Update() in Lua isn’t being called

I’ve added a LuaScriptInstance to a node in my scene in the editor:

The Lua script contains the following code:

[code]CharacterController = ScriptObject()

print(“Hello!”)

function CharacterController:Update(timeStep)
print(“Update”)
end[/code]

Next, in my App, I make sure to create the LuaScript subsystem:

void App::Setup() { context_->RegisterSubsystem(new LuaScript(context_)); }

I load the scene with the following code:

[code]void App::CreateScene()
{
ResourceCache* cache = GetSubsystem();

scene_ = new Scene(context_);
XMLFile* sceneXML = cache->GetResource<XMLFile>("Scenes/TestScene.xml");
scene_->LoadXML(sceneXML->GetRoot());

// set up camera
cameraNode_ = scene_->CreateChild("Camera");
auto camera = cameraNode_->CreateComponent<Camera>();
camera->SetFarClip(300.0f);
cameraNode_->SetPosition(Vector3(0.0f, 5.0f, -20.0f));

}[/code]

When I compile and run my Application, I see the output “Hello!” but I never see “Update”.

[Sun Sep 6 14:48:15 2015] INFO: Opened log file Urho3D.log [Sun Sep 6 14:48:15 2015] INFO: Created 1 worker thread [Sun Sep 6 14:48:15 2015] INFO: Added resource path /home/thecomet/documents/programming/cpp/primal-equestria/bin/Data/ [Sun Sep 6 14:48:15 2015] INFO: Added resource path /home/thecomet/documents/programming/cpp/primal-equestria/bin/CoreData/ [Sun Sep 6 14:48:15 2015] INFO: Set screen mode 1024x768 windowed [Sun Sep 6 14:48:15 2015] INFO: Initialized input [Sun Sep 6 14:48:15 2015] INFO: Initialized user interface [Sun Sep 6 14:48:15 2015] INFO: Initialized renderer [Sun Sep 6 14:48:15 2015] INFO: Set audio mode 44100 Hz stereo interpolated [Sun Sep 6 14:48:15 2015] INFO: Initialized engine [Sun Sep 6 14:48:15 2015] INFO: Loaded Lua script Scripts/CharacterController.lua Hello! [Sun Sep 6 14:48:15 2015] INFO: Executed Lua script Scripts/CharacterController.lua *** Exited normally ***

What’s going on? Why isn’t Update() being called? I tried some other built in methods like Start() or FixedUpdate() but they’re also never called…

Hi, Welcome to our forum.

Do you have press the RunUpdatePlay button in editor?

[quote=“aster2013”]Hi, Welcome to our forum.

Do you have press the RunUpdatePlay button in editor?[/quote]

I tried saving the scene with both pause and run pressed. It has no effect.

Update: I tried loading the lua script in C++ and seeing if it would run. Same problem:

[code] ResourceCache* cache = GetSubsystem();

scene_ = SharedPtr<Scene>(new Scene(context_));

Node* playerNode = scene_->CreateChild("Player");
LuaScriptInstance* luaScriptInstance = playerNode->CreateComponent<LuaScriptInstance>();
LuaFile* characterControllerFile = cache->GetResource<LuaFile>("Scripts/CharacterController.lua");
luaScriptInstance->CreateObject(characterControllerFile, "CharacterController");

[/code]

Figured it. I wasn’t supplying the script object type in the editor:

I’m pretty sure that’s what I was doing with luaScriptInstance->CreateObject(characterControllerFile, “CharacterController”); but now it works for some reason.