Keyboard input

#1 In demo/server/game.cs,
the bold text is added.
function GameConnection::createPlayer(%this, %spawnPoint)
{
if (%this.player > 0) {
// The client should not have a player currently
// assigned. Assigning a new one could result in
// a player ghost.
error( "Attempting to create an angus ghost!" );
}

// Create the player object
%player = new Player() {
dataBlock = PlayerShape;
client = %this;
};
%player.HasFlag=0;
MissionCleanup.add(%player);


Append the following to demo/client/default.bind.cs
function mountFlag(%val)
{
if (%val)
commandToServer('MountFlag');
}
moveMap.bind( keyboard, "1", mountFlag);


Create a new demo/server/commands.cs file having the following content.
function serverCmdMountFlag(%client)
{
if (%client.player.HasFlag){
%client.player.unmountImage(0);
%client.player.HasFlag=0;
}else{
%client.player.mountImage(FlagPoleImage,0);
%client.player.HasFlag=1;
}

}

-James Yong

#2 Default.bind.cs has a number of the key mappings.. it shows how to use a script variable bound to a key.

Then in movemanager.cc is where it sets up those script variables and reads them (to pack into a move structure).

#3 Thanks, ive put all that in, but for some reason, any functions i create in default.bind.cs cant be found when im in the game? is there something im missing?

#4 Sorry, my first reply is incomplete.

1) In the first portion, at demo/server/game.cs, you defined a variable "HasFlag" when the player is created. The HasFlag variable can be changed to any suitable name and in this case is initialised as 0.

%player.HasFlag=0;

2) At demo/client/default.bind.cs, you will need to create a function like the b/m.
Notice that you have a function 'mountFlag' (client side) which allows you to activate a function 'MountFlag' (at the server side)

function mountFlag(%val)
{
if (%val)
commandToServer('MountFlag');
}

This b/m statement will bind the key '1' and activate the function whenever key '1' is pressed

moveMap.bind( keyboard, "1", mountFlag);

3) At demo/server/commands.cs or demo/server/script/commands.cs, you will see that the server function has an additional 'serverCmd' prepend to the word 'MountFlag'. What the b/m function does is that it toggles that Player's HasFlag variable while executing some unmountImage() and mountImage function.

function serverCmdMountFlag(%client)
{
if (%client.player.HasFlag){
%client.player.unmountImage(0);
%client.player.HasFlag=0;
}else{
%client.player.mountImage(FlagPoleImage,0);
%client.player.HasFlag=1;
}
}

Note that the above also applies if you are doing a single player game because Torque works in a "client/server" way.