hints with the new multiplayer framework?

[Taxen0 15]

Hello, I want to send a message to all players connected to the server.

how can I do this with the new multiplayer framework?

I found this at the wiki:

["{hint "Hello World!";}","BIS_fnc_spawn",true,true] spawn BIS_fnc_MP;

but it also says that it's a not recommended way of transferring code as parameters, so I'm guessing it's just an example?

what would be the proper way?

[engima 327]

Hi!

Maybe you would like to try the ASCOM framework instead:

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?151838-ASCOM-Framework-Release

(ASCOM=Arma Script Comminication).

I made it to solve that very problem that you mention, and to streamline the this kind of communication a bit.

[Tuliq 2]

bis_fnc_mp is awesome, but it requires a little extra work to make it work the way you want. F.ex, it can only accept functions, so in order to broadcast a hint to all players you would have to create your own hint function. This is not hard.

//first create the function
taxenHint = {

hint _this;

};

//then spawn it using bis_fnc_mp, the parameter of course being a string
["Hey everyone!","taxenHint"] spawn BIS_fnc_mp;

Should also mention that the function needs to have been defined on the client before running bis_fnc_mp

Edited April 7, 2013 by Tuliq