Changes to the script variable from the outside

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Hello. There is a non-trivial task. We in the team use the numbering of versions of the form: year, month, day, hour, minute. This information is stored in the game, and is called as a cheat code. I would like to automate the process. Version information is stored in a variable, in a script, and is written manually. Is it possible to change the value of a variable at the time of project assembly, taking the value from the system.

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Hi @sergey_ch,

If you are talking about PlayCanvas scripts then you can directly access a property from another script like this, by finding first the entity that holds it:

const entityThatHoldsScript = this.app.root.findByName('Entity Name');

// --- we then find the instance of the script using the script type name
const scriptInstance = entityThatHoldsScript.script.scriptTypeName;

// --- you can now access all properties and methods
// --- e.g. a property like this.myProperty
scriptInstance.myProperty = 10;
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not quite. I’m looking for an opportunity to find a hook to subscribe to, and run the function, at the time of building the project for download

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I see, how are you building the project? Are you using the Rest API?

If that’s the case you can use the get job endpoint to query the status of the build.

https://developer.playcanvas.com/en/user-manual/api/job-get/

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