UE1 - UT syntax to assign class type variable via a name variable?

[Helen]

Does anyone have an answer to this question, see the comments in the code sample, thanks.

var class<Weapon> DefaultWeapon;

function dummy()
{
	local name aWeaponName;

	// Assume I have a valid class around called myCustomWeapon
	aWeaponName = 'myCustomWeapon';

	// This sort of assignment works
	DefaultWeapon = class'myCustomWeapon';

	// But how can I assign DefaultWeapon based on aWeaponName?
	// Here is stuff I tried but doesn't work...
	DefaultWeapon = class(aWeaponName);
	DefaultWeapon = class<aWeaponName>;
	DefaultWeapon = aWeaponName.class;
}

 

[AnthraX]

DefaultWeapon = class<Weapon>(DynamicLoadObject("" $ aWeaponName, class'Weapon', true);

 

[Wormbo]

Note that classes need a package reference. Just the name won't be enough for loading it. You can try looking it up in the INT files, though. GetNextInt() is your friend there.

 

[Helen]

DefaultWeapon = class<Weapon>(DynamicLoadObject("" $ aWeaponName, class'Weapon', true);

Note that classes need a package reference. Just the name won't be enough for loading it. You can try looking it up in the INT files, though. GetNextInt() is your friend there.

Thank you both. Using these I got it to work.