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December 7, 2009


Josh

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It's 12:30 in the morning, but I have the model scripts working the way I want. Thanks to "Nilium" for his tips, and to everyone who gave their feedback. I am confident in this revision. I have a lot of scripts that need to be slightly altered, but it's just a matter of adjusting the function structure, not really changing any existing code.

 

Here's the light_ambient script:

require("scripts/class")
require("scripts/linkedlist")

local class=CreateClass(...)

function class:Spawn(model)
local object=self.super:Spawn(model)

function object:Update()
	AmbientLight(self.model.color)
end

function object:SetKey(key,value)
	if key=="color" then
		local returnvalue=self.super:SetKey(key,value)			
		self:Update()
		return returnvalue
	elseif key=="intensity" then
		local returnvalue=self.super:SetKey(key,value)	
		self:Update()
		return returnvalue
	else
		return self.super:SetKey(key,value)
	end
	return 1
end

function object:Kill(model)
	local model,object

	--Iterate through all instances of this class.
	--If any instances are found, use them to set
	--the ambient light value.
	for model,object in pairs(self.class.instances) do
		if object~=self then
			object:Update()
			break
		end
	end
	self.super:Kill()
end

object.model:SetKey("intensity","0.5")

--Call the update function before finishing.
--This can only be called after the function is declared.
--We don't actually need to call it here since setting the intensity key
--will do that for us, but it's still a good idea as a general rule.
object:Update()
end

function class:Cleanup()
--Restore default ambient light setting.
AmbientLight(Vec3(0.5,0.5,0.5))
self.super:Cleanup()
end

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I think that looks pretty good. So how would we go about making global variables with this new single state design since that would be one of the benefits.

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Oh, I thought you were worried about global names colliding, but that works for me. We still might run into issues with custom objects that we all create. Might encourage some kind of variable naming convention. Those kind of bugs might be tough to find.

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So you want global variables, but you don't?

 

I suggest storing any per-class variable as member of the class:

 

class.myglobal=3

 

That should keep your per-class variables out of trouble, and your other scripts can still access them.

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I'm loving it. Seems cleaner than the original implementation, yet it adds functionality. Can't beat that. When do you think it will be available for us to start playing with it?

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So you want global variables, but you don't?

 

I suggest storing any per-class variable as member of the class:

 

class.myglobal=3

 

That should keep your per-class variables out of trouble, and your other scripts can still access them.

 

 

I want global variables but with a way to avoid naming collisions. Something like namespaces.

 

Are all these classes global? So if I create a variable apart of the class I can access it via the class in another file?

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