Accessing user variables in other actors

Kzer-Za · Post by **Kzer-Za** » Sat May 23, 2020 1:20 am

I am trying to check a variable in an actor's master:

if (master.Damaged)

However the engine gives an error

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Unknown identifier 'Damaged'

I have tried turning it into an actor property in the master:

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bool Damaged;
property Damaged : Damaged;

But the error stays. What am I doing wrong and how should I access variables in other actors?

Post by **Jarewill** » Sat May 23, 2020 1:27 am

I am new to ZScript, so I don't know if this is the correct way to do it, but this worked for me:

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let master2 = ActorName(master);

Then check for master2.Damaged instead of master.Damaged.
Replace ActorName with the name of the actor with the Damaged variable.
It doesn't need to be a defined property from what I've seen. Just variables work.

Accensus · Post by **Accensus** » Sat May 23, 2020 3:46 am

That's how this works, yeah. Properties indeed aren't necessary in this case. They're mainly useful if you're doing inheritance and need certain actors to have different defaults.

Kzer-Za · Post by **Kzer-Za** » Sat May 23, 2020 5:29 am

Thanks, it's working!

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