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Scene::Save and Scene::Load seems to be not working.

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The scene object is passed in the script Load function. You can get the navmesh there.

OK, I'll consider this file. How can I get a map from the file? While I'm reading the source code I see that Map and Scene are the same.

I don't remember what caused the file to break. I'm just letting you know so you know.

Hi, I cannot investigate this unless there is a reliable way to produce the error.

Navmeshes are stored in the scene. See the Monster script for an example.

this transformation does not work: mesh = NavMesh(nav_mesh)-- nav_mesh is Entity, but NavMesh s = type(mesh)-- s = nil

Yesterday, my map file suddenly got corrupted. The editor crashed when I loaded it. Git saved my life.

@Josh Unfortunately, the documentation for the Scene class is very short. There's only one example for the LoadScene method. When running, it produces an error: This example shows how to create a Scene object in code, but the question remains: how to retrieve it from a map file, which was created in the editor? Scene:GetEntity is described well. Is the UUID always unique? Does it never change? How is it generated? Is it some kind of COM identifier?

I'll try later

Awesome! Thank you, I didn't know there was a repository. I appreciate you taking the time to reply.

The repository where all the documentation is stored can be downloaded here: https://github.com/Leadwerks/Documentation The toc.json file contains the table of contents.

Hello, I'm interested in using Leadwerks for a new project, now that I have the time for it. There's one thing I've been unable to find are offline documentation. I understand the "F1" hotkey in the engine leads you to the website; however, I work a lot offline and since I'm still learning the engine, a PDF, .docx, or even a zip file with html files in it would immensely help. I took a look around the forum and docs before posting this, so is there a way to get offline documentation of the engine? Any help would be great, thank you!

https://www.leadwerks.com/learn/Scene_GetEntity

Sorry about that. This is a rare situation that will happen if I accidentally forget a comma when I am editing the TOC json file. It's fixed now.

Okay, it'll work as a temporary solution. I hope they'll fix the site.

Can confirm that its broken. Workaround for now: https://web.archive.org/web/20251215073636/https://www.leadwerks.com/learn You can just use the index at the left, copy the link of what you want, then extract the target url. Example: https://web.archive.org/web/20260108190151/https://www.leadwerks.com/learn/Collider?lang=cpp turns into https://www.leadwerks.com/learn/Collider?lang=cpp

I will upload

How to get an object (which was made in the editor) from the scene to control it programmatically (from a script)?

Does anybody see this on the web-site? Content of the left panel isn't loading.

What kind of code backup system are you using in your current primary Leadwerks project?