Position constraint-float script question

[focomoso]

In general, you shouldn't be referencing objects with $ notation in a script controller. Better practice is to add the objects you want to use as node variables and access them that way. Then you can change the names of the objects as much as you want and the script doesn't care because it knows the object's id. (Not sure if this answers your question, though...)

[filanek]

Thanks mate;)
You helped me a lot!
cheers
filip

[Mathieson]

You can use,

(for x in refs.dependents(this) where isValidNode x collect x)[1].parent

to replace $man01, although its not very efficient and might not work properly if the controller is instanced over several objects.

I'd do what focomoso suggested and then, with the object selected, execute this code in the listener..


$.pos.controller.position_script.controller.setNode "par" $.parent


Assuming you've named your variable "par", it will automatically set the value of "par" to the node that is the parent of the selected object.

EDIT: Theres not supposed to be a tab in .setNode

[filanek]

Thanks Mathieson!
this "(for x in refs.dependents(this) where isValidNode x collect x)[1].parent" works exactly the way I wanted;)
cheers
filip

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