ShapePainter issues

[Inferno]

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How do I…

I’m trying to draw an array of 9 LEDs dynamically with the shape painter object. Each LED array is paired with a button module (sprite object) through object variables. Each object has an object variable called ModuleId, each created shape painter shares the same ModuleId as its partner button (because there are multiple buttons in the scene). I have tested this system, and each shape painter and button have the right IDs.

What is the expected result

A repeat event loops 9 times and checks an object variable called LightBarLEDs, which is an array of 9 children, all of which are currently set to “yellow”. The events then should change the fill and outline to the required color and draw a square (which is one of the 9 LEDs). My shape painter is set to clear between each frame and to draw relative to the position of the shape painter (i have no issues with this).

What is the actual result

Its just not drawing. I think it might be a problem with object picking, but I can’t figure out how to fix it.

Related screenshots

Please find attached screenshots (excuse the art lol)

(There is more code elsewhere in this event sheet)

(Segmented bar to the left of red bar is the LED array)

Hope I explained this okay (:

[MrMen]

Ensure the LEDBarPainter is at the top left of the LED strip, and that the LEDBarPainter has Fill Opacity of 255. Also check the text in the object array LightBarLEDs is all lower case.

Here’s a solution that works.

I added a point to my button object for the top left of the LED strip:

And I used the following events to create the LEDBarPainters, position them and then iterate over each button to draw the LED strip:

And this is the result (the white boxes are the buttons):

[Inferno]

Mr Men, you are the absolute man!

I’ve been trying to fix this for hours, also helped me find one other pesky bug.
I’ve been doing something like the point system you showed accept I was using variables (which why did I do that?) cause there’s literally something designed for that exact senario lol.

Thanks again for your infinite wisdom

-Jack.

[Keith_1357]

You could also create a structure for the colors and get the color from it. I also used the newish loop counters and a button click to trigger it. I don’t know how your values are being changed. There’s no need to redraw things unless the values are changed. I used 0,1 and 2 for testing.

[DesmonDev]

well, he is literally MrMen…

[MrMen]

@Keith_1357

I also used the newish loop counters

Thanks for this mention, it’s a feature I probably skimmed over when it was released.