AKK 0 Posted March 19, 2004 I am still pretty new to the whole editing thing. I have a pretty solid basic knowledge of scripting, and making missions although I am still unclear of the total range of use of game logics. I know that they are "invisible" objects but what good are they. I see people use them like markers in scripts. But I am still laking a good grasp of what the heck to do with them. I use the CoC gamelogics often but the BIS gamelogics still stump me. Any comments would be appreciated Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
igor drukov 0 Posted March 19, 2004 Hey ! Reply #8. Ig. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark111 0 Posted March 19, 2004 Don't know, maybe better uses are possible, bat I use them as rapidly moveable targets for "ShootToNoOne" animations, centres of areas which act in some way if someone gets close, waypoints to move units or groups to and so on... till now I only used those custom GLogics of the game editor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingN 251 Posted March 19, 2004 Good question! I've seen it beeing used for dozens and dozens of purposes. One of the oddest purposes is using it as a pilot of a helicopter.... I've got 3 years of experience in mission editing and still I know like 1% of its possible purposes, eventhough I don't think I need to use it for such thingies anyway. I use the game logic mostly as invisible object as you mentioned. It's very handy in marking positions of various things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gunterlund 0 Posted March 19, 2004 To add to this question why would you add a gamelogic called server. I seen this in several missions. Does this have something to do with multiplayer. No waypoints for the gamelogic are visible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
korax 4 Posted March 19, 2004 If you see a gamelogic called Server in a mission, it is usually called in a script using this line <table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">?! (local Server) : ExitThis method makes all the players exit the script, but not the actual game server, so it allows server-only scripts to run so it doesnt desync or lag the other players, it works this way because a gamelogic is always "local" to the server and nothing else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingN 251 Posted March 19, 2004 If you see a gamelogic called Server in a mission, it is usually called in a script using this line <table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">?! (local Server) : ExitThis method makes all the players exit the script, but not the actual game server, so it allows server-only scripts to run so it doesnt desync or lag the other players, it works this way because a gamelogic is always "local" to the server and nothing else.Hey, I'd like to know a bit more about this. You see, I haven't made too many MP missions and I'd like to know how to make a script based dynamic weather changing script properly. Everything else works in it but the weather tends to change in different ways on each comp, so it's nice and clear weather in one comp and a complete rains storm in other and this is driving me nuts. Do I just add a 'server' named game logic and add "?! (local Server) : Exit" to the script, or? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
korax 4 Posted March 20, 2004 If you see a gamelogic called Server in a mission, it is usually called in a script using this line <table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">?! (local Server) : ExitThis method makes all the players exit the script, but not the actual game server, so it allows server-only scripts to run so it doesnt desync or lag the other players, it works this way because a gamelogic is always "local" to the server and nothing else. Hey, I'd like to know a bit more about this. You see, I haven't made too many MP missions and I'd like to know how to make a script based dynamic weather changing script properly. Everything else works in it but the weather tends to change in different ways on each comp, so it's nice and clear weather in one comp and a complete rains storm in other and this is driving me nuts. Do I just add a 'server' named game logic and add "?! (local Server) : Exit" to the script, or? Not exactly, I'm presuming the weather is "random" correct? in that case your probably using the random command, and since all computers exec this it will always be different, the fix for this is to just have the server determine the random variable, then send it to all players IE something like this, a weather script ive got lying around...<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE"> ? local Server : Weather = random 1 ? local Server : publicvariable "Weather" ?Weather >0 AND Weather <=0.2 : 0 setovercast 0.2 ?Weather >0.2 AND Weather <=0.4 : 0 setovercast 0.4 ?Weather >0.4 AND Weather <=0.6 : 0 setovercast 0.6 ?Weather >0.6 AND Weather <=0.8 : 0 setovercast 0.8 ?Weather >0.8 AND Weather <=1 : 0 setovercast 1 That way, only the server determines what the random number will be, and sends it out to all players, so you should have the same weather. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingN 251 Posted March 20, 2004 If you see a gamelogic called Server in a mission, it is usually called in a script using this line <table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">?! (local Server) : ExitThis method makes all the players exit the script, but not the actual game server, so it allows server-only scripts to run so it doesnt desync or lag the other players, it works this way because a gamelogic is always "local" to the server and nothing else. Hey, I'd like to know a bit more about this. You see, I haven't made too many MP missions and I'd like to know how to make a script based dynamic weather changing script properly. Everything else works in it but the weather tends to change in different ways on each comp, so it's nice and clear weather in one comp and a complete rains storm in other and this is driving me nuts. Do I just add a 'server' named game logic and add "?! (local Server) : Exit" to the script, or? Not exactly, I'm presuming the weather is "random" correct? in that case your probably using the random command, and since all computers exec this it will always be different, the fix for this is to just have the server determine the random variable, then send it to all players IE something like this, a weather script ive got lying around...<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE"> ? local Server : Weather = random 1 ? local Server : publicvariable "Weather" ?Weather >0 AND Weather <=0.2 : 0 setovercast 0.2 ?Weather >0.2 AND Weather <=0.4 : 0 setovercast 0.4 ?Weather >0.4 AND Weather <=0.6 : 0 setovercast 0.6 ?Weather >0.6 AND Weather <=0.8 : 0 setovercast 0.8 ?Weather >0.8 AND Weather <=1 : 0 setovercast 1 That way, only the server determines what the random number will be, and sends it out to all players, so you should have the same weather. Ok thanks, I'll look into it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AKK 0 Posted March 20, 2004 Thanks everybody. I guess I will just use them as "targets" and worry too much about using them broadly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
