[ Suggestion ] - Make the connections like roblox style and add findFirstChild

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[ Suggestion ] - Make the connections like roblox style and add findFirstChild - ptown2 - 10-16-2010

since this script

Code:
while true do

p = create("Box");

p.Position = Vec2D(math.random(400,600),100)

p.Size = Vec2D(5, 5)

p.Color = Color(math.random(0, 255), math.random(0, 255), math.random(0, 255))

p.Parent = game.World

p.Fixed = false

s = create("Script")

s.Source = "sleep(5); while script.Parent.Transparency < 1 do script.Parent.Transparency = script.Parent.Transparency + 0.2; sleep(0.1); end; script.Parent:remove();"

s.Parent = p

sa = create("Script")

sa.Source = "link(script.Parent.Collided, function(touch) if touch.Name ~= "Ground" and touch.Score ~= nil then script.Parent:remove(); end end)"

sa.Parent = p

tex = create("Texture")

tex.Image "http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/251461/251461,1236423088,1/stock-photo-closeup-waffle-texture-to-background-26195983.jpg"

tex.Parent = p

sleep(1)

end

requires findFirstChild, it is needed in the LUA Database and can you make the connections similar in ROBLOX, so it can be more easier?

RE: [ Suggestion ] - Make the connections like roblox style and add findFirstChild - Jacob__mybb_import1 - 10-16-2010

The latest update has a getChild() that works like findFirstChild() in Roblox.

And the connections will have to stay this way for now. Roblox uses one Lua environment with multiple threads; the Lua library I used doesn't support threads so each script has a separate Lua environment. If a member function was used to connect events, then the game wouldn't know what Lua environment to run the event script on, if that makes any sense.

RE: [ Suggestion ] - Make the connections like roblox style and add findFirstChild - ptown2 - 10-16-2010

well that fixes everything about the connectors, but what bugs me most is this:

[2010-10-16 17:34:14] Tried to call nil

when you do a if not statement

example:

Code:
sa.Source = "link(script.Parent.Collided, function(touch) if touch.Name ~= "Ground" and touch.Score ~= nil then script.Parent:remove(); end end)"

RE: [ Suggestion ] - Make the connections like roblox style and add findFirstChild - Jacob__mybb_import1 - 10-16-2010

Is Score a value object? If it is you have to get the Value property (touch.Score.Value).

Not statements shouldn't cause errors.

RE: [ Suggestion ] - Make the connections like roblox style and add findFirstChild - ptown2 - 10-17-2010

even with the score out, it still says the same error

RE: [ Suggestion ] - Make the connections like roblox style and add findFirstChild - Jacob__mybb_import1 - 10-17-2010

I finally realized what the problem is, you have to escape quotes in strings with backslashes, otherwise it gets confused.

Code:
sa.Source = "link(script.Parent.Collided, function(touch) if touch.Name ~= \"Ground\" and touch.Score ~= nil then script.Parent:remove(); end end)

RE: [ Suggestion ] - Make the connections like roblox style and add findFirstChild - zeyan12 - 12-30-2010

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