lbData Sring to Object (on dedicated)

[cruoriss 12]

Hey,

I'm trying to dynamicly fill a listbox with multiple vehicles .

So i used lbData to store the vehicle VarName to use it after : works fine in the editor but not at all on dedicated without even testing jip .

Like in this thread : http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?170867-lbData-gt-String-to-Object

I use

_obj = missionNamespace getVariable [_objString, objNull]; 

(tried call compile too) but both commands break the vehicle VarName on dedicated server .

Here is the full code :

_lbPos = lbCurSel 4603;
_selectedMHQ = lbData [4603, _lbPos];
_MHQ = missionNamespace getVariable [_selectedMHQ, objNull];

systemChat format ["%1", _selectedMHQ];
systemChat format ["%1", _MHQ];

The first systemChat (direct lbData return in string) works perfectly but the other one breaks on dedicated server .

And also both code used to create the dialog + vehicle :

{
if (//code) then {
               //lbAdd code and display name
	_varName = _x getVariable "AOW_MHQ_VARNAME";
	_x setVehicleVarName _varName;
	lbSetData [4603, _index_mhq, _varName];
	systemChat format ["%1", _varName];
	systemChat format ["%1", _x]; // Both syst chat works well on dedicated
};
} forEach vehicles;

_vehMHQ = createVehicle [ASORVS_CurrentVehicle, ASORVS_VehicleSpawnPos, [], 0, "CAN_COLLIDE"];

       _vehMHQ_var = [] call AOW_fnc_getFreeNames; // Used to generate a random name

       _vehMHQ setVehicleVarName _vehMHQ_var;
       _varName = vehicleVarName _vehMHQ;
       _vehMHQ setVariable ["AOW_MHQ_VARNAME", _varName, true];

Thanks

EDIT : All this code is called client side

Edited May 26, 2015 by Cruoriss

[killzone_kid 1331]

// Both syst chat works well on dedicated

Except it shouldn't work at all.

[cruoriss 12]

Except it shouldn't work at all.

Why ?

Btw in my tests i had the whole thing working if I used a static name for the created vehicle that i "publicVariable'd" .

But since i want to be able to create multiple vehicles it wasn't good .

[das attorney 858]

He's saying there's noway systemChat will display as there is no display on a DS. (no UI).

[cruoriss 12]

He's saying there's noway systemChat will display as there is no display on a DS. (no UI).

I meant when playing on a dedicated server i can see the messages while being a client, the dialog insn't created directly on the server .

[killzone_kid 1331]

I meant when playing on a dedicated server i can see the messages while being a client, the dialog insn't created directly on the server .

Well it wasn't obvious from your post that this is what you meant. Are you creating vehicle in preinit?

[cruoriss 12]

Well it wasn't obvious from your post that this is what you meant. Are you creating vehicle in preinit?

My bad i should have said while playing on dedicated .

No, they are created later using a vehicle spawner called by client .

[fight9 14]

I like to use BIS_fnc_objectVar instead of setVehicleVarName (it does it for you). It has always worked for me when I require vehicles to have a name. It can accept a pre-made name or create one for you. It will then return that name in string format. Use call compile or getVar to access that vehicle.

let function assign a name:

_varName = _object call BIS_fnc_objectVar;
_vic = call compile _varName;

or

assign the name yourself

_varName = [_object,"TheName"] call BIS_fnc_objectVar;
_vic = missionNamespace getVariable _varName;

[cruoriss 12]

I like to use BIS_fnc_objectVar instead of setVehicleVarName (it does it for you). It has always worked for me when I require vehicles to have a name. It can accept a pre-made name or create one for you. It will then return that name in string format. Use call compile or getVar to access that vehicle.

let function assign a name:

_varName = _object call BIS_fnc_objectVar;
_vic = call compile _varName;

or

assign the name yourself

_varName = [_object,"TheName"] call BIS_fnc_objectVar;
_vic = missionNamespace getVariable _varName;

Damn, BIS_fnc_objectVar is my new best friend .

It perfectly fix my dedicated environement issues and also works for jip .

Thanks a lot

(Btw i looked at what it was in the function viewer and i saw that it pubVar'd a local variable ... that was the part i was stuck at and thought it was impossible to do so, BIS black magic i guess)

[Larrow 2822]

let function assign a name:

Code:

_varName = _object call BIS_fnc_objectVar;

_vic = call compile _varName;

or

assign the name yourself

Code:

_varName = [_object,"TheName"] call BIS_fnc_objectVar;

_vic = missionNamespace getVariable _varName;

No need to call compile the var, it is a global var (missionNamespace) holding a reference to the object.

So either

_varName = _object call BIS_fnc_objectVar;
myObject = missionNamespace getVariable _varName;

OR

_name = "MyObjectsName"
_object setVehicleVarName _name;
missionNamespace setVariable [ _name, _object ];
publicVariable _name;