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Paranoid Android
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Posted: 23rd May 2006 22:43
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I've started using LUA with the Unity plugin today, and I have a short question.

I've read in the "getting started with unity" document that you can access the dbpro world from the LUA script using certain function like: CamInfo(), ObjInfo(), MoveObject(number,speed), PointObject(number,X,Y,Z).

My question: Are those the only implemented functions that control the dbworld directly from the LUA script? if not, where can I find the list of all such function? I couldn't find any such list in the help files.

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Paranoid Android.

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David T
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Posted: 23rd May 2006 22:57
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Only the core commands are exported for the following reason - if every single command was exported, then it would take only a few lines of code to create an all-new game creation language, using TGC's engine, which you could then sell on - easily killing the market for DBPro. To protect TGC's work I didn't include every command.

There's a list of the functions available in the manual, page 20.

As a rule you should separate 3d form (DBPro) from logic and function (Lua) - hence there shouldn't be too much need for a crossover. But having a few functions exported does make knocking up a good looking demo very easy!

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Thanks

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Oops. Can't find the list

The pdf "getting started" document has only 17 pages and the other help files are html files (no page 20).

What am I missing?

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David T
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Posted: 24th May 2006 13:49
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There should be two PDF files - Getting Started and Unity Manual.pdf as well as the HTML help files for the editor.

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A simple case of FTFM

Missed it, found it, bashed meself on the head.

Thanks.

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Posted: 29th May 2006 14:06 Edited at: 29th May 2006 14:06
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No probs! I was worried then, I was sure I'd written that bit of the manual but was looking for it myself a few days ago and couldn't find it too...

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DaveC9000
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It is possible to forward commands to your DBPro app using the LUA stack. Just write some sort of function string to the stack in lua, then write a function in your app that check the stack each loop and parses out the commands. I thought that was what the stack was for. In theory, given enough time and a boat load of code you could in fact forward EVERY DB command through it. It would prabably take the rest of your natural life though, and that's why I mainly only use lua to store data.
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In Unity there is a message queue system, and as you said you are basicaly pushing data onto the stack then popping it off in your dbpro app.

I know the voices aren't real, but they have good ideas!
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