How to detect if player has loaded in and playing?

[zakiechan 11]

Working on a JIP issue. Server spawns a main objective then selects a type of secondary mission and spawns it nearby.

My issue is having a JIP-proof firing of a publicVariable to trigger the addpublicvariableeventhandler that creates an addaction to capture

the secondary mission upon interaction. I have a global variable that gets defined after the very first time the server publicVariable's.

I check its existence as part of JIP analysis code.

I have issues where someone will connect before "originalCaptureFired" defined,

(thus making me expect the client to be in time to receive the initial publicVariable)

but they load in late and miss the firing of the first publicVariable.

Thus they dont get the addaction.

Im looking for a way to check if the player is actually ingame vs in slot selection etc.. So i can filter it out and make sure I

publicvariableClient to the player that needs it.

Any help is appreciated!

Relevant Code:

Init.sqf

if(!isServer) then {execVM "EventHandlers.sqf"}; //Runs only on clients

CaptureSecondaryMission.sqf

//****THIS IS A SNIPPET OF RELEVANT PARTS OF CAPTURE MISSION****

//----SCAN SPAWNED ASSET FOR THE "FLAG"
switch(_assetsChosen) do
{
case "Fuel Depot":		{_csatFlag = nearestObjects [_secObjLocation, ["Land_PowerGenerator_F"], 500] select 0};
case "HQ Complex":		{_csatFlag = nearestObjects [_secObjLocation, ["Flag_CSAT_F"], 500] select 0};
case "Research Station":	{_csatFlag = nearestObjects [_secObjLocation, ["Flag_CSAT_F"], 500] select 0};
case "Detention Facility":	{_csatFlag = nearestObjects [_secObjLocation, ["Flag_CSAT_F"], 500] select 0};
case "SAM Site":		{_csatFlag = nearestObjects [_secObjLocation, ["Land_SatellitePhone_F"], 500] select 0};
case "Camp":			{_csatFlag = nearestObjects [_secObjLocation, ["Land_SatellitePhone_F"], 500] select 0};
case "Listening Post":		{_csatFlag = nearestObjects [_secObjLocation, ["Land_PowerGenerator_F"], 500] select 0};
};
playerHitFlag = false;
makeAddAction = [_assetsChosen, _csatFlag];
//hintC format["%1", makeAddAction];
removeAddAction = [_csatFlag];

//-------BROADCAST VARIABLE TO ASSIGN CAPTURE ADDACTION
publicVariable "makeAddAction";
originalCaptureFired = true;

EventHandlers.sqf

"makeAddAction" addPublicVariableEventHandler
{	
	private ["_assetChosen", "_csatFlag", "_passedContent"];
	if (isNull (((_this select 1) select 1))) then 
	{
		systemChat "making addaction failed";//if csat flag wasnt passed
	} 
	else {
			_passedContent = _this select 1;
			_assetChosen = _passedContent select 0;
			_csatFlag = _passedContent select 1;
			_csatFlag addAction[format["<t size='1.5' color='#ffff00'>Capture the %1</t>", _assetChosen],	{
															cutText ["Capturing... Standby","PLAIN",1];
															playerHitFlag = true;
															removeAddAction = [_this select 0];
															publicVariableServer "playerHitFlag";
															publicVariable "removeAddAction";
															(_this select 0) removeAction 0;
													                }, 0, 6];
			systemChat format["Capture addAction CREATED"];
	      };
};

initPlayerServer.sqf

//This is what the server does upon client connection

private["_didPlayerJIP","_playerID", "_player"];
//get the client id of the player connecting
_player = _this select 0;
_didPlayerJIP = _this select 1;
_playerID = owner _player;

systemChat format["%1, %2, %3",_player,_didPlayerJIP, _playerID];


if(_didPlayerJIP) then 
{
systemChat "entered JIP condition";
if(isNil "originalCaptureFired") then 
{
	systemChat "Original firing will kick in";
//********THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEM LIES******* 

// I believed this was a clean fix but a connection between the server "continue" event and firing of the original public variable (ie originalCaptureFired)
// Results in the client not receiving the publicVariable from intial time server sends it (Which is my big problem :s )

} else
	{	//if secondary is on, and mission is capture, and hasn't been captured yet
		if(!secObjCompleted && secObjMissionType == "Capture" && !playerHitFlag) then
			{
				_playerID publicVariableClient "makeAddAction"; //add the action for capture
				systemChat "PublicVariable Fired";
			};
		systemChat "End of JIP Code";
	};
};

Edited January 8, 2015 by zakiechan
(changed to php code for legibility)

[jshock 512]

waitUntil {!isNull player};
//OR
waitUntil {time > 0};
//OR use both to ensure player has spawned in

Edited January 8, 2015 by JShock

[zakiechan 11]

Thanks, that seems to be exactly what I was after!