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Scripting Tutorial: Working with FormLists (edit)
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Let us create a [[FormList]] for each name that contains the letters of that name. The name of each list will be ''nameX'' where ''X'' is the name (e.g. ''nameCloud''). If we try dragging and dropping ''B, a, r, r, e, t'' into a FormList for the name Barret, we will not be able to add the second ''r'' because dragging and dropping allows us only to add base forms to a FormList once, since they have the same FormID. So, we must add the letters as references via a script using [[ListAddReference]] OR by placing the letters into the world in a cell somewhere and dragging their references from the Cell View window. For this example, lets assume we've added them to a test cell somewhere so we can use [[MoveTo]] to relocate them to their destinations. We will add the letters so that the first letter of each name is at index 0. | Let us create a [[FormList]] for each name that contains the letters of that name. The name of each list will be ''nameX'' where ''X'' is the name (e.g. ''nameCloud''). If we try dragging and dropping ''B, a, r, r, e, t'' into a FormList for the name Barret, we will not be able to add the second ''r'' because dragging and dropping allows us only to add base forms to a FormList once, since they have the same FormID. So, we must add the letters as references via a script using [[ListAddReference]] OR by placing the letters into the world in a cell somewhere and dragging their references from the Cell View window. For this example, lets assume we've added them to a test cell somewhere so we can use [[MoveTo]] to relocate them to their destinations. We will add the letters so that the first letter of each name is at index 0. | ||
===Inefficient Script=== | |||
If we wish to print these names into the world somewhere, we can use the [[Label]]/[[GoTo]] loop, one loop for each FormList of letters: | If we wish to print these names into the world somewhere, we can use the [[Label]]/[[GoTo]] loop, one loop for each FormList of letters: | ||
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The script was cut short because it is a bit tedious, since we have 9 names to print. The script could also quickly get long if we put more instructions into each loop, like angle and scale information. | The script was cut short because it is a bit tedious, since we have 9 names to print. The script could also quickly get long if we put more instructions into each loop, like angle and scale information. | ||
As it would seem, a FormList is also an object in the editor, which has its own FormID. That makes a FormList a Form. What this means is that FormLists can contain other FormLists. Lets use this to our advantage by making another FormList named ''namesList''. Now we will drag and drop all 9 of our name FormLists into this new FormList. Our script just got a whole lot shorter: | ===Lists of Lists=== | ||
As it would seem, a FormList is also an object in the editor, which has its own FormID. That makes a FormList a Form. What this means is that FormLists can contain other FormLists. Lets use this to our advantage by making another FormList named ''namesList''. Now we will drag and drop all 9 of our name FormLists into this new FormList. | |||
===Efficient Script=== | |||
Our script just got a whole lot shorter: | |||
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;vars (not listed for brevity) | ;vars (not listed for brevity) | ||