2.5 change actuator parameters at runtime?

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In blender 2.5, I’m trying to change actuator parameters at runtime via python and I’m having some trouble.

import bge
import random

cont = bge.logic.getCurrentController()
obj = cont.owner

#generate a random offset
offset = random.random() * 3.0

#for all actuators
for act in cont.actuators:
    print(act)
    print("before", act.linearVelocity) #print before
    print("offset", offset)
    act.linearVelocity[0] = act.linearVelocity[0] + offset #add offset
#   ^^^ doesn't work. why?
    print(act.linearVelocity)
    print('after ', act.linearVelocity) #print after
    cont.activate(act) #activate actuator

It doesn’t seem like AddObjectActuator’s linearVelocity is read-only, and for 2.49 there is a setter for it so i think it’s meant to change at runtime… And yet it doesn’t work. I’ve included a .blend for context. Any suggestions? I have all of 6 hours worth of experience with python, so it might be something very basic that’I’m doing wrong…

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