Triggerserver In a Level NPC

[cbk1994]

The timeout method is really dumb, this is a much better method:

Originally Posted by callimuc

PHP Code:

function onPlayerEnters() {
  player.client.lnpcn = this.name;
  //on clientside then this.n = player.client.lnpcn;
} 


However the following is even better:

PHP Code:

// could use onCreated but onPlayerEnters is just to be safe
function onPlayerEnters() {
  this.attr[4] = this.name;
} 


Attributes are synced to clientside, so you can avoid polluting the player's flags.

Depending on your situation, a better solution can be to have an actual DB NPC which handles the actions/logic of the level NPC and simply trigger that.

Originally Posted by cbk1994

I hope I'm not confusing anyone here, but I've always found it better to use DB NPCs for something like this

PHP Code:

function Shop_Button1.onAction() {  
  if (checkCost(this.item)) { 
    Shop_MultiLine1.setText("Danke für den Einkauf");

    // trigger a DB NPC:
    triggerServer("npc", "ShopControl", "buy", this.item);
  } 
  else Shop_MultiLine1.setText("Nich genug Geld");  
} 


then have a DB NPC named "ShopControl"

PHP Code:

function onActionServerSide() {
  // The parameters are received from the client-side 
  // in an array like so: {"buy", "jeep"} 
  // Assuming "jeep" was in this.item when it was triggered 
  if (params[0] == "buy") { 
    switch (params[1]) { 
      case "jeep": 
        // Check to see if they enough rupees 
        temp.cost = 15; 
        if (player.rupees >= temp.cost) { 
          // Add weapon and deduct rupees from player  
          addweapon("Jeep2"); 
          player.rupees -= temp.cost; 
        } 
      break; 
    } 
  }  
}