[SOLVED]identifying characters "^^?

[lafouine88]

Hey guys

I would like to create a targeting function, like when I left click on the character (on any map) he gets selected (and thus appropriate lifebars etc. can appear). Sounds easy, yet I can't find the right way.

I came up with something like that ('Target' is a Character GlobalVar to identify the right character), it sounded promising.

Code: ags

function on_mouse_click(MouseButton button)
{

    if(button==eMouseLeft){
      
            if (GetLocationType(mouse.x, mouse.y) == eLocationCharacter)
      {
        Room.ProcessClick(mouse.x,mouse.y, eModeLookat);//----------and in character1.lookAt it goes "Target=Character1"
       LblEnnemyname.Text=String.Format("%s", ennemis[Target.ID-3].Nameennemy);//---so the lifebar displays the right name of the target contained in the struct 'ennemis'

      }
//...

but this does'nt work, for some reason the function seems to skip the 'room.process' which creates the Target variable, and goes straight to the next lines (which creates a problem because the target is'nt identified)

Any ideas? I can be more specific if needed.
Thanks a lot

EDIT : Writing it gave me the answer, I just needed to put the function in the lookat section rather than in the global script, this way it doesn't skip the interaction and it works fine now

[Rik_Vargard]

Can't you use something like this?
When you click on the character (or an image representing the character):
c[CharacterName].SetAsPlayer;

[Khris]

You don't to need use the lookat event. You can call Character.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y) to find the clicked character and simply set your pointer variable directly.

[lafouine88]

Thanks Kris, it's much easier like that