Who is the person that got the remoteExec ?

[JeyR 2]

Alright. Welcome everyone. I have a very interesting problem, and I couldn't find a solution for it. I have been really trying to get past this but I can't solve this riddle.
I have this small code snippet inside the initPlayerLocal.sqf:
 

if (didJIP) then {
	[getPlayerUID player] remoteExecCall ["CHAB_fnc_jipcam",[-2,-(clientOwner)],false];
};

And here is the CHAB_fnc_jipcam:
 

_uid = _this select 0;
private "_player";
private "_local";
private "_localID";
{
	if ((getPlayerUID _x) isEqualTo _uid) then{_player = _x;};
} forEach allPlayers;

_local = ???;
_localID = ???;

As you can see, I clearly have no clue who is the owner of machine ? In my mind's eye remoteExec sends a message to every player that they have to run this script with the given parameters. Here is what I tried so far: 

• Create a global variable (not public) for each player and give it the playerUID -> Result is that inside the jipcam the returned value is "any" on each PC.
• Create a missionnamespace variable (global but not public) and give it the playerUID -> same results as before

I have completely run out of ideas, I tried mostly everything I could think of. Is there anyone who has more tricks up his sleeve? 

[HazJ 1289]

This maybe?

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/remoteExecutedOwner

[JeyR 2]

Seems like you don't understand. I need the person that runs the script. Remoteexecowner only gives you the ID of the person that initiated the remoteexec

[Muzzleflash 111]

Just use clientOwner ?

[Muzzleflash 111]

Also, you send the uid of the (assuming joining) player as argument.  Then you iterate all players to get the player object. Just send the player object instead, and use it to get the uid.

 

if (didJIP) then {
	[player] remoteExecCall ["CHAB_fnc_jipcam",[-2,-(clientOwner)],false];
};

And CHAB_fnc_jipcam:

params ["_player"]; // Remote player unit
private _uid = getPlayerUID _player; // Remote unit UID
private _localId = clientOwner; // Local machine ID
private _local = player; // Local player

 

[JeyR 2]

I need the playerUId of the clientowner. something like "746128923471236". _local has to be the player object that the player is playing with. 

[Muzzleflash 111]

I updated my example.

[JeyR 2]

using player simply return "null object", it doesn't work. I already tried that 

[Muzzleflash 111]

When, then there is no local player.

[JeyR 2]

There is, I tested with copyToClipboard format [" : %1 %2 ",player,getplayeruid player];
And this is what I get on my clipboard : <NULL OBJECT> any

[Muzzleflash 111]

You example demonstrates that there is no player object on the machine you ran it on. Thus the <NULL OBJECT> and the command getPlayerUID failing to get the proper result.

[JeyR 2]

How is that possibble? This is all I have and I don't run any other scripts.

[Muzzleflash 111]

Are you running a dedicated server? Have you placed any player objects in the mission?

[JeyR 2]

Btw if it copies to my clipboard there is supposed to be a player or am I wrong ??

[Muzzleflash 111]

The text may vary, but it is supposed to say something different than <NULL...>  .

[JeyR 2]

This is all tested on dedicated, 10 playable units are placed but they won't appear until a player takes control of them,

 

[Muzzleflash 111]

Correct. The commander 'player' only returns the object the player sitting on that machine is controlling. So a dedicated server does not have a player object, in fact no machine at all has a player object until someone connects and takes a slot. Then only that connecting player now get a player object.

[JeyR 2]

that's why I have waitUntil {!isNull player && player == player};
And I already joined the game when I told my friend to join, I was running around the base already.
 

[Muzzleflash 111]

I don't know how it is set up now - I can only assume the line you just mentioned is above the very first part you showed. So you are going to have to show the entire script to debug. Else, I can only say the player command itself works fine.

[JeyR 2]

initplayerlocal :
 

waitUntil {!isNull player && player == player};
if (didJIP) then {
	[getPlayerUID player] remoteExecCall ["CHAB_fnc_jipcam",[-2,-(clientOwner)],false];
};

jipcam:
 

_uid = _this select 0;
private "_player";
private "_local";
private "_localID";
{
	if ((getPlayerUID _x) isEqualTo _uid) then{_player = _x;};
} forEach allPlayers;

_local = ???;
_localID = ???;

 

[Muzzleflash 111]

Dunno, the getPlayerUID command is listed as being possibly unreliable when executed where the object is not local. So my suggestion would be did.

 

First I don't believe you need the wait since initPlayerLocal.sqf is not run before the player object is ready. To ensure the UID is properly collected gather it from the joining player's machine, and since you can't rely on it find the player object, send it manually too:

if (didJIP) then {
	[player, getPlayerUID player] remoteExecCall ["CHAB_fnc_jipcam",[-2,-(clientOwner)],false];
};

And CHAB_fnc_jipcam:

params ["_joinedPlayer", "_joinedUID"]; // Remote player unit and remote unit UID
private _localId = clientOwner; // Local machine ID
private _local = player; // Local player

 

[JeyR 2]

Spoiler

Fine, i'll try it

Okey, unfortunately it didn't work. Here is what I got after I changed my code to yours:
this is in my clipboard after a player joined JIP -> clip: <NULL-object> + "" 

Oh and btw this is the description of the player command on the wiki: 

"Person controlled by player. In MP this value is different on each computer and on dedicated server this value is null."

[Muzzleflash 111]

On that last comment, that is the same thing I said earlier.

 

Anyway in order to test it, I modified to also send the message to the server and back again to myself, and I logged the values passed to CHAB_fnc_jipcam. The leftmost ID is what the player/server machine got of values.

ID (3) sees, '_joinedPlayer' has value 'B Alpha 1-2:1 (Muzzleflash)'
ID (3) sees, '_joinedUID' has value '76561234589382009'
ID (3) sees, '_localId' has value '3'
ID (3) sees, '_local' has value 'B Alpha 1-2:1 (Muzzleflash)'

ID (2) sees, '_joinedPlayer' has value 'B Alpha 1-2:1 (Muzzleflash) REMOTE'
ID (2) sees, '_joinedUID' has value '76561234589382009'
ID (2) sees, '_localId' has value '2'
ID (2) sees, '_local' has value '<NULL-object>'

In this case ID 3 is me joining and ID 2 is the server. But suppose instead, another player was already joined when I connected, and the only he got the message, then he would see something like:

ID (7) sees, '_joinedPlayer' has value 'B Alpha 1-2:1 (Muzzleflash)'
ID (7) sees, '_joinedUID' has value '76561234589382009'
ID (7) sees, '_localId' has value '7'
ID (7) sees, '_local' has value 'B Alpha 1-3:2 (Leeroy Jenkins)'

 

[JeyR 2]

Okey so from that I can only assume that the server thinks my ID is 2 ? And that my player == NULL-OBJECT.
Why is that?

[Muzzleflash 111]

ID 2 is always the server. If you are running a dedicated server then the server don't have a player object so it is always null -- like in my example above. If you are running a hosted server you should have a player object.