findInSphere(selfos(),1000))
will give you the entity.

Tried that, with both entity()os() and Owneros(). Neither worked.

Also the down side to that is itll just find the furthest away thing.

a few more for safe measure.

[Magos Mechanicus]

Gwahir's given findInSphere() and such a different interface in E2, so it's not quite like the lua one. Instead, it saves a table from which you can pull results with findResult(Index).

[chiss]

Gwahir's given findInSphere() and such a different interface in E2, so it's not quite like the lua one. Instead, it saves a table from which you can pull results with findResult(Index).

We understand that, the problem is its not working.

Can anyone get this working?

[SpectreCat]

Ok this may not be what you are looking for, but it might help. Ill give you an example of a working target finder.

@ Name Test
@ Inputs
@ Outputs X Y Z
@ Persists Position:vector Target:entity ** You must define the variable as an entity **

interval (10) ** You need interval otherwise the position will not update, it set for 10milliseconds **

findByClass ("Players") ** This could be Props, Npcs, Players, etc. **
Target = findresult(#) **Replace 3, if there were 3 players, you would either be 1 2 or 3 **

Position = Target: pos() ** Please ignore the space from t: pos, I am trying to avoid ***
X = Position:x()
Y = Position:y()
Z = Position:z()

[chiss]

My conclusion is that a lot of the FIND functions are broken.

If your above code works it would seem findByClass and findPlayerByName and maybe a few others work.

I havent heard of anyone getting findInSphere working.

[chizley]

Chiss, remember how you said to me that when I tried to make something you thought could not be done that I have good aspiration?

Looks like it paid of after a few HOURS:

@name TargetFinder
@inputs GPS:vector
@outputs TargetName:string TargetModel:string X Y Z
@persist Gpsx Gpsy Gpsz Pos:vector TheEnt:entity Find VecPos:vector


interval(10)
#Init GPU
Gpsx = GPS:x()
Gpsy = GPS:y()
GpsZ = GPS:z()

#Set the Vector
VecPos = vec(Gpsx, Gpsy, Gpsz)

#Find the Target within 1000units of the GPS
Find = (findInSphere(VecPos,1000))   

#Return
TheEnt = findResult(1)


#Output
Pos = TheEnt:pos()
X = Pos:x()
Y = Pos:y()
Z = Pos:z()
TargetName = TheEnt:name()
TargetModel = TheEnt:model()

Finished just then... its still fresh.. not perfect tho (welll..?)

@name TargetFinder
@inputs GPS:vector
@outputs
@persist TheEnt:entity Find
#Most Basic form, Add outputs freely
#Kudos to Chiss for the GPS tip =]
interval(10)
Find = (findInSphere(GPS,1000))   
TheEnt = findResult(1)