Sevensegment Display (Flowgraph Node)

Overview

• Node Name: Sevensegment Display
• Category: repeat_instant
• File: extensions/flowgraph/nodes/scene/sevensegmentDisplay.lua

Creates and manages a seven-segment display composed of TSStatic digit shapes in the 3D scene. Supports number, minutes, and hours display modes.

Pin Schema

Input Pins

Output Pins

Internals (data fields)

Behavior

• work() - Creates display objects on first run, then updates digit shapes when the number changes.
• createObjects() - Spawns data.count TSStatic objects for digits, plus decimal dots and colon separators for minutes mode.
• updateNumbers() - Extracts each digit from the number and swaps the TSStatic shapeName to the corresponding digit mesh (e.g., display_3.dae). Hides leading zeroes unless configured otherwise.
• clearObjects() - Deletes all spawned TSStatic objects.

How It Works

1. On first frame, createObjects() spawns digit TSStatic objects positioned along a line with configurable spacing.
2. For minutes mode, colon dots are added between minute and second digits.
3. When the input number changes, updateNumbers() decomposes it into individual digits and updates each TSStatic's shape file.
4. Uses preApply()/postApply() to hot-swap shape meshes at runtime.
5. All objects are cleaned up on execution stop, mission end, or destroy.

Key Dependencies

• createObject("TSStatic") - spawns digit mesh objects
• art/shapes/quarter_mile_display/display_*.dae - digit shape assets (0-9, empty, period)

Additional Methods

C:_executionStarted()

Called when graph execution starts. Used for initialization/reset.

C:_executionStopped()

Called when graph execution stops. Used for cleanup.

C:init(mgr, ...)

Initializes the node, setting up pins and default properties.

Parameters:

• mgr
• ...

C:makeDot(offset, name)

Node method.

Parameters:

• offset
• name

C:onClientEndMission()

Cleanup callback when the mission/level ends.

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See Also

• Collection Marker (Flowgraph Node) - Related reference
• Custom Lua Command (Flowgraph Node) - Related reference
• Get Object Field (Flowgraph Node) - Related reference
• FlowGraph Guide - Guide