Add global variables 'actor' and 'place'

luprex/lua/login.lua

@@ -6,15 +6,17 @@ makeclass('sphere')
 
 -- This gets called on every login except the admin user.
 function login.init()
-    local actor = tangible.actor()
-    dprint("login.init:", actor)
-    tangible.animinit(actor, {bp="character", plane="earth", xyz={0, 0, 90}})
+    local player = global.get("nextplayer") 
+    global.set("nextplayer", player + 1)
+    dprint("login.init initializing player ", player)
+    actor.player = player
+    tangible.animinit(actor, {bp="character", plane="earth", xyz={player * 100, 0, 90}})
 end
 
 -- This gets called on the admin user.  You can call login.init in here if you want.
 function world.init()
-    local actor = tangible.actor()
-    dprint("world.init:", actor)
+    dprint("world.init")
+    global.set("nextplayer", 0)
     tangible.build{class=cube,   plane="earth", xyz={500,-100,0}}
     tangible.build{class=sphere, plane="earth", xyz={500,100,0}}
     login.init()
@@ -22,7 +24,6 @@ end
 
 function engio.move(action, xyz, facing)
     -- todo: sanity check the parameters.
-    local actor = tangible.actor()
     dprint("engio.move ", action, " ", xyz[1], " ", xyz[2], " ", xyz[3])
     tangible.animate(actor, nil, {action=action, xyz=xyz, facing=facing})
 end
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ end
 
 
 function engio.getlookat()
-    local class = tangible.getclass(tangible.place())
+    local class = tangible.getclass(place)
 
     -- if the tangible is not of any class, return empty string.
     if class == nil then
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ function engio.getlookat()
 end
 
 function engio.presshotkey(action)
-    local class = tangible.getclass(tangible.place())
+    local class = tangible.getclass(place)
 
     -- if the tangible doesn't have a 'lookhotkeys' function, do nothing
     if class == nil or class.lookhotkeys == nil then