Npc to Npc

[kingcj]

Yeah I still can't get it to work. I have a custom bomb that explodes and when it explodes I want it to hit a switch that triggers something else. I'm just not sure how to send it...

[Cubical]

does this.gmap.blah work aswell so a variable can be pulled from anywhere on the gmap?

[kingcj]

i don't really know... I do know that this.level works (Clientside) but with the bomb I would think that it would be easier to just add a trigger? or a public function (which I'm not completely sure i know how or what to do with besides placing in all npcs involved). Since the bomb is added via putnpc2, but I don't really know..

[adam]

Originally Posted by ffcmike

Strangest thing actually, I tried it myself and it seemed to be doing nothing at all despite all of my echo's suggesting it was working, I then reconnect to find that the NPC was indeed being hidden just for some reason this was not being sent to the player so it remained visible on my client, this is something Stefan should probably look into.

You can always just to this Clientside if this is a single player thing.

I've encountered that problem before. Try calling a function to force an update to all players. I think I used the move function without actually moving the npc. Just a hack, but it should work. Changing visibility should force the same update.... but it doesn't.

[fowlplay4]

Originally Posted by adam

I've encountered that problem before. Try calling a function to force an update to all players. I think I used the move function without actually moving the npc. Just a hack, but it should work. Changing visibility should force the same update.... but it doesn't.

You can just use this.trigger("RandomUnknownEventExample", ""); to force an update of an NPC and DB-NPC to save it's flags/values.

I noticed this behaivor when I called public functions which should have updated the NPCs X, Y or hid them but nothing would happen. Adding a trigger causes it to update to players.

[adam]

Sounds great, thanks.

[kingcj]

Still unsure of how that would work.. I haven't really worked with DB NPCs, and I can't seem to get that trigger to function correctly.. set it clientside and check severside right?

[fowlplay4]

A simple bomb demonstration and how to use getareanpcs.

class: bomb

PHP Code:

function onCreated() {
  this.image = "wbomb1.png";
  // Set Timer to Go Off in a Few Seconds
  setTimer(int(random(3, 7)));
}

function onTimeout() {
  // Explode Bomb
  explodeBomb();
}

function explodeBomb() {
  if (!this.exploded) {
    // Set Flag to Prevent Double Explosion
    this.exploded = true;
    // Trigger/Notify NPCs around it in a 4 tile square that it exploded
    for (temp.n: getareanpcs(this.x - 4, this.y - 4, 8, 8)) {
      temp.n.trigger("ExplosionHit", "");
    }
    // Destroy Bomb
    destroy();
  }
}

function onExplosionHit() {
  explodeBomb();
} 


class: block_explodable

PHP Code:

function onCreated() {
  this.image = "block.png";
}

function onExplosionHit() {
  // Make sure Block hasn't Exploded
  if (!this.exploded) {
    // Set Image to Fire
    this.image = "g4_animation_fire.gif";
    // Set Flag to Exploded
    this.exploded = true;
    // Set Timer to Go Off in 3 Seconds
    setTimer(3);
  }
}

function onTimeout() {
  // Destroy the Fire
  destroy();
} 


Lay a bunch of them in a level using a level script or putnpc2:

Level script for bomb:

PHP Code:

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


Level script for explodable block:

PHP Code:

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


[kingcj]

Ok so that all works, but stil working with the bomb, and I want to trigger client now because the this.level.whatever doesn't seem to work serverside. Also it would require every player to use a bomb here.

PHP Code:

function onExplode() { 
  if (!this.exploded) { 
    this.image = "door.png"; 
    this.exploded = true;
    setTimer(3);
    triggerClient("boom");
  } 
} 
//#CLIENTSIDE
function onActionClientSide(cmd) { 
  if (cmd == "boom") { 
  echo("working");
  this.level.j.wasExploded(); 
  } 
} 


[kingcj]

Sorry for the double post, but is it required to triggerserver to be able to triggerclient?

[Cubical]

Originally Posted by Cubical

does this.gmap.blah work aswell so a variable can be pulled from anywhere on the gmap?

bump

[fowlplay4]

Originally Posted by kingcj

Sorry for the double post, but is it required to triggerserver to be able to triggerclient?

triggerserver allows you to send "messages" to the server from the client.

triggerclient allows the server to send "messages" to the client.

They aren't dependent on each other, so your script doesn't have to include both if they don't need to.

[kingcj]

ok so why won't this work?

PHP Code:

function onCreated() {
  this.attr[1] = eswitch; //switch name 
  this.attr[2] = edoor; //door name 
  this.attr[3] = 3; //hide time
  this.image = "block.png"; 
} 

function onExplode() { 
  if (!this.exploded) { 
    this.image = "door.png"; 
    this.exploded = true;
    setTimer(3);
    triggerclient(this.name, "boom");
  } 
} 

function onTimeout() { 
  this.exploded = false;
  this.image = "block.png"; 
}  

//#CLIENTSIDE

function onCreated(){ 
  m = this.attr[1];
  n = this.attr[2];
  o = this.attr[3];
  this.level.n = this; 
}

function onActionClientSide(cmd) {
  if (cmd == "boom") {
    this.chat = "ClientSide works";
    this.level.n.wasExploded();
  } 
}

public function wasExploded(){ 
  this.hide(); 
  sleep(o);
  this.show();
} 


onExplode is when the bomb explodes and it has a distance that it hits.
I just can't get the clientside to function correctly. This is a switch that when it explodes it sends the wasExploded() to do something in another npc in the same level. Maybe public function needs to be server side, but a different puublic function works fine in clientside with a touch switch?

[fowlplay4]

Only weapon scripts can receive messages from triggerclient.

Why not just hide and show on the server-side instead?

[kingcj]

this way everyone has to use a bomb to use the switch not just one person can hit the switch with the bomb and the rest get the effect.
So can I join this from a weapon script or is there another way to work around it?