upon further experimentation I've found that it doesn't seem to be able to call any functions (I tried with one called say_stuff() and then sayStuff() that had simply
{
sys.print("stuff");
}
in it.

And I got the same error. However, it is finding and running the script, because in main I have a sys.print("room.script initialized.")
my map is called room, and the script room.script, and I have the key script with the value room.script in the worldspawn, and the main works, so I'm really really lost.

However, this leaves hope that maybe my method does work, but it's another problem entirely.

I am able to print out to the console whatever I want based on settings in the game.. however, I am unable to get the name of the entity calling it.

If I can figure out how to getName of an entity that is triggering the event, then I can figure ou thow to call the rest.

working example that prints the value of the key "doorname" in the console:

void openme() {
string doorent;

doorent = $func_door_1.getKey( "doorname" );

sys.print("*******\n");
sys.print(doorent);
sys.print("*******\n");
}

What I want to try but can't get the entity name:

void openme() {
string doorent;
entity ent;

ent = sys.getEntity(); // or getName?
doorent = ent.getKey( "doorname" );

sys.print("*******\n");
sys.print(doorent);
sys.print("*******\n");
}

drech writes...

Quote:

the real problem with that is that Doom 3 does not have a "this" object. Usually you can use "this" (in Java, possibly C++ and in other forms of code including flash) to refer to the object that called the function. Doom 3 does not have a "this," and therefore, you must know the name of the object that targets another object to use $object.getTarget()

I now can agree with this. I can't find any way to find out the name of an entity that calls to a script. Seems rediculous that this is not in there, but I can't find it.

a lot of iD functions are assembled like this:

function ( entity self )
{
self.doWhatever();
}

and, though 'self' seems like it shouldn't work any better than 'door,' it's possible that when you call a function that requires an entity named 'self,' it will get the 'self' entity from whatever entity called the function, therefore making 'self' a kind-of 'this' object.

have your tried using self? I have and it did nothing for me. it seemed that self is nothing more than another named object just like entity door, entity name or whatever. It did not work like "this".

I saw this idea posted in another forum and that's why I tried it.

Have you guys seen this in a stock map or custom map?

I saw this in a post on another site. uhm... HERE

The author didn't try it out.. just wrote it.

how do i use the editor? what do i do with the menu that u get with right clicking on the grid?

Check out the great video tutorials I made. They will show you how to use the editor.

They're located in the tutorials section which is linked on the left.