publicVariableServer oddities

[PlacidBox 10]

Hey, I'm doing some multiplayer scripting and am running in to strange behavior with "publicVariableServer."

The problem is that with a non-dedicated server, the publicVariableEventHandler only gets called when the

local player does publicVariableServer, not when any remote players do.

init.sqf is esentially:

playerDeath = objNull;
if (isServer) then {
   on_player_death = {
       hint "player died";
   };
   "playerDeath" addPublicVariableEventHandler on_player_death;
};

if (isDedicated) then {exit};

on_death = {
   playerDeath = playerSide;
   publicVariableServer "playerDeath";
};

sleep 0.01; // wait for mission to begin
player addEventHandler ["killed", on_death];

Swapping the publicVariableServer for just a normal publicVariable works as expected (remote deaths cause the function to be called, local ones don't.)

Is there something extra that I need to do to get these calls though, or is it just bugged?

[Tankbuster 1747]

then {exit} is sqs. Are you sure it works in SQF?

[PlacidBox 10]

You're right, it's a mistake, i'd swapped it from

if (!isDedicated) then {
   // client code here
};

but it doesn't matter, anyway, since this isn't being run on a dedicated server at any point.

[killzone_kid 1333]

hint is local should do nothing on dedicated server and would probably work on client if client is server