Understanding Objects, Components, Parent and Child in Event Node editor

artainx

Greetings, I've been struggling lately with the Event editor to make it do things with little to no success. I've got a few questions

The Step Activate Object.

I can get it to sometimes activate or deactivate my object however the components on that object remain active. (E.g. Combatant Spawner component on an Empty game object) Can someone please clarify the conditions and details how this works?

Also using the Enable / Disabled Component on objects doesn't seem to work for me. I type in the correct name for the object and the name ORK assigns the component, e.g: Real Time Battle Area or Combatant Spawner Yet these components stay active.

Can someone please clarify how this is supposed to be done?

As for parents and child objects, If I were to disabled the parent object, the Child object would be disabled too correct?

I likely have a few more questions on this topic. I've tried many different situations with no success.

Many Thanks!

wtyson

when disabling objects its best to have a active parent an disable the child of it incase you need to activate it again( also needed if the object is disabled at start) . if you spawn a combatant with the combatant spawner then you will need to destroy it when you disable the object with the spawner on it. just disabling the spawner will not effect whats been spawned.

Kirb

Make sure that you are spelling the actual name of the component, and not the name on the inspector.

Real Time Battle Area = RealTimeBattleArea

artainx

Thanks for the replies! My components now disable and enable on the child object. :)

One thing still isn't clear, when I disable an Object

e.g. Object with a Real Time Battle Area and Combatant Spawner Component

The Object is disabled yet the RTB area effect is still active. My character still holds his weapon out. He only does this in RTB areas, in the field it's put away. It's as though the effect of Real Time Battle is still active, even though the Object is disabled.

Basically how can I remove the effect of a Real Time Combat and return to 'Field' mode without destroying the Object or Component? I need it to respawn or reactivate later.

wtyson

the real time combat is only triggered when entering a the triggered area so if your still get this effect then there seems to be a issue with still being in the trigger or you could try to use the area rtb object in stead of the full scene an just scale it as needed this should work ... i believe

wtyson

an if that dont work you can force move it with the event off screen then move it back in so that it will simulate entering an exiting the trigger with out need of disabling

artainx

It's a limited area already, I'm not using the whole scene RTB.

I find it odd that even with the component and object disabled it's technically still active. I was expecting it to be fully dormant until I reactivate it.

Wtyson, I could move it, i just saw it in Node Editor, I will try it , thank you!

artainx

I can successfully move the object now, however my character again, stays in the effect of Real Time Battle Area with his weapon drawn.

I paused the game after the Movement Step and the object is trully FAR away, yet my character is still holding his weapon as if he was in an RTB area.

wtyson

dont know what to tell ya those are all my ideas i can think of. you'll have to wait for gil to give you some advice on this. i only let ork control some of my animations while the rest are done through makinom now so i have better control of how things work. you could force a event to play the correct animation after its disabled not sure if its for a event it self or the player still has control but thats all i can think of now to be of any help :/

artainx

Thanks for the help Wtyson :)

I'll keep trying things

artainx

GOT IT WORKING ---- Sorta, strange behavior

If my Player is in the RTB area when it is Deactivated they are Permanently stuck in the Real Time Battle Area mode, weapon drawn, unable to get into Main Menu regardless of where go on the map.

However

If I run away from the Area before it is Deactivated, Everything works fine, they lower their weapon, I get access to main menu etc... Is this something that can be fixed GiL?

Event Settings Set Actor: my parent object Child Object: my game object with Real Time Battle Area and Combatant Spawner attached.

Wait 15s > Deactivate Object : Event Object's Child Object

gamingislove

Seems like deactivating the object doesn't cause the trigger exit event that's needed to leave the battle. Will add leaving battle also when the component is disabled - destroying the object should cause trigger exit, though :)

Edit: No, I specifically call that when the object is destroyed - will do this when it's disabled in the next update :)