A simple question about python

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Hi all,

I’m programming a little python script and would like to know how I can get the name of the owner.

I searched in the GameLogic Class Reference but I didn’t find any answer :(.

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Why do you need the name of owner? If it contains usefull information, store this information in property of this object and then you can access it.

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Owner of what?

if you want the game object owner of the controller (or actuator or sensor) try:

cont.GetOwner()
(I foret if the G is capital)
where cont is the controller

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ashsid : I want to create a view like Resident Evil : When the player touch an invisible object, a camera will be set. Exemple : if the player touch the object touch.001 the camera camera.001 will be set. I want to use the name of the object, because when we duplicate object, the new object name will change automatically. I hope that you’ll understand what I mean, because I have more difficulty to explain myself in english (I’m a french)

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z3r0 d : cont.getOwner() don’t return the name of the owner in string. I want to have the name in string.

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cont.getOwner().getName()[2:]
is what you are looking for:) The [2:] is to cut off the “OB” that is at the begining of all object names. getName() is undocumented I believe, and doesn’t show up in dir()'s, so it’s kind of annoying >:<

But getName() works for both objects and meshes.

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saluk : thank you very much :smiley:

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Darn, you beat me to the draw saluk :stuck_out_tongue:

Good luck with your game eddie :slight_smile: