[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by Tigairius

It works fine, and the class is available immediately. The only time I have problems is when I join a class to an object that's already been created, but in my example, it's being joined upon creation.

Joining classes on clientside requires a round-trip to the server; it's not immediately available, although you can use it immediately (in v6). For example:

Class "test":

PHP Code:

//#CLIENTSIDE
public function test() {
  return "it works!";
} 


Weapon "test":

PHP Code:

//#CLIENTSIDE
function onCreated() {
  temp.start = timevar2;
  
  temp.obj = new TStaticVar();
  temp.obj.join("test");
  echo("result: " @ temp.obj.test());
  
  echo("total time: " @ (timevar2 - temp.start));
} 


On a low-latency network, the delay is generally tolerable:

result: it works!
total time: 0.108752069

On an (artificially) high-latency network, however, it becomes a real problem:

result: it works!
total time: 0.901618003

This can be very problematic depending on the situation: the best case is that nothing happens for a second, the worst is that the player's left with a half-drawn interface on the screen while the class is fetched.

And even worse, on v5:

result: 0
total time: 0.000670057

v5 doesn't even wait for the class -- and 32% of Era is still using v5 right now.

An easy fix is to join the class serverside before joining it to any objects clientside:

PHP Code:

function onCreated() {
  this.join("test");
}

//#CLIENTSIDE
function onCreated() {
  temp.start = timevar2;
  
  temp.obj = new TStaticVar();
  temp.obj.join("test");
  echo("result: " @ temp.obj.test());
  
  echo("total time: " @ (timevar2 - temp.start));
} 


Now your clientside class works on v5 and v6, and without waiting for the network .