make some Tasks to run On Update as well

[chocolacodeParticipant]

Hi there,

I am making a game where I need to pick an object with the mouse in 3d space. I am using the WaitMousePick Action to detect the current position,
then as I move the mouse on the screen I need to read the location of the mouse every frame while is pressed.
Then every frame I need “decompose the vector”, “compose a new vector” with a new y position and assign the new vector(Set Property-Transform position) to a new spawned object,

my challenges are that the current WaitMousePick Action works with the Method GetMouseButtonDown which only returns true the first time the button was pressed. I need to copy the WaitMousePick Action to a new one and add/change the method GetMouseButton which then returns true every frame the button is pressed

Also the following Tasks : Decompose Vector, Compose New Vector, Get Property and Set Property don’t have the OnUpdate() method

If you think this will benefit some other users, May I suggest to include in the standard package the OnUpdate events in the tasks mentioned above and to include another task for WaitMousePick with GetMouseButton method

I am making copies of such Tasks in the meantime, am including a boolean option “repeat” which will be validated in the OnExecute() event. If you have better idea please let me know

thanks!

[GavalakisKeymaster]

Hey,
If you are referring to using those tasks in the context of an FSM, have you tried seating the FSM state to “Repeat” as a whole? Doing this will repeat all State actions probably achieving what you are after.
Let me know.
Thanks.

[chocolacodeParticipant]

hey,

thanks for the hint! that worked out very well… 🙂

The tasks: Decompose Vector, Compose New Vector, Get Property and Set Property worked fine with the “repeat” setting. However the WaitMousePick task still need to be copied into a new one that senses the GetMouseButton method rather than GetMouseButtonDown. I made the copy of this task and my project is working as expected,

I have a question though…What about if there is a case where I need to repeat only certain tasks in the state but not all?

thanks again for your support!

[GavalakisKeymaster]

Hey,

Glad to know it worked for you.
Well, the current FSM design in NC is State-centric. What I mean by that is that either the state repeats as a whole, or it does not 🙂 The actions of the state are just what make the state up, and not to be treated as sub-states (which would be the case if some of them were repeated and some other were not) 🙂

Thanks as well!

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