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Possible to get get current knot name?
I want to get the current knot name.
I tried Story.state.currentPathString but this is always empty. I also tried Choice.sourcePath but this one return something like 0.13.8 which seems to be a JSON state format of a knot name.
Isn't there a way to get the real current knot name?
I hacked the ink.js for this reason and stored it to my app (in /js/index.js) ~ line 6312
key: 'ChoosePath',
value: function ChoosePath(p) {
// save path to my App
app.inkpath = p;
this.state.SetChosenPath(p);
// Take a note of newly visited containers for read counts etc
this.VisitChangedContainersDueToDivert();
}
Now I can get the knot name from the path:
function continueStory(firstTime) {
...
if (app.inkpath) {
var knot = JSON.stringify(app.inkpath._components[0]['_name'])
knot = knot.substring(1,knot.length-1)
if (knot == 'global decl') knot = 'start'
}
}
currentPathString should not be empty. Sounds like a bug. Is it on inkjs only?
Sorry in advance for cross-posting.
At least in inkjs, story.state.currentPathString works, as far as the story can continue, ie. canContinue() is true. I created a testcase to dispel any doubts: https://github.com/y-lohse/inkjs/pull/450/files
Hello, are there any updates on this topic or available workarounds? Unfortunately, this issue still exists as @manuq describes in both ink and inkjs. As far as I observed, making a choice assigns the currentPath again to not be null, but continuing the story afterward (doesn't matter if ContinueMaximally or Continue) will set it again to null when expecting a new knot currentPath value.
// setup story
// start of story
story.state.currentPathString // -> 0
story.ContinueMaximally()
story.state.currentPathString // -> Null
story.ChooseChoiceIndex(0)
story.state.currentPathString // -> start.0.c-0.0
story.ContinueMaximally()
story.state.currentPathString // -> Null
story.ChooseChoiceIndex(0)
story.state.currentPathString // -> newknot.0.c-0.0
Edit: So I found here a workaround where one can read out the current knot's name from the Choice class's sourcePath property via story.currentChoices.
