Flipping locked objects in place?

[Dr_East]

Hey all,

I've developed a (still work in progress) method of simulating fog-of-war as players explore a D&D dungeon. It would be a huge time-saver if I could flip a bunch of locked custom tiles to reveal the dungeon features on the reverse side as they're uncovered by the players. I know how to select a bunch of locked tiles (alt-mouse drag), but currently in order to do this I have to do the following steps through the right-click menu:

1. Shrink the tiles twice (to reduce the collision box)
2. Unlock them
3. Flip them.
4. Lock them.
5. Grow the tiles twice (while locked, collisions are ignored)

Is there any way I could a) flip them in place while they're still locked (thus negating the need for steps 1, 2, 4, and 5) or b) write some sort of script or macro to perform all these steps for me as a time saver?

Thanks!

[Markimus]

You could use the gizmo tool to edit its Z rotation to 0?

function onScriptingButtonDown(i, col)
    if col == "Black" and i == 3 then
        local pos = Player[col]:getPointerPosition()
        pos.y = pos.y + 1
        local c = Physics.cast({origin=pos,
                                direction={0, -1, 0},
                                type=1,
                                debug=false})
                                
        local hit = c[1]
        if hit ~= nil and hit.hit_object ~= nil and hit.hit_object.tag ~= "Surface" then
            local obj = hit.hit_object
            local r = obj:getRotation()
            if r.z > 90 and r.z < 270 then
                obj:setRotation({x=0, y=r.y, z=0})
            else
                obj:setRotation({x=0, y=r.y, z=180})
            end
        end
    end
end

I made some code for you. Plug this in the Global Script or wherever. This will let Player Black flip locked objects using the 3 on the NumPad.

[Dr_East]

Originally posted by Markimus:

You could use the gizmo tool to edit its Z rotation to 0?

function onScriptingButtonDown(i, col)
    if col == "Black" and i == 3 then
        local pos = Player[col]:getPointerPosition()
        pos.y = pos.y + 1
        local c = Physics.cast({origin=pos,
                                direction={0, -1, 0},
                                type=1,
                                debug=false})
                                
        local hit = c[1]
        if hit ~= nil and hit.hit_object ~= nil and hit.hit_object.tag ~= "Surface" then
            local obj = hit.hit_object
            local r = obj:getRotation()
            if r.z > 90 and r.z < 270 then
                obj:setRotation({x=0, y=r.y, z=0})
            else
                obj:setRotation({x=0, y=r.y, z=180})
            end
        end
    end
end

I made some code for you. Plug this in the Global Script or wherever. This will let Player Black flip locked objects using the 3 on the NumPad.

Thank you! I'd considered the gizmo tool, but that didn't save much time; this should be a huge timesaver.

[Dr_East]

All right, got it. This is the magic function that does what I want: Flips the token in place and then sets its position back exactly where it was. Tested and done. For anyone else who wants to put relevant dungeon info on the bottom of the tile and fog of war on top, this is the script for you!

...at least, until I can figure out how to do it on a selection of more than one object at once. Still working on that.

function onScriptingButtonDown(i, col)
    if col == "Black" and i == 3 then
        local pos = Player[col]:getPointerPosition()
        pos.y = pos.y + 1
        local c = Physics.cast({origin=pos,
                                direction={0, -1, 0},
                                type=1,
                                debug=false})
                                
        local hit = c[1]
        if hit ~= nil and hit.hit_object ~= nil and hit.hit_object.tag ~= "Surface" then
            local obj = hit.hit_object
            local r = obj:getRotation()
            local r2 = obj:getPosition()
            local r3 = obj:getCustomObject()
            if r.z > 90 and r.z < 270 then
                obj:setRotation({x=0, y=r.y, z=0})
                obj:setPosition({x=r2.x, y=r2.y - r3.thickness, z=r2.z})
            else
                obj:setRotation({x=0, y=r.y, z=180})
                obj:setPosition({x=r2.x, y=r2.y + r3.thickness, z=r2.z})
            end
        end
    end
end