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Obtain ID

by Manuel M · in Torque 3D Professional · 04/11/2010 (3:29 pm) · 4 replies

Hello.
I have created a function to animate my player character. The problem is that the ID, changes each time I reload the map. I don't know how obtain the player id, or the id of other object. How I can do this?
The idea is obtain the id with some function and then apply this id in other function.
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Torque 3D Owner Marcus L
#1
04/11/2010 (3:55 pm)
In some cases you'll need to do what I've done which is to give your player an global variable, but this will work better singleplayer or small multiplayer games. The best solution is if your code has a %client local variable which you can use in these cases (example. serverCmdPlayCel(%client,%anim) has a %client which you can use to get the players ID).

As for my solution you can add this code after the line $Server::PlayerCount++; in function GameConnection::onConnect(%client, %name) (gameCore.cs):
if($Server::PlayerCount == 1)
         $Server::Player1 = %client;
      if($Server::PlayerCount == 2)
         $Server::Player2 = %client;
      if($Server::PlayerCount == 3)
         $Server::Player3 = %client;
      if($Server::PlayerCount == 4)
         $Server::Player4 = %client;
Using this code will make the first player joining $Server::player1 and the next $Server::player2 etc, but this is only the clients ID so to return the players ID is using my method you'll need to add $Sever::player1.player on the end. Just to repeat my self; the best method is to use local variables like %client, but this is not always possible (and those cases are the cases when you have to be creative).

Torque Owner Manuel M
Last Vision Games
#2
04/11/2010 (8:06 pm)
Thanks for you reply. I will try your method. A question, how can I save the player in global variable?

Torque Owner Manuel M
Last Vision Games
#3
04/11/2010 (10:09 pm)
Hello again, I created this code:
In the server:
if (%animation == "Idle"){
      %client.setActionthread(%animation, true);
   }
   if (%animation == "Walk"){
      %client.setActionthread(%animation, true);
   }

In the client:
function anim(%animation)
{
   commandToServer('Anim', "Walk");
}

But not work, the consol reported that: Unkown command setActionthread
In the client, the command "setActionthread" it works, Why don't works in the server? and the local variable %client is not defined, already is defined as Player?. Ah, and I don't have the file "gameCore.cs", only in the full template, I used "empty template". Can there be any problem with this?

EDIT:
Now works:

In server:
function serverCmdAnim(%client, %animation)
{
   %client.Player.setActionThread(%animation);
}

In client:
function anim(%animation)
{
   commandToServer('Anim', %animation);
}

Torque Owner J
Act 7
#4
04/13/2010 (2:48 pm)
LocalClientConnection.player in server

Edit:
To answer your previous question, you can access the LocalClientConnection from anywhere, or use callbacks that specifiy the object(or player) in question. I guess I wouldn't really use globals unless its necessary, but if you so desire: in your gamecore.cs (or game.cs in TGE), the spawnplayer function should have the newly created "player" held in a variable: %player; just set it up like so:

$hero = %player;

then you can call your player anywhere
HTH