Tick() problems

[bigjohn]

Hi
I've got several actors which contain either a tick event or a tick function in them, yet never get ticked. I narrowed down a bunch of them. For instance, one was extending Controller and I had to use "event PlayerTick( float DeltaTime )", instead of just tick. Another was an interaction and it needed a bRequiresTick=True in defaultproperties. This one last actor though just doesn't get ticked, and I can't figure it out. It's header is simply :
class BlankFighter extends Actor;
and I've tried putting an "Enable('Tick');" in postbeginplay. Anyone got any idea? Also, what's the difference between a tick event and a function? and why is there a tick and a playertick?
thanks

 

[Mychaeel]

There shouldn't be a problem with Tick being called in a straight Actor subclass. However, several Actor properties can affect whether and where Tick is executed.

Could you please post the following sections of your BlankFighter class?:

• the "class" statement,
• the "Tick" function (including any "state" declaration around it, if applicable), and
• the "defaultproperties" section.

By the way: Where (client? server?) do you want Tick to be executed?

 

[bigjohn]

Here's the code for the class. I removed the contents of my movement function just cause it's long for the purpose of keeping this thing readable.

//============================================================
//  BlankFighter
//============================================================

class BlankFighter extends Actor;

var int Speed_Forward, Speed_Back, Speed_Jump;
var bool bIsMoving, bIsJumping;

simulated function PostBeginPlay()
{
	Super.PostBeginPlay();
	bIsMoving=False;
	bIsJumping=False;
	Enable('Tick');
}

function Movement(string action)
{
...
}

event Tick( float DeltaTime )
{
	Level.GetLocalPlayerController().ClientMessage("In Tick");
	if (Physics == Phys_None) {
		SetPhysics(PHYS_Walking);
		bIsJumping = False;
		bIsMoving = False;
	}
}

defaultproperties
{
    bBlockActors = False
    Mesh=SkeletalMesh'KnightSkiesAnims.Merc'
    //HitEmitter=Class'KnightSkies.HitFX'
    Skins(0)=Texture'PlayerSkins.MercMaleBBodyA_0'
    Skins(1)=Texture'PlayerSkins.MercMaleBHeadB'
    DrawType=DT_Mesh
    Physics=Phys_Walking
    bShouldBaseAtStartup=true
    bCollideActors=True
	bCollideWorld=True

	// Movement Speeds
	Speed_Forward = 100;
	Speed_Back = -100;
	Speed_Jump = 300; // How high to jump
}

 

[bigjohn]

I solved this problem. What it was is that I have another class extending BlankFighter which also has a tick in it. However, that tick didn't have a super.tick() call in it, so blankfighter's tick never got called. I'm still not clear on the differences between a tick event and a tick function though...

 

[Mychaeel]

The difference between "event" and "function" is non-existent on UnrealScript level. (It only affects what code is generated when C++ header files are created from UnrealScript sources; "event"s are meant to be called by native code, just as the Tick function is called directly by the engine.)