Trouble with script

[Lance]

Originally Posted by Yen

actionleftmouse is called when you click on the NPC.

Except his script is apparently a weapon. Don't give bad advice.

[Lance]

Originally Posted by excaliber7388

can't get this to work, should warp player, set attributes, and gender

You've had approximately the same problem with your approach in several threads already. We've explained in great detail what the problems with your approach are. We've enumerated what is clientside and what is serverside. We've explained how to translate between the two. There is a second part to rule 1, you know.

I'll try this:
The following information is available in newfeatures2002.txt:

- mouse variables:
mousex, mousey - position of the mouse in the level
mousebuttons - tells you which mouse buttons are pressed,
it's a sum of the values 1 for left mouse button, 2 for middle
mouse button and 4 for the right mouse button, so it's 1+2+4=7
when all buttons are pressed; you can also use the flags described
later to easier check for the mouse buttons
mousescreenx, mousescreeny - position of the mouse in the game screen
mousewheeldelta - the movement of the mouse wheel in the last 0.05 seconds
- flags for checking if a mouse button is pressed:
leftmousebutton - is set when the left mouse button is down
middlemousebutton - is set when the middle mouse button is down
rightmousebutton - is set when the right mouse button is down
- events:
mousedown - occurs when a mouse button has been pressed, so
you can do things like if (mousedown && leftmousebutton) message hi;
mouseup - occurs when a mouse button has been released
mousewheel - occurs when the mouse wheel has been used
- triggered actions (only on npcs where the player has clicked on,
is also sent to the npcserver):
actionleftmouse - the player has clicked on the npc
actionmiddlemouse - the player has clicked with the middle mouse button on the npc
actionrightmouse - the player has right-clicked on the npc
actiondoublemouse - the player has double-clicked on the npc

The following is the correct format of weapon triggeractions:

NPC Code:

---

triggeraction 0,0,serverside,weaponname,params;

---

What do you suppose the problem(s) with your approach could be? I'll make this easier by bolding the parts you ought to look at:

NPC Code:

---

// Graal2002 NPC by Excaliber

if(actionserverside){

...

}

if (mousedown && ...){

...

}

//#CLIENTSIDE

if (mousedown && ...){

...

  triggeraction playerx,playery,serverside,warp;

}

if (created) {

...

}

---

What do you suppose is wrong with that?

Other than that, I do have a suggestion: you should definitely consider placing a lot of those conditional checks within the event block you have associated them with. It might help you understand what's going on with your script better.

[Yen]

Since when do weapons use showcharacter?

[Lance]

Originally Posted by Yen

Since when do weapons use showcharacter?

Perhaps since the time showcharacter NPCs use reserved triggeractions for weapons? Your advice was bad becuase you didn't elaborate.

[excaliber7388]

this is not a weapon this is the current script, it does not warp the player

NPC Code:

---

if (actionservside){

  if(strequals(#p(0),warp)){

  setlevel2 begin_darkrival2.nw,31,31;

}

}

//#CLIENTSIDE

if(actionleftmouse){

setgender male;

sethead head.png;

setbody body.png;

enabledefmovement;

hideplayer.05;

  triggeraction playerx,playery,serverside,warp;

}

---

[ZeLpH_MyStiK]

-.- do you read?
1. you're triggering at the player not the npc
2. you spelled serverside wrong

[excaliber7388]

still doesn't work:

NPC Code:

---

if (actionserverside){

  if(strequals(#p(0),warp)){

  setlevel2 begin_darkrival2.nw,31,31;

}

}

//#CLIENTSIDE

if(actionleftmouse){

setgender male;

sethead head.png;

setbody body.png;

enabledefmovement;

hideplayer.05;

  triggeraction x,y,serverside,warp;

}

---

[Skyld]

Give the NPC a shape (setshape).

[excaliber7388]

it registers the fact that i clicked on the NPC, it changes the player's attributes, however, it does not warp the player

[Lance]

Originally Posted by excaliber7388

this is not a weapon this is the current script, it does not warp the player

Then, as I said, you should not use special reserved triggeractions. Actions taking the name "server*" are received by the Control-NPC (except for actions taking the name "serverside", which are received by the weapon you specify as the next parameter).

If you insist on keeping a triggeraction, name the action something else. Perhaps 'warp' would do; then you would check it with if (actionwarp). Also, as Skyld said, you would need a serverside setshape for it to receive the action.

[excaliber7388]

thanks you guys this really helped