[Plugin] Nickname, [Behavior] Nickname

how to you install this plugin

is there a way to create object by name withought the nickname behavior?

foreach (var typeName in runtime.types)

if(typeName == requestedType)

create instance (runtime.types[typeName])

this results an error for some reason

i think i found my answer:

"This isn't supported because as part of minifying and obfuscating your project on export, object names are removed to make it even more difficult to reverse engineer a project.

Allowing creating objects by a variable would then force C2 to include the original names of all objects, possibly making it easier to reverse engineer the project. TBH I think the best solution is a series of subevents like you've shown."

sagispin

C3 supports creating instance by name string officially, without any 3rd party plugin.

rexrainbow

im waiting for C3 to become more stable, and have more plugins.

but untill then i will use the nickname behavior, i can enforce a nickname behav string to be the object name and avoid bugs, by running an exe that checks the xml files of the project.

Update

rex_nickname plugin, rex_bnickname behavior: fix a possible bug in large project

Okay I'm trying to load an old project and it keeps telling me the behavior isn't installed. The website ONLY links to the 7z file for the plugin itself, and I cannot find a link for the behavior alone. Please help me! I need to get to this old project to grab some code!

EDIT: sorry, I just didn't notice the bnickname part but I found and got it working.

Hi rexrainbow,

thx for these plugins. Is there any way to inlude a "change animation" action in the rex_uid2prop plugin? I'm mass-spawning isometric sprites from a stored json-array with the nickname plugin, and the sprites can have four different rotation-animations. Right now I do a workaround by setting their opacity to certain levels and change the animation later based on their opacity value.

Btw. I would donate some money if that could help :)

Cavaron

open edittime.js

add

AddNumberParam("UID", "Instance UID.", 0);
AddStringParam("Animation Name", "Animation Name");
AddAction(21, 0, "Change animation", "Animation", "Instance UID <b>{0}</b>: set animation {1} ", "Change animation", "InstSetAnim");

open runtime.js

add

Acts.prototype.InstSetAnim = function (v,a)
{
	var inst = this.runtime.getObjectByUID(v);
	if (!inst)
		return;
	if (a != "")
		cr.plugins_.Sprite.prototype.acts.SetAnim.apply(inst, [a, 1]);
};

and save it.

Thx Eren, you saved me a lot of work!