[Plugin] Nickname, [Behavior] Nickname

Damn. I cant call function by name or nickname(((

No, i can))) GunsBullet.Nickname.Nickname

rexrainbow hello, I'm trying to revive my old project and I was looking more control for the instances, then I found this plugin, well I had doubt, you may look 3 screenshots, I've made asetup in following events:

Then the result was not ok:

Excepted result should be:

How to achieve this?

Joannesalfa

The result is correctly. It is better to assign a kind of object a unique name.

In your test -

Nickname["red"] = Sprite object, Nickname["blue"] = Sprite object -> nickname is a string name of an object type, not an instance.

Then create by nickname "red" or "blue" will create sprite object - it works fine.

Another case, pick "red" object will pick sprite object, it works fine, too.

If you want to identify instance created by "red" or "blue", try add private value to store "red"/"blue" after created.

rexrainbow isn't there another idea or plugin to set string name for instance from creating object with field where to set value for string game?

I never liked official creating object or spawn sprites without setting string name value.

Joannesalfa

You might want a "virtual object type", but this nickname plugin is only an alias name of an object type.

Not "virtual object type"

I mean "creating new object with setting string name or whatever" since it helps to maintain the control of instances.

Joannesalfa

It had been done in current rex_nickname plugin if you only want to "creating new object by string name".

Picking instances by string name is another issue.

Update:

rex_bnickname behavior: fix bug while using "SID" mode.

Do all the objects have to be on the layout already for it to work? Can I create an object from a different layout?

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nickname behavior only works while at least one instance had been created.

Otherwise, user could use "Action:Assign nickname" in nickname plugin to assign the name string manually. After that, user could create instance by string name at any layout.

any way you can edit the size, angle of nickname instance when created?

tdcostas

There are 2 possible of solutions-

A. Uses "Action:Create instance into family" to create an instance and put it into a family SOL. Then change the size or angle by actions of this family. ( sample capx )

B. Get this created instance UID by "Expression:LastCreatedInstUID". User might change properties of this instance by rex_uid2prop plugin. Only common properties (x,y,angle,opacity) could be assigned. ( sample capx )

Hi, something wrong with the links... they point at same file, that is the plugin...

pcprice76

Fixed.

thanks!