getElementsWithinColShape problem

[Forthwind]

Greetings, I've got a small problem with getElementsWithinColShape, the script for some reason doesn't seem to be able to detect if there are any items in the colshape. I've tried some bugfixing myself and the only way I could sort of make it work was by first creating the object and afterwards create the colshape. Any other way of doing it, it tells me there's no object inside the colshape.

I've gone through the wiki and all it says is: "Please note that for legacy reasons, a colshape created on the client does not collide with elements already existing at that location until they first move". My code is created in serverside, and the objects are created -after- the colshape is created.

On line 30 it checks if checkColz is above 0. It never continues from here because it never counts any object that is inside the colshape.

 

batspawns = {}	

function allRandomz(source, commandName, dimension)
maxBats = 25
spawnedBats = 0
spawnedKnives = 0
spawnedRifles = 0
spawnedShotguns = 0

if (#batspawns == 0) then
	for i, v in pairs(bats) do 
		checkCol = createColSphere(bats[i][1], bats[i][2], bats[i][3], 3)
		finalBats = {x = bats[i][1], y = bats[i][2], z = bats[i][3], col = checkCol}
		table.insert(batspawns, finalBats) 
	end
end


	while spawnedBats < maxBats do
	
	randombat = math.random(1, #bats) 
	taken = false
			
			
		for i, v in pairs(batspawns) do
			if i == randombat and isElement(v['col']) then
				checkColz = #getElementsWithinColShape(v['col'], 'object') 
				foundDimension = getElementsWithinColShape(v['col'], "object")
					
				if checkColz > 0 then 
				outputChatBox("is it different? " .. checkColz) -- Never outputs this, checkColz is always 0 (no elements found in colshape)
					for i, v in pairs(foundDimension) do
						if getElementDimension(v) == dimension then 
							taken = true break 
							else
							taken = false 
						end
					end
						
						
				elseif checkColz == 0 then
					taken = false
				end
			end
		end
			
		if taken == false then 
			newbat = createObject(336, batspawns[randombat]['x'], batspawns[randombat]['y'], batspawns[randombat]['z'])
			setElementDimension(newbat, dimension)	
			spawnedBats = spawnedBats + 1				
		end
	end
end

addCommandHandler("spawnit", allRandomz)

 

Edited April 15, 2018 by Forthwind

[Patrick]

If you create the col, after the object, it's works. I tried it before. 

Example.

local object = createObject(336, 0,0,4)
local col = createColSphere(0,0,4,5)

addCommandHandler("countit", function()
    local objects = getElementsWithinColShape(col, "object")
    outputChatBox(#objects)
end)

 

[Forthwind]

23 minutes ago, Patrick2562 said:

If you create the col, after the object, it's works. I tried it before. 

Example.

local object = createObject(336, 0,0,4)
local col = createColSphere(0,0,4,5)

addCommandHandler("countit", function()
    local objects = getElementsWithinColShape(col, "object")
    outputChatBox(#objects)
end)

 

If this's the only way, then I'll revamp my code so it'll create the object first and afterwards the colshape. Thanks.

[Patrick]

You want to do an item pickup script?

 

Edited April 15, 2018 by Patrick2562

[Forthwind]

Yeah I am doing everything from scratch, I just ran into this problem and couldn't figure out why the colshape couldn't detect the item. (item created after colshape was created). I'm guessing it's not possible for this way to be detected so I'll revamp my code so it'll create the items before the colshape.

Long answer short. Yeah, making a pickup script.

[Patrick]

Just now, Forthwind said:

Yeah I am doing everything from scratch, I just ran into this problem and couldn't figure out why the colshape couldn't detect the item. (item created after colshape was created). I'm guessing it's not possible for this way to be detected so I'll revamp my code so it'll create the items before the colshape.

Long answer short. Yeah, making a pickup script.

And you want to respawn this pickups, with a command. (only with command?)

[Forthwind]

No, this was just a test run. After everything works fine I'm ofc going to switch over from commands to events.

[Patrick]

16 minutes ago, Forthwind said:

No, this was just a test run. After everything works fine I'm ofc going to switch over from commands to events.

Try this:

 

-- SERVER SIDE

local spawns = {
	{0,0,4},
	{5,0,4},
	{10,0,4},
	{15,0,4},
	{20,0,4},
}

local pickups = {}

function pickupObject(i)
	outputChatBox("pickuped! | objectid: "..getElementModel(pickups[i].object))
	destroyElement(pickups[i].object)
	destroyElement(pickups[i].pickupCol)
	pickups[i] = "pickuped"
end


function createPickup(i)
	local object = createObject(336, spawns[i][1], spawns[i][2], spawns[i][3])
	local col = createColSphere(spawns[i][1], spawns[i][2], spawns[i][3], 2)
	
	pickups[i] = {object = object, pickupCol = col}
	
	addEventHandler("onColShapeHit", col, function()
		pickupObject(i)
	end)
end


function respawnPickups()
	for i, v in ipairs(pickups) do
		if v == "pickuped" then
			createPickup(i)
		end
	end
end
addCommandHandler("respawn", respawnPickups)


for i, v in ipairs(spawns) do
	createPickup(i)
end

 

Edited April 15, 2018 by Patrick2562