I have a script attached to an actor and I've put 4 instances of that actor in the world. Now I want to know, in the script's onPackageStart event, which one of the instances is triggering the event. I thought I'd do:

Actor Property currentActor AutoEvent...	currentActor = self

Compiling throws the error: "type mismatch while assigning to a actor (cast missing or types unrelated)"

So I tried casting, adding "as Actor" but it throws another error: "cannot cast a ScriptName to a actor, types are incompatible"

So, the self keyword is referring to the instance of the script? Is there a way to go from there and find the object that the script is running in? I already tried searching the wiki but I didn't find anything.

Update:

I got rid of the compilation errors by extending Actor on the script but if I set the Actor property to self, I get none as the value. If I show the value of self with messageBox, I get the name of the script, so I'm stuck with the same problem. I'd need a way to get the object where the script is running, which is an Actor.

The "Self" special variable is available in non-global functions and points to the object on which the script is running as the type defined by the script. If you want to get this information as the type of object extended by this script (http://www.creationkit.com/Actor_Script, in this case) then use "Parent".

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Thanks for the help, that seems exactly what I need but I can't get it to work. Great tutorials by the way.

So, the problem is that, if I have the following, I only get an empty box.

Scriptname MyScript extends Actor	Event OnPackageStart(Package akNewPackage)		debug.messageBox(Parent)	EndEvent

Also, when loading the mod in the CK, it shows me this warning:


Any ideas?