SC2Mapster

It keeps returning the color 0,0,0 even though it shouldn't.. I tested it with this pseudocode.

    dcSetColor(dialogitem, Color(1,1,1), Group - All Players);    //Set color to 1,1,1
    c = libNtve_gf_DialogItemColor(dialogitem, Group - Player 1);  //Get color
    //Print c as a string

The output is always 0,0,0 no matter what I try.. could someone please help me verify this?

Maybe the engine needs a tick to update the color internally?

Have you tried setting the color and calling the getter a few seconds later?

@MTops: Go

Yeap.. Tried, it still keeps returning 0,0,0 black for me.

color libNtve_gf_DialogItemColor (int lp_dialogItem, int lp_player);

Takes an int as second argument, not a player group. But I guess that should prevent it from running in the first place...

Are you getting a color with three 0.0 values, or are you getting a null pointer that your colorToString converts into 0,0,0? Because ColorGetComponent returns 0.0 when given a null pointer as color.

@MTops: Go

Um yeah.. thats just a pseudocode, I did put a player number inside. The script won't compile with a parameter error if I try put a group anyway. Since I am player 1 by default, I passed 1 to lp_player.

I'm really not sure how to test whether or not I'm getting a null pointer. How do I do so?

Logically speaking, since i set the color of the dialog for all players previously, it shouldn't matter what int I put for lp_player because they should all be seeing the same color.

I'm pretty convinced its returning a color with 3 0.0 values to me. But I can't verify it as I'm not sure how to check.

Edit: Okay.. I managed to get it working on a separate test map. Doesn't make sense why it doesn't work on the map I need it to work in though..

This should work:

string ColorToString(color c) {
    if (c == null) { return "color is null!"; }
    return "r: " + FixedToString(ColorGetComponent(c, 0), 1) + ", g:" + FixedToString(ColorGetComponent(c, 1), 1) + ", b:" + FixedToString(ColorGetComponent(c, 2), 1);
}

I can't explain why this works or not for you, I've never worked with interface elements.

@MTops: Go

Figured it out. you were right, its most likely null pointer related. I was trying to index a struct with a variable i before setting i by accident -_- Thanks for the help!