player logout - odd bug

[Prozac]

This is at the end of the control-npc in my gs2 enabled server.

PHP Code:

function onPlayerLogout(pl) {
if (pl.account != NULL) {
  echo("Player " @ pl.account @ ":" @ pl.nick @" logged out"); //This works
 setstring(serverr.radio_station1e,serverr.radio_station1d);
 setstring(serverr.radio_station1d,serverr.radio_station1c); 
 setstring(serverr.radio_station1c,serverr.radio_station1b); 
 setstring(serverr.radio_station1b,serverr.radio_station1a);
 setstring(serverr.radio_station1a,pl.nick@" : "@pl.account@" logged out of  Argos"); //this never gets set
 }
} 


It never logs the logout info into the server string serverr.radio_station1a. Why not?
It sends the echo to the rc correctly.

Also what is the command like SPC for a carriage return or line feed, to have a new line in something like a sendpm message?

[Lance]

Why are you using setstring() with a wacky combination of old and new strings? Why are you using setstring() at all?

Also: Click me to learn about "NL" and "TAB"!

[Prozac]

I have used setstring for at least five years, and in the wiki, my code example above is how setstring should be formatted - as far as i can tell.

Perhaps I should go a step back to algorithm-speak, and if you don't want me using setstring, then you can tell me another way/method to do it in gs2.

NPC Code:

---

if (a player logs out)

  {

   if (the value of the player account is not null)

    {

      tell the rc that the player that just logged out, has in fact logged out

      bump the values of the server message that each player will see on screen so that the logins and logouts are sent to everyone

     with the last string, set the string to be read by the player's npcin a timeout loop to be updated with the account and nickname of the player that just logged out. 

    }

  }

---

so i ask again, why does the information get sent to the rc but not set into the string?

Also, NL is not working in sendpm as it should:

sendpm("test"@ NL @"123"); //causes an error: unexpected token: )
sendpm("test NL 123"); //shows the text NL in the string
sendpm("test "@"NL"@" 123"); //shows the text NL in the string

and i am out ot ideas of how else to use NL. help?

[Maniaman]

Originally Posted by Prozac

Perhaps I should go a step back to algorithm-speak, and if you don't want me using setstring, then you can tell me another way/method to do it in gs2.

this.foo = "bar";

[Lance]

Originally Posted by Prozac

I have used setstring for at least five years, and in the wiki, my code example above is how setstring should be formatted - as far as i can tell.

Perhaps I should go a step back to algorithm-speak, and if you don't want me using setstring, then you can tell me another way/method to do it in gs2.

Okay, your first problem is that setstring is expecting two parameters of the "string" type. It looks as though you are trying to feed it two of the same type of argument and expect it to handle each one of them differently.

In other words, it looks like in:

NPC Code:

---

setstring(serverr.radio_station1e,serverr.radio_st  ation1d); 

---

you are trying to set a string named serverr.radio_station1e to the value of serverr.radio_station1d, right?

Assuming the above, your first argument's in reality going to be parsed for a value just like the second one is. You are inadvertantly setting a string with a name of the value of the first argument to the value of the second argument; in the above example, if serverr.radio_station1e was "pie", you would be setting a string named "pie" to whatever the value of serverr.radio_station1d.

Following that, the proper usage of setstring for this situation would be:

NPC Code:

---

setstring("serverr.radio_station1e",serverr.radio_  station1d);

---

However, I contend that this is all just a silly waste of time considering the fact that GS2 is designed with the awesome power of variants (see here for more information). Instead, you can simply:

NPC Code:

---

serverr.radio_station1e = serverr.radio_station1d;

---

so i ask again, why does the information get sent to the rc but not set into the string?

^

Also, NL is not working in sendpm as it should:

sendpm("test"@ NL @"123"); //causes an error: unexpected token: )
sendpm("test NL 123"); //shows the text NL in the string
sendpm("test "@"NL"@" 123"); //shows the text NL in the string

and i am out ot ideas of how else to use NL. help?

Much like SPC, you would replace the @ with NL.

[Prozac]

Thanks! The variant method of serverr.string1=serverr.string2 occured to me as a posibility, I appreciate the confirmation.

I will try that.

I also realized that two operators (such as @ and NL, or two NL's together) cannot be placed side by side. Much as one cannot do 1 + - 2, it is either 1 + 2 or 1 - 2.

[jake13jake]

Originally Posted by Prozac

Thanks! The variant method of serverr.string1=serverr.string2 occured to me as a posibility, I appreciate the confirmation.

I will try that.

I also realized that two operators (such as @ and NL, or two NL's together) cannot be placed side by side. Much as one cannot do 1 + - 2, it is either 1 + 2 or 1 - 2.

NL is just a macro for @"/n"@
useful because it takes 2 characters rather than 6.

[ApothiX]

Originally Posted by jake13jake

NL is just a macro for @"/n"@
useful because it takes 2 characters rather than 6.

It has been discussed before that it is not a 'macro', it is an operator on it's own.