help please ...noob problem

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#1

:cry:
this is my code

taskMgr.add(self.showtalk,‘showtalkPlayer’, [color=blue]extraArgs=[player])

def showtalk (self,[color=blue] instance):
pos =self.map3dToAspect2d(render,[color=blue]instance.dummy.getPos())
text =instance.chat

currentTime = [color=orange]task.time - timeOffset
    if currentTime >= 0.05 :
        instance.Timefag += 1
    timeOffset = task.time

if instance.Timefag <5:
	if pos==None:
		text.hide()
	else:
		text.show()
		text['pos']=(pos[0],pos[2]+0.1)
        
    return Task.cont

then it show error like this
[color=red]Global name ‘task’ is not defind

and when i use this
def showtalk (self,[color=blue]task, instance):
then it show error like this
[color=red]showtalk() takes exactly 3 arguments (2 given)

how can i do?
if i want to use task.time and extraArgs

help please
i’m noob in panda and python
:cry:

#2

That is, uhm, a tricky problem.

You can try using the appendTask=True parameter in taskMgr.add, and swapping the two parameters in your task function. For example:

taskMgr.add(self.showtalk,'showtalkPlayer', extraArgs=[player], appendTask=True)

def showtalk (self,instance,task):
        #do your stuff here
        return task.cont
#3

thank you for your answer
pro-rsoft

:confused: but it still have error like this
[color=red]add() got an unexpected keyword argument ‘appendTask’

and i see in manual
Class TaskManager Method add() have argument ‘appendTask’

why it show error?

#4

Hmm. You must be using a very old version of Panda3D?

Do you have the latest version (as of writing 1.4.2)?

#5

:confused:
Ahh…i use 1.3.2

So…i have to upgrade right?

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Thank you pro-rsoft

#6

:smiley:
Thank you very much pro-rsoft

i can do it now
^^;