Lua TFS 1.2 Container:getItem(index) help.

[Theralion]

Hi there i' ve got a container with 1 item in it. Is this function supposed to give my character this item? Or just send item's values so i can do something like:

function onUse(player, item, fromPosition, target, toPosition, isHotkey)

local reward = item:getItem(0)

player:addItem(reward,1)

If yes then it doesn't debug but it doesn't work too. I am using a chest so my item is container. When i am trying to do
player:sendTextMessage(MESSAGE_INFO_DESCR, 'You have found a ' .. item:getItem(0) .. '.')

or getItem(1) i get error in console. Why? My container(item) has 1 item so it shouldn't debug a text with item:getItem(0) or (1).

 

[Mkalo]

Hi there i' ve got a container with 1 item in it. Is this function supposed to give my character this item? Or just send item's values so i can do something like:

function onUse(player, item, fromPosition, target, toPosition, isHotkey)

local reward = item:getItem(0)

player:addItem(reward,1)

If yes then it doesn't debug but it doesn't work too. I am using a chest so my item is container. When i am trying to do
player:sendTextMessage(MESSAGE_INFO_DESCR, 'You have found a ' .. item:getItem(0) .. '.')

or getItem(1) i get error in console. Why? My container(item) has 1 item so it shouldn't debug a text with item:getItem(0) or (1).

The error is because you're trying to concatenate text and an item userdata. Of course its not going to work.

You should do item:getItem(0):getName() to get the name

And for the add item it should be "player:addItem(reward:getId(), 1)"

 

[Theralion]

The error is because you're trying to concatenate text and an item userdata. Of course its not going to work.

You should do item:getItem(0):getName() to get the name

And for the add item it should be "player:addItem(reward:getId(), 1)"

Ok i was really stupid yesterday. item:getItem(0) wasn't a string in any form for me to print .
But i don't understand the part player:addItem(reward:getId(),1) . That means a player will be rewarded with an item which id is the same as id of the container right? What i thought would happen is that my player will get the exact same copy of container item as a reward. It is very required because i need the text on reward item. And when i use your function the text disappears( because i just get the same id right? ) . I don't see any function to edit item text so i thought i would need to do it this way, but i am still stuck as your method doesn't bring out the text to reward.
Even though thank you for making me understand a little bit more about lua.

Need to check how clone works and more about item metatables, but i don't see a light of hope at the moment

EDIT2: Trying to see if clone() and moveToCylinder are going to make the job done

EDIT3: reward:setAttribute(ITEM_ATTRIBUTE_TEXT,'blalbalba') is working. I used reward:setAttribute(text,'blabla') before and i thought there isn't a function to set text to item in TFS 1.2. I feel so embarassed.I looked to source to check some functions and here we go...

Now i don't even need to place reward in chest and no reason to check for container. Just
player:addItem(ID,1)
reward:setAttribute(ITEM_ATTRIBUTE_TEXT,'blablalba')
and i'm done.
At least i have learned something . Thanks for all support