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Hey there, so basically I have some text Datalinq fields which are set to 0 Alpha, they're purpose is to run a script event when the value changes which should evaluate the new value and change the filename of a material. I placed the script under OnSetText. I can't seem to get the behavior to act right, it's always is one update behind where it should be. If I move this script to scene OnRender, it just puts the CPU through the roof to keep checking the values of the DataLinqs, however it does work as expected.

Suggestions?

Brennan,

Do you have "live update" disabled?

Can I take a look at the script?

That should be fairly straight forward.

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Live Update is enabled..

dim PicObj as xpBaseObject

dim PicMat as xpMaterial

dim PicShad as xpBaseShader

dim BallOn as String

dim BallOff as String

'File Paths Below

BallOn = Engine.ProjectPath & "Scorebug" & "BAL1.png"

BallOff = Engine.ProjectPath & "Scorebug" & "BAL0.png"

' Process Balls

Select Case Self.text

Case "1"

Scene.GetObjectByName("Ball 1", PicObj)

PicObj.GetMaterial(0, PicMat)

PicMat.GetShader(0, PicShad)

PicShad.SetFileName(BallOn)

Scene.GetObjectByName("Ball 2", PicObj)

PicObj.GetMaterial(0, PicMat)

PicMat.GetShader(0, PicShad)

PicShad.SetFileName(BallOff)

Scene.GetObjectByName("Ball 3", PicObj)

PicObj.GetMaterial(0, PicMat)

PicMat.GetShader(0, PicShad)

PicShad.SetFileName(BallOff)

Case "2"

Scene.GetObjectByName("Ball 1", PicObj)

PicObj.GetMaterial(0, PicMat)

PicMat.GetShader(0, PicShad)

PicShad.SetFileName(BallOn)

Scene.GetObjectByName("Ball 2", PicObj)

PicObj.GetMaterial(0, PicMat)

PicMat.GetShader(0, PicShad)

PicShad.SetFileName(BallOn)

Scene.GetObjectByName("Ball 3", PicObj)

PicObj.GetMaterial(0, PicMat)

PicMat.GetShader(0, PicShad)

PicShad.SetFileName(BallOff)

Case "3"

Scene.GetObjectByName("Ball 1", PicObj)

PicObj.GetMaterial(0, PicMat)

PicMat.GetShader(0, PicShad)

PicShad.SetFileName(BallOn)

Scene.GetObjectByName("Ball 2", PicObj)

PicObj.GetMaterial(0, PicMat)

PicMat.GetShader(0, PicShad)

PicShad.SetFileName(BallOn)

Scene.GetObjectByName("Ball 3", PicObj)

PicObj.GetMaterial(0, PicMat)

PicMat.GetShader(0, PicShad)

PicShad.SetFileName(BallOn)

Case Else

Scene.GetObjectByName("Ball 1", PicObj)

PicObj.GetMaterial(0, PicMat)

PicMat.GetShader(0, PicShad)

PicShad.SetFileName(BallOff)

Scene.GetObjectByName("Ball 2", PicObj)

PicObj.GetMaterial(0, PicMat)

PicMat.GetShader(0, PicShad)

PicShad.SetFileName(BallOff)

Scene.GetObjectByName("Ball 3", PicObj)

PicObj.GetMaterial(0, PicMat)

PicMat.GetShader(0, PicShad)

PicShad.SetFileName(BallOff)

End Select

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As another note, if I keep Alpha up on the datalinq text fields, I can see them change online, while the associated graphic doesn't until the datalinq changes again, at which point the graphic changes to where it should have been the previous time, the logic always follows but it's just an update behind. Moving from 1 to 2 to 3 to 0, goes as expected just one behind, same with 1 to 0 to 1 to 2 etc... Is the self.text value not set to the new value before the script runs?

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Brennan

Im not eactly sure what you are trying to achieve but it seems like you just want to set a shader based on the string value of your text object.

The string is already declared in the subroutine onSetText as "text". Have you tried just using an If statement to achieve this.

If text = "1" then

Etc.

Andrew

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Sorry, I didn't notice that Self.Text and Text are declared differently, Self.text keeps the old value when the script is run, while Text is the new value that must get set sometime after the execution, rather helpful for comparing the old vs new values though.

Thanks!

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