Script includes and inheriting

[Rekindled Phoenix]

I want others to be able to define avoidance and guidance radii that are attached to any object the user chooses. In order for them to inherit these, special property keys must be assigned.

 

How do I handle includes or property group modifications that the parent is already making? Does the included / required script get executed before the main script is run?

 

How would I add properties to the parent object?

[Rekindled Phoenix]

Is it even possible to add properties to the parent object when it's added as a 'require' field?

 

I'm thinking of it backwards. The scripting system is designed to be a 'per object instantiation' where access to a class requires parameters or a constructor. Lua is not structured where inherited objects have a reference to the parent that instantiated them.

 

 

Would this be the best way for added scripts to modify their assigned object?

 

--represents any object class
require("PhoenixPath")
local class=CreateClass(...)

function class:InitDialog(propertygrid)
self.super:InitDialog(propertygrid)
-- AddPathingProperties(propertygrid)
end

function class:CreateObject(model)
       local object=self.super:CreateObject(model)
-- SetKeys(object)
end


-- PhoenixPath library
function AddPathingProperties(propertygrid)
group=propertygrid:AddGroup("Pathing")
group:AddProperty( "Avoidance Radius", PROPERTY_FLOAT,'|1,50,1')
group:Expand(1)
end

function SetKeys(object)
object.model:SetKey("AvoidanceRadius","2")
end