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[NestEggs]

Hi folks,

Trying to understand the prop system tonight and am having some issues. How do you add a new prop decorator? I found that in _PropClassMethods it looks like where the different classes are being added so they get picked up by the GUI (F5) but I get an error when I edit this file:

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This script is part of HeroEngine and should not be modified for game specific purposes.
It looks like I need to make a game specific class to override but I'm not sure how to do that for this class. I would have thought I could do this in the System Node Configuration GUI but I don't see any props listed in there.

Thanks,
Chris

[NestEggs]

My world didn't have a _PROPS node so I had to do the following:

Create a system node class: NE_SystemNodes with following

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method HE_GetRegisteredServerSystemNodeNames( systemNodeNames references List of String ) as Boolean
  add back "_PROPS" to systemNodeNames
 
  // Return true if you do not want the default system node names added to the list
  return false
.
 and then Glom it to the Servers SYSTEMNODES in the Utilities GUI by:

• F5
• Tools
• System Nodes Configuration GUI
• Select Server
• Under System select SYSTEMNODES
• Enter class name: NE_SystemNodes
• Click Add

Repeate the same process for the _PROPS System node.

NE_Props class looks like:

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method HE_PropsSpecOracleGetSpecDecoratorClasses(valid references List of String) as Boolean

  add back "<Your new prop decorator>" to valid
   
  return false
.


[Amarak]

I had the _Props SystemNode but I tried the second script to add custom Prop Decorators and it didn't seem to work for me.

[Amarak]

I am trying to add my own Decorator classes to the Prop system, and I created a class My_Props, added class methods:

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method HE_PropsSpecOracleGetSpecDecoratorClasses(valid references List of String) as Boolean

  add back "MyTest1" to valid
   
  return false
.and added  _Props as the Parent class.

For some reason it isn't showing up in my Props GLOM in the Spec Oracle, did I miss a step here such as a Register command or do I need to make a prototype?

[Amarak]

I figured it out. I had forgotten to GLOM My_Props onto the System Node _Props. I knew it was something simple