Execute a script on a client's machine

[Deadfast 43]

Hello again!

I'm having a little problem with a script I'm working on.

Basically it allows one person to kick out another person from its vehicle.

Everything is working as it should, except for the part when I need a camera screen to be executed for the guy that gets kicked out.

So a quick recap would be:

A script on PC #1 executes a script on PC #2.

Thanks a bunch!

Deadfast

[poweruser 10]

One solution is to define a publicVariableEventhandler on all client machines (in the mission init.sqs for example)

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">DF_kickedout_crew = [];

"DF_kickedout_crew" addPublicVariableEventhandler {

               if(player in (_this select 1)) then {

                            // execute your script for the camera screen here

               };

};

To the script that ejects the units, add something like this right after the command that ejects the unit/s.

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">DF_kickedout_crew = (crew vehicle player) - [player];   // or some other array of units in the vehicle

publicVariable "DF_kickedout_crew";

Maybe it's better not to run the "eject command" on a remote machine (PC #1) but on the machine where the ejected unit is local to (PC #2). Might behave better in case there's some lag. And this solution requires at least ArmA v1.09b, as earlier versions don't support broadcasting arrays.

[Deadfast 43]

Thanks, I'll try it out and get back at you

[Deadfast 43]

It doesn't work

part of the script itself:

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

hint "Executing";

pulledout = (_crew select 0);

publicVariable "pulledout";

init.sqf

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

pulledout = [];

"pulledout" addPublicVariableEventhandler {

             

if (player in (_this select 1)) then

               {

                       hint "Executed on victim's PC";

                       player action ["eject", vehicle player];

               };

};

Apparently the script never gets to be executed on the victim's PC (the hint doesn't show up).

[poweruser 10]

Of course it won't work the way you wrote it.

Quote[/b] ]pulledout = (_crew select 0);

Now pulledout is type OBJECT, but the pVEventhandler is expecting an ARRAY (checking with the command 'in' ).

When sending over a certain crew member, check with this line:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">if (player == (_this select 1)) then {

or convert the variable pulledout from OBJECT to ARRAY, and leave the check with 'in'

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">pulledout = [(_crew select 0)];

For testing if you received something at all, move the hint message out side of the if-check, because when the condition is false you won't see anything and don't know whether you received something or not.

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">hint format["Executed on victim's PC - Var-Name: %1 - Var-Value: %2", (_this select 0), (_this select 1)];

Displays what pc#2 received. (for debugging)

[Deadfast 43]

Hehe, thanks, got it working now