Getting the activator of an activatable object

[DoktorHolmes]

Hello everyone,

I have a question which should be quite easy to answer, and yet I cannot seem to find the answer anywhere.

My question is this:
How do I reference a player who activated an object with the activatable component?

I simply cannot find a variable that references the user of an object.  

The problem lies in my file maxwellthrone.lua, in the line 

	inst.components.activatable.OnActivate = inst.components.throne:makeNewKing()

This line pretty much screws up the rest of the code as I do not know what to place in the brackets at the end.  Whatever I try based on the activatable.lua component simply references the object itself.

If you would like to see my full code, here it is:

maxwellthrone.lua

local assets =
{
	Asset("ANIM", "anim/maxwell_throne.zip"),
    Asset("SOUND", "sound/sanity.fsb"),
    Asset("SOUND", "sound/common.fsb"),
    Asset("SOUND", "sound/wilson.fsb")

}





local function fn(Sim)

    local inst = CreateEntity()
	local trans = inst.entity:AddTransform()
	local anim = inst.entity:AddAnimState()
	local sound = inst.entity:AddSoundEmitter()
	local shadow = inst.entity:AddDynamicShadow()
	inst.entity:AddNetwork() 
	shadow:SetSize( 3, 2 )    

    anim:SetBank("throne")
    anim:SetBuild("maxwell_throne")
    anim:PlayAnimation("idle")

    inst:AddTag("maxwellthrone")

    inst:AddComponent("inspectable")    
    inst:AddComponent("activatable")    
    inst:AddComponent("throne")    
	inst.components.activatable.OnActivate = inst.components.throne:makeNewKing()
   
    return inst
end

return Prefab( "common/characters/maxwellthrone", fn, assets, prefabs) 

 

throne.lua

local throne = Class(function(self, inst)
    self.inst = inst
	
end)

function fn(inst)
		inst:AddComponent("throneruler")
		inst.components.throneruler.makeKing()
end
function throne:removeOldKings(inst)
	if inst.components.throneruler.isKing then
		c_despawn(inst)
	end
end

function throne:makeNewKing(pl)
	for k,v in pairs(AllPlayers) do throne:removeOldKings(v) end
	pl:AddComponent("throneruler")
	pl.components.throneruler:makeKing()
	
end
return throne

 

throneruler.lua

throneruler = Class(function(self, inst, isKing)
    self.inst = inst
	
end)

function throneruler:makeKing(inst)
	inst.components.builder:GiveAllRecipes()
	inst.components.health:SetMaxHealth(1000)
	inst.components.sanity:SetMax(2000)
	inst.components.hunger:Pause(true)
end

return throneruler

 

[Aquaterion]

inst.components.activatable.OnActivate = function(inst, doer) inst.components.throne:makeNewKing(doer) end

the above should work, if not

local function onactivate(inst, doer)
	inst.components.throne:MakeNewKing(doer)
end

inst.components.activatable.OnActivate = onactivate

 

[DoktorHolmes]

Thank you so much!  It works perfectly.

 

Kudos to you, good sir!

One final question - what is the name of the event that is pushed when a new day occurs?  TY!

[Muche]

3 hours ago, DoktorHolmes said:

One final question - what is the name of the event that is pushed when a new day occurs?  TY!

I believe it's phasechanged (with parameter "day") from components/clock|OnUpdate().

Also there is inst:WatchWorldState("startday", fn) and/or inst:WatchWorldState("startcaveday", fn).

[DoktorHolmes]

19 hours ago, Muche said:

I believe it's phasechanged (with parameter "day") from components/clock|OnUpdate().

Also there is inst:WatchWorldState("startday", fn) and/or inst:WatchWorldState("startcaveday", fn).

Thank you kindly!