[solved] String to GetNextIntDesc

[LannFyre]

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Object=(Name=Sprite_Lann.Stand0_,Class=Class,MetaClass=RPG_Game_dev.RPG_SpriteParser,Description="ADDFRAME=1;TIME=;NOTIFY=NONE")

I am attempting to read an .int file, but I am getting this error:
Failed to find object 'Class Any, RPG_Game_dev.Sprite_RPG_LionPlatformer'

I am calling it via:

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targStr = RPG_Game_dev.RPG_LionPlatformer0
-> RPG_LionPlatformer0
-> RPG_LionPlatformer
intStr = "RPG_Game_dev.Sprite_"$targStr;
GetNextIntDesc(intStr,0,testStr,testDesc);

The int file is:
Sprite_RPG_LionPlatformer.int

Why would I generally be receiving this error?  I'm working on a text parser that grabs an actor and uses their actor name (RPG_LionPlatformer) and applies it to a generalized string (RPG_Game_dev.Sprite_).

[.:..:]

MetaClass must always be a valid class name.

Also if you plan to use object desc, then you should use 227 function:

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native(313) final iterator function IntDescIterator( string ClassName, optional out string EntryName, optional out string Desc, optional bool bSingleNames );

to search for them as it's much faster then epic's shitty GetNextIntDesc (as it always builds up a dynamic array and grab a single entry from it).

I'm not sure how you are planning to setup this, but it sounds like you should rather use Localize for a task like this (if you have multiple objects to localize texture names for):

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native static function string Localize( string SectionName, string KeyName, string PackageName );

Texture = Texture(DynamicLoadObject(Localize("TexList","Frame0","MyPackage"),class'Texture'));

But still I would recommend you go with inserting all texture information directly in object defaultproperties, as using int files won't work online unless every player who plans to play that game mode installs the mod manually outside of the game.

[han]

You could also just store all relevant information in some additional class like:

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class SpriteProps extends Object
  abstract;

var int AddFrame;
var float Time;
var name Notify;

And have the specific information in subclasses. You won't need (and should) ever have to instantiate these SpriteProps classes, but you can always refer to them with some var Class MyProps; and MyProps.default.Time, etc.

[LannFyre]

Okay, I had to make some changes.  When you call IntDescIterator, you are calling a meta class in your .int file which means that since I am calling this from SpriteParser:

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class SpriteParser extends Actor
[...]
function blah()
{
      local string testStr, testDesc;

      ForEach IntDescIterator( "RPG_Game_dev.SpriteParser", testStr, testDesc ) {
            [...]
      }
}

-- the metaclass of the Object entry for my desired .int file has to have a metaclass set to RPG_Game_dev.SpriteParser, like so:

RPG_Game_dev.int (make sure .int name is the same name as your package!)

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Object=(Name=RPG_Game_dev.RPG_LionPlatformer,Class=Class,MetaClass=RPG_Game_dev.SpriteParser,Description="DIR=8")

The name is output as a string (testStr) and the description is output as a string (testDesc).  Took some toying around, remember to log your scripts!  I am curious to how that localization works in a more proper fashion though.  Could you describe it in these terms?

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[RPG_LionPlatformer]
Object=(Name=RPG_Game_dev.RPG_LionPlatformer,Class=Class,MetaClass=RPG_Game_dev.SpriteParser,Description="DIR=8")
Object=(Name=Sprite_Lann.Stand0_,Class=Class,MetaClass=RPG_Game_dev.SpriteParser,Description="ADDFRAME=1;TIME=;NOTIFY=NONE")
Object=(Name=Sprite_Lann.Stand1_,Class=Class,MetaClass=RPG_Game_dev.SpriteParser,Description="ADDFRAME=1;TIME=;NOTIFY=NONE")
Object=(Name=Sprite_Lann.Stand2_,Class=Class,MetaClass=RPG_Game_dev.SpriteParser,Description="ADDFRAME=1;TIME=;NOTIFY=NONE")
Object=(Name=Sprite_Lann.Stand3_,Class=Class,MetaClass=RPG_Game_dev.SpriteParser,Description="ADDFRAME=1;TIME=;NOTIFY=NONE")
Object=(Name=Sprite_Lann.Stand4_,Class=Class,MetaClass=RPG_Game_dev.SpriteParser,Description="ADDFRAME=1;TIME=;NOTIFY=NONE")
Object=(Name=Sprite_Lann.Stand5_,Class=Class,MetaClass=RPG_Game_dev.SpriteParser,Description="ADDFRAME=1;TIME=;NOTIFY=NONE")
Object=(Name=Sprite_Lann.Stand6_,Class=Class,MetaClass=RPG_Game_dev.SpriteParser,Description="ADDFRAME=1;TIME=;NOTIFY=NONE")
Object=(Name=Sprite_Lann.Stand7_,Class=Class,MetaClass=RPG_Game_dev.SpriteParser,Description="ADDFRAME=1;TIME=;NOTIFY=NONE")