Help with script EVENT_DEAD eventhandler that fails

[Wizard1393]

I have a script where an event handler starts like this:

 

function msn.event_dead:onEvent(Event)

471	if Event.id == world.event.S_EVENT_DEAD then
472	
473			local initObj = Event.initiator
474			local initObjName = initObj:getName()

 

This code crashes with error: "474: attempt to index field 'initObj' (a nil value)"

I've also tried changing 474 to "local initObjName = Event.initiator:getName()" but then it complains that field "initiator" doesnt exist.

 

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Edited March 2, 2019 by chrisofsweden

[Grimes]

Only guess is that the specific object type, when destroyed, fails to give the object to the event handler. Have any idea what it might be that is getting destroyed?

 

Best bet would be to check if the object exists before running functions on it, and if it doesn't then to print out the contents of the event which might help in pinpointing what was causing the event.

[wolle]

That's simply because once a unit is dead, it doesn't exist anymore, and you can't access it. Been like that since forever, AFAIK. Makes this function completely useless.

[L39Tom]

All event handlers are bugged after one of the last updates.

That bug is still reported.