publicVariable code

[Przemek_kondor 13]

hi

how to send some values to server by every players?

i tried something:

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ptr_ranking = compile preprocessFile "ranking.sqf";

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_myName = name player;

_time_str = "..."

variable = someNumber;

_code = { [variable, _myName, _time_str] spawn ptr_ranking; };

PublicVariable "_code";

but script ranking.sqf isn't executed.

where is the bug?

[sickboy 13]

1. _code is a local variable, a public variable can only be a global variable (one without _)

2. After you publicVariable the code, you still must execute it..

3. You use inexistend local variables in the _code scope. Whenever you send them over the network they will be lost

I don't have much time ATM, but I just wanted to tell you about addPublicVariableEventHandler:

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"TST_SOMEPV" addPublicVariableEventHandler

{

  _ar = (_this select 1);

  (_ar select 0) call (_ar select 1);

};

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_myName = name player;

_time_str = "..."

variable = someNumber;

TST_SOMEPV =

[

  [variable, _myName, _time_str],

  {

      _this spawn ptr_ranking;

  };

];

publicVariable "TST_SOMEPV";

I guess this should get you under way a lil

[xeno 234]

Quote from the wiki:

Quote[/b] ]

The only limitation is you cannot transfer references to entities which are local, like scripts, displays, or local objects.

A script handle is local on each client and on the server.

A better way is it to send an array and let a publicVariable eventhandler react to it.

Receiver part:

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"my_array" addPublicVariableEventhandler {

my_array spawn ptr_ranking;

};

Sender:

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my_var = [someNumber,name player,_time_str];

publicVariable "my_var";

Xeno

[sickboy 13]

"my_array" addPublicVariableEventhandler {

  my_array spawn ptr_ranking;

};

I would recommend always using (_this select 1)  instead of the variable name, inside the publicVariableEventHandler. Because it will contain the value that my_array was at the moment of triggering the PVEH. Not that i've seen it happen, but My_array could actually have been changed between the PV Trigger, and the Execution.

However, the implementation is done better than mine, as mine is more a general remote execution handler, and yours is a specific one for this situation

[Przemek_kondor 13]

thnx, I havent noticed that publicVariable can publics arrays too.

but addPublicVariableEventhandler seems not works (tested on dedicated server 1.14), when

init.sqf:

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...

ptr_ranking = compile preprocessFile "ranking.sqf";

RankingUpdater = [];

RankingUpdater addPublicVariableEventHandler

{

( _this select 1 ) spawn ptr_ranking;

};

...

moment of the updating:

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...

while(...)do{

...

num_of_laps = ...

_player_and_time_string = ...

RankingUpdater = [num_of_laps, _player_and_time_string];

PublicVariable "RankingUpdater";

...

};

...

and script ranking.sqf isn't called

[5133p39 14]

thnx, I havent noticed that publicVariable can publics arrays too.

but addPublicVariableEventhandler seems not works (tested on dedicated server 1.14)

because <span style='color:blue'>RankingUpdater addPublicVariableEventHandler</span> is not the same like <span style='color:blue'>"RankingUpdater" addPublicVariableEventHandler</span>.

And one more thing - the event handler will NOT be executed on computers where you executed the <span style='color:blue'>publicVariable</span> command.

So if you are testing this by playing singleplayer mission, or by playing MP mission but in local network and hosting the mission on your own computer (your computer is the server, but also one and only client), it will not work for you.

You still need to execute the SQF script manually on the computer where you are using the <span style='color:blue'>publicVariable</span> command.

[Przemek_kondor 13]

thanx 5133p39. I found 2 minute ago this bug too

I will test it soon

[edit:]it works