Public Variables in Event Handlers

[delta99 34]

Is it possible to set public variables in an event handler? It doesn't seem to work for me. Any setting of a public variable in an event handler is not picked up in another event handler.

If this is not possible, what is a decent method of setting a variable? Anyone have any ideas?

[sickboy 13]

Good question. I wouldn't know any reason why they shouldn't thought. I have never used PV's in EH's :-)

Could you post your code and findings somewhat more specific?

[delta99 34]

Basically what I'm trying to do is only execute code in an event handler conditionally on a public variable so I have something like:

if (publicVariable != 1) then {

do something;

};

it doesn't seem to matter whether I have that publicVariable assigned to 1 or anything else or never assigned. It never executes the contents of the if block.

I also tried:

if (isnil "publicVariable") {

do something;

};

and that doesn't work either. The isnil never returns true even when the variable is never used anywhere else.

Very odd.

[delta99 34]

Basically what I'm trying to do is only execute code in an event handler conditionally on a public variable so I have something like:

if (publicVariable != 1) then {

do something;

};

it doesn't seem to matter whether I have that publicVariable assigned to 1 or anything else or never assigned. It never executes the contents of the if block.

I also tried:

if (isnil "publicVariable") {

do something;

};

and that doesn't work either. The isnil never returns true even when the variable is never used anywhere else.

Very odd.

If you attempt to compare a variable that has not been assigned it will always return false. And the reason I couldn't detect this yet is that in my event handler they were firing so fast and likely at the same time that they all hit the variable check before it was set later on.

The isnil is also working now that my example code is written a little bit better and I'm controlling how the events are kicked off.

In otherwords, it looks as though public variables work in event handlers no problem as they should be expected to.

[General Barron 0]

Well, I would assume that the publicVariable needs time to be picked up by other clients.

So, you can't expect that the instant you issue the command, the clients will have the results of the variable. Nor can you assume you know how long it will take for the variable to reach all clients.

I believe there are some exceptions dealing with the briefing, but I don't remember the specifics. I don't think init events fire until after the briefing anyway though.

[delta99 34]

Actually when I wrote public variable I actually meant global variable. This was all tested in single player so wasn't dealing with real "public" variables I expected to know the value of on various client machines in MP.