Developer's Note : Invisible Wall Robust Fix (2 comments)

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   Thandal

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   05 May 2014, 1:21AM

   Way kewl! 
   Thx bratrahen!
   
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   bratrahen

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   04 May 2014, 8:02PM

   Here is the rebust solution for Invisible Wall problem.
   The problem arises when char_stage is overwritten by other mod.
   In such a case, we cannot simply use GetObjectByTag( "char_stage" ) because tag was overwritten ( eg. in Karma's Companions Mod it is 'kc_char_stage' ). We need a function that returns actual char_stage without knowing its tag. It turns out that such a function is very simple:
   
//"char_player" is a point on char_stage where Hero is placed [1]
const string CHAR_STAGE_WAYPOINT_PLAYER_TAG = "char_player";
object MK_GetCharStage()
{
//GetObjectByTag gets also anything in the char_stage area [2]
object oResult = GetArea(GetObjectByTag(CHAR_STAGE_WAYPOINT_PLAYER_TAG));
if (IsObjectValid(oResult) == TRUE)
return oResult;
else
return OBJECT_INVALID;
}

   
   References:
   [1] <<Create a new waypoint for your follower to appear on the party picker. This waypoint must have a tag in the form of "char_" followed by the exact tag of your follower.>>
   (http://social.bioware.com/wiki/datoolset/index.php/Follower_tutorial#Overlay_char_stage)
   [2] <<GetObjectByTag only gets objects that are currently loaded into memory, (...) also anything in the char_stage area>>
   (http://social.bioware.com/wiki/datoolset/index.php/GetObjectByTag)