Lock Interactions based on custom criteria

[SiliconOrchid]

Not sure if this one is a bug or a feature request.... ;-)

My understanding (which hands-up, may be completely wrong) is that the locking mechanism provided in CommonCore.SimpleInteraction by CanPerform(...) and LockInteraction(...), is based on an agent (or number of agents) "currently interacting with a smart object".

Question:
Is there a way to temporarily include/exclude an interaction based on some other custom criteria ?

Usage Scenario:

• In the demo we have a TV, with a TVInteraction_TogglePower interaction.
• If there are no, or not-many, other actions for the agent to select, currently it seems that the agent will keep arbitrarily toggling the power.
• This behaviour is masked in the demo, as there are a large number of alternative actions/interactions to select.
• It would be useful to be able to add object-specific code, such as a cooldown timer to prevent the switch being repeatedly toggled), that interacts with the SmartObjects' CanPerform(...) availability.

To reproduce:

• With a fresh clone of the demo.
• Disable all smart objects, apart from "LargeObject_TV" and "LargeObject_BookShelfRight". The intention is to keep the agent focussed on just two distinct objects.
• In the LargeObject_TV object, fully remove the components TVInteraction_ChangeChannel and both TVInteraction_Watch. Leave the only interaction as TVInteraction_TogglePower (also leaving SmartObject_TV and other Unity stuff). The intention is that the agent can only perform the instantaneous "power toggle". Note: Don't just disable the components, otherwise they remain in effect.
• Using console, observe the agent toggle the power status a random number of times, before they eventually elect to go to the bookshelf instead.