Changing variables in Event

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ArneSaknussemm89ArneSaknussemm89
edited March 2019 in ORK Tips, Tricks & Tutorials
So I'm trying to make an Event for opening/closing doors when a player gets nearby. I was following the gameplay tutorial for closing/opening doors but I'm having an issue with the Change Position node.

I'm setting the Target Position -> To Object and then I set the Local Space to be enabled and then update the offset to be:

X: 0
Y: 4
Z: 0

But when the Event fires it's resetting my door's X and Z values to be zero. The tooltip says it just adds the value, but it seems like it's settings my target's position to my offset instead of adding to it. I tried using a Transform to Variable node to save the event target's object and then was planning on simply adding a Vector3 value to that saved variable, but I can't seem to find a way to manipulate a variable after I've saved it with a node.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Post edited by ArneSaknussemm89 on
  • gamingislovegamingislove
    Hm, are you using the correct target object?

    As for changing the variable - use a Change Game Variables node, adding a Vector3 type variable change with the Add operator to add a value to the stored variable.
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  • ArneSaknussemm89ArneSaknussemm89
    Still having some trouble with it. Here's what my set up looks like.

    Created a Game Event called "gateUp" and first set up the "Event Actors"
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    Next I added a Transform to Variable node
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    Then I added a Change Game Variables node
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    And finally a Change Position node
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    Then, in my scene I created an empty GameObject called "GateTriggers" attached to my "wall" that was housing my gate, with a Box collider much larger than the gate. Here is the event set up.
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    Now when approaching the gate
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    And then when it actually triggers, the gate does this:
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    Sorry for the image spam, figured it was easier to see something if you could see it all lol.

    Although now it seems like the gate has stopped moving entirely in my last test (So maybe I have done something completely wrong then?)
  • Shadow_FireShadow_Fire
    The reason why the variables aren't working is because in the variable sections of all your nodes, instead of putting Game Variable, change all of them to value.
  • gamingislovegamingislove
    Yeah, you currently define a variable key that is stored in a string variable instead of just defining a key directly. When using game variables, in 99.99 % of use cases you'll use the Value value type.

    See the how-to on game variables for details :)
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  • ArneSaknussemm89ArneSaknussemm89
    I forgot I never posted back on here. Thanks for the help! Switching to value for the variable sections definitely did the trick!
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