If there's a way..?

[Switch]

Can you (in general, not juat YOU) access the server-side part of a NPC in a level?
How? Every time I try I can't seem to be able to...

[DustyPorViva]

I haven't found an easy way to communicate serverside<>clientside with DBNPC's and level NPC's yet. I tried creating a bomb with clientside effects but had to drop it because I couldn't destroy it on the serverside(globally) while still having clientside effects.

[Switch]

Hmm.
Is it possible, then, to make a Database NPC with say, all things that you want to "drop to pick up", and all of it would be serversided, like normal?

[Inverness]

Communicating clientside<->serverside with any object is as simple as creating a global variable pointing to that object and keeping track of them for garbage collecting.

Though perhaps I could be of further assistance if more details were provided.

[xXziroXx]

Data can be saved in the NPC's attributes (attr[#]) and be read/altered from clientside and serverside.

[DustyPorViva]

Communicating information is easy enough with attr[]'s, but what about actual function calling?

[Inverness]

Like I said, make a name for the object.

[xXziroXx]

Originally Posted by Inverness

Like I said, make a name for the object.

Yeah, what Inverness said.

[Kyranki]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I use the npcs[] array on the serverside shouldn't I be able to access the serverside section of level ncps? I've never really made a point to do so but basic scripting theory would suggest this possible?

[Admins]

You can communicate with server- and client side using the triggerserver/triggerclient functions, e.g. to communicate with a dbnpc you can use triggerserver("npc", npcname, parameters) which will invoke onActionServerSide on the npc, or use triggerserver("weapon", weaponname, parameters) to let the serverside part of the weapon do something.

[Crow]

That reminds me of timevar3...when will the client finally support this? :P

[Switch]

Originally Posted by Stefan

You can communicate with server- and client side using the triggerserver/triggerclient functions, e.g. to communicate with a dbnpc you can use triggerserver("npc", npcname, parameters) which will invoke onActionServerSide on the npc, or use triggerserver("weapon", weaponname, parameters) to let the serverside part of the weapon do something.

You should update the GraalEditor to:
Use GS2 (if it'd not be so memory consuming), allow more BIT on files, like tiles, and to "triggernpc(x,y,params,..)" which x,y triggers an NPC IN THAT LEVEL with those coords.
Also allow more BIT in GraalShop

[Kristi]

if you're talking about having serverside npcs talk to each other even if they're level npc's, give it a name.

on the serverside part, do this
function onCreated() {
mylevelnpc = this;
}

now from any other script serverside, you can call it's public functions by doing mylevelnpc.functionname(); in another npc.

[Skyld]

Originally Posted by Crow

That reminds me of timevar3...when will the client finally support this? :P

It already does support it, it's just that it is currently only synchronised when in Graal3D mode.

[coreys]

Originally Posted by Kristi

if you're talking about having serverside npcs talk to each other even if they're level npc's, give it a name.

on the serverside part, do this
function onCreated() {
mylevelnpc = this;
}

now from any other script serverside, you can call it's public functions by doing mylevelnpc.functionname(); in another npc.

You could also use level vars, couldn't you?

[Inverness]

levels vars are just this. variables in the level object.

[Switch]

Originally Posted by Kristi

if you're talking about having serverside npcs talk to each other even if they're level npc's, give it a name.

on the serverside part, do this
function onCreated() {
mylevelnpc = this;
}

now from any other script serverside, you can call it's public functions by doing mylevelnpc.functionname(); in another npc.

I'm talking about getting from clientside to serverside IN A LEVEL NPC.

[napo_p2p]

Originally Posted by Switch

I'm talking about getting from clientside to serverside IN A LEVEL NPC.

Originally Posted by Switch

"triggernpc(x,y,params,..)" which x,y triggers an NPC IN THAT LEVEL with those coords.

You can use triggeraction to do just that ... (just make sure you set the NPCs shape).

Just an example:

PHP Code:

function onCreated() {
  setshape(1, 32, 32);
}

function onActionMessage(msg) {
  this.chat = temp.msg;
}

//#CLIENTSIDE
function onPlayerChats() {
  triggeraction(this.x, this.y, "message", player.chat);
} 


[coreys]

Originally Posted by Inverness

levels vars are just this. variables in the level object.

Yeah...I know. But using level vars could work well in certain cases, I think, for this.

[Switch]

Originally Posted by napo_p2p

You can use triggeraction to do just that ... (just make sure you set the NPCs shape).

Just an example:

PHP Code:

function onCreated() {
  setshape(1, 32, 32);
}

function onActionMessage(msg) {
  this.chat = temp.msg;
}

//#CLIENTSIDE
function onPlayerChats() {
  triggeraction(this.x, this.y, "message", player.chat);
} 


Really?
Must have not worked last time because I didn't set set a shape
Thanks!

[Crow]

Originally Posted by Skyld

It already does support it, it's just that it is currently only synchronised when in Graal3D mode.

Thats what I was talking about, sorry for not being clear.