How to call a LUA method as a response to a Zomboid Event?

[ZombiesLoveBrainiacs]

I can't get this test "class" to give me access to the player object from the OnPlayerUpdate Event.

 

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong here?

 

local MyClass = {}

function MyClass:new(o)
	setmetatable(o, self)
	self.__index = self
	--Events.OnPlayerUpdate.Add(self:OnPlayerUpdate) -- Error: function arguments expected near `)`
	Events.OnPlayerUpdate.Add(self.OnPlayerUpdate)
	return o
end

function MyClass:OnPlayerUpdate(p)
	print(p) --prints nil...
end

local o = {}
local instance = MyClass:new(o)

 

[ZombiesLoveBrainiacs]

Ok, so:

Quote

self:method() is a shortcut for self.method(self)

 

In this case, Zomboid will call self.method(p) and the result is:

function MyClass:OnPlayerUpdate(p)
	print(p) --prints nil...
	print(self) --prints zombie.characters.IsoPlayer@18e25e21
end

 

I still don't know what to do about it, tho...

Edited March 25, 2020 by ZombiesLoveBrainiacs

[ATPHHe]

One solution is to change "MyClass:OnPlayerUpdate(p)" by removing the colon and replacing it with a period, "MyClass.OnPlayerUpdate(p)".

I am not sure why this works, but it has to do with how  . and : on "MyClass" both act with Zomboid's Events.

local MyClass = {}

function MyClass:new(o)
	setmetatable(o, self)
	self.__index = self
	--Events.OnPlayerUpdate.Add(self:OnPlayerUpdate) -- Error: function arguments expected near `)`
	Events.OnPlayerUpdate.Add(self.OnPlayerUpdate)
	return o
end

function MyClass.OnPlayerUpdate(p)
	print(p)
end

local o = {}
local instance = MyClass:new(o)

 

With this change, "print(p)" should produce this now.

 

 

Edited March 24, 2020 by ATPHHe