What's the difference between a ScriptGroup and a SimGroup?

[Axolotl]

I just discovered the ScriptGroup object on the RTB XMLParser.

[Ad Bot]

[Headcrab Zombie]

I'd also like to know the difference between ScriptObject and SimObject

[Lugnut]

can i get a list of all these goddamn script* and sim* thingies

[Ipquarx]

can i get a list of all these goddamn script* and sim* thingies

dumpConsoleClasses();

[Nexus]

All objects are Sim objects and all groups are Sim groups.  Script objects and script groups are just a specific type of them.

For example, creating a new function starting with Simobject:: will make that function available for all objects in the engine.

[Space Guy]

The ScriptGroup/ScriptObject classes inherit from the SimGroup/SimObject classes but have onAdd/onRemove callbacks and have "class" and "superClass" internal variables.

Appendix A

class - A new namespace to place after the object's name and before ScriptObject in the namespace chain.
superClass - A new namespace to place after class and before ScriptObject in the namespace chain.

Some other example

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new ScriptObject(MyObject) {
class = Bar;
superClass = Foo;
};

function Bar::doSomething(%this)
{
echo("Hi!");
}
This only works with a ScriptObject and not a SimObject. After trying this you seem to have to set the class when creating the object. (setting the variable afterwards doesn't affect which calls are done, which would have been helpful for some dynamic changing behaviour)

The only other Sim___ one I know about is SimSet, which is used like a SimGroup (can loop through it, get count, etc.) except objects can exist in any number of SimSets and only one SimGroup.

[Treynolds416]

I swear we had a topic about this before

[Lugnut]

I swear we had a topic about this before

my topic on the difference between simsets and simgroups.

different slightly.

[Axolotl]

Port told me that a ScriptGroup is just a SimGroup with onAdd, onRemove, class, and superClass.

[Ipquarx]

Port told me that a ScriptGroup is just a SimGroup with onAdd, onRemove, class, and superClass.

That sounds right, pretty much sums up space guy's post.

[Lugnut]

well that's useful.