Function Script_GetParent

engine/gameobject/src/gameobject/gameobject_script.cpp:1254–1268

get the parent for a specific game object instance * Get the parent for a game object instance. * * @name go.get_parent * @param [id] [type:string|hash|url] optional id of the game object instance to get parent for, defaults to the instance containing the calling script * @return parent_id [type:hash|nil] parent instance or `nil` * @examples * * Get parent o

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    int Script_GetParent(lua_State* L)
    {
        Instance* instance = ResolveInstance(L, 1);
        Instance* parent = dmGameObject::GetParent(instance);
        if (parent != 0)
        {
            dmScript::PushHash(L, parent->m_Identifier);
        }
        else
        {
            lua_pushnil(L);
        }
        return 1;

    }

    /*# gets the game object instance world position
     * The function will return the world position calculated at the end of the previous frame.