UE3 - UDK How do I create an object automatically on startup?

[Nathaniel3W]

I've figured out how to make an object. It works just fine when I do this:

class MyUnrealGame01PlayerInput extends PlayerInput within MyUnrealGame01PlayerController;
var TestObject TheTestObject;
var string TestData;

function CreateTestObject()
{
	TheTestObject = new class'TestObject';
}

simulated exec function TestFunction1()
{
	ClientMessage("Creating object");
	CreateTestObject();
}

simulated exec function TestFunction2()
{
	TestData = TheTestObject.TestFunction1();
	ClientMessage("Object function test 1: "$TestData);
}

And I know it's working because the log returns a Script Warning: Accessed None if I run TestFunction2() before TestFunction1(). And if I run TestFunction1(), then TestFunction2(), then TheTestObject.TestFunction1() returns a "testing... testing..." in TestFunction2().

So I'm able to make an object inside my PlayerInput class. Now how do I make an object automatically when the game starts? I've been able to do things from event PostLogin() inside my FrameworkGame class, but events like that don't seem to do anything inside my PlayerInput class.

I also tried starting at the event PostLogin() in FrameworkGame, and from there calling MyUnrealGame01PlayerController.CreateTestObject(), but that doesn't work either.

Any advice?

 

[Angel_Mapper]

PostBeginPlay is called on all actors upon their creation. Just don't forget to call the super.

 

[Nathaniel3W]

Thanks for all your help Angel_Mapper. I really appreciate it. I've taken a look at some of your work and I hope to be able to do things like that someday.

I'm trying to get things working inside PostBeginPlay, but when I do this...

simulated event PostBeginPlay()
{
	super.PostBeginPlay();
}

...then I get this error:

error : Accessing a member of PlayerInput's within class through a context expression requires explicit 'Outer'

I've tried inserting a ".outer" just about every place I think one would fit, but I'm only guessing, and apparently guessing wrong. Can you help clarify that error message for me and/or tell me how to fix it? Thanks again.

 

[Wormbo]

Non-Actor objects do not have automagically called start-up functions.

The error message is caused by language feature for classes declared within other classes. In such classes you can write code that implicitly uses members of the outer class. The call specifiers super and global cannot be used on other objects, which includes the implicit access to the outer object's members.