Fetch UID of objects in same container

Hi,

Is there a way to retrieve the UID of an object in the same container in runtime?

Object.uid, if any part of the container was picked.

makes sense, thanks.

newt what if I addressed my original object through its family and the other object is only specified on family level too?

E.g. Imagine you have different tank setups made up of a base family and a turret family.

One tank (container) might contain base X and turret Y from those families.

All are controlled through family events.

Say my tank base family goes into Idle state, I need to tell the according turret to stop shooting. How do I address the actual turret object?

My event might say:

Family_TankBase | on LOS broken: Family_TankBase -> set state "idle"

+ Family_TankTurret -> turret disabled

But it seems that Family_TankTurret does not know what turret to talk to.

Any suggestions?

newt what if I addressed my original object through its family and the other object is only specified on family level too?

E.g. Imagine you have different tank setups made up of a base family and a turret family.

One tank (container) might contain base X and turret Y from those families.

All are controlled through family events.

Say my tank base family goes into Idle state, I need to tell the according turret to stop shooting. How do I address the actual turret object?

My event might say:

Family_TankBase | on LOS broken: Family_TankBase -> set state "idle"

+ Family_TankTurret -> turret disabled

But it seems that Family_TankTurret does not know what turret to talk to.

Any suggestions?

Couldn't you just set a variable on the turret to the uid of the tankbase on created?

Than you could compare family.uid to turret.variable, right?

Yeah.

Containers only work in the parent-child association.

Calling the any part using the family is unrecognised.

It's a known issue, but not likely addressed officially.

LittleStain's workaround is pretty solid, but I think there are a few plugs, Ala Rex that can deal with it.

Ok, it's actually what I resorted to, storing child and parent UIDs, but it's a pain.

Not sure what the Rex part is about, will research.

Thanks guys.