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Explosions not working on a dedicated client

by Peter Simard · in Torque Game Engine · 09/09/2005 (8:27 pm) · 6 replies

I have been so far unable to get an explosion to work on a dedicated client. I have tried the following:

Spawnings the explosion on the server
Result: Works fine single player, dedicated server gives error:

starter.fps/server/scripts/player.cs (992): Register object failed for object (null) of class Explosion.

Spawning the explosion on the client
Resukt: Works fine single player, dedicated client gives an error saying the datablock is not a member of the gamebasedata class.

Here is how I am spawning the explosion on the server:

function makeBloodSpurt(%obj)
{   
	   %p = new Explosion() {
	      dataBlock        = "BloodSpurt";
	      position = %obj.getPosition();
	   };
	   MissionCleanup.add(%p);   
}


How can I get my explosion to be sent to the client when running a dedicated server? Thanks
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Associate Kyle Carter
#1
09/09/2005 (9:19 pm)
"the datablock is not a member of the gamebasedata class."

Does the datablock even exist on the client side? Have you called dum() on it to check?

Torque 3D Owner Peter Simard
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#2
09/09/2005 (10:06 pm)
Finally figured it out. When I tried putting the datablock on the client before it would crash the client. I moved the datablock into the clientCmd block and it worked. Thanks for the help

Torque Owner Kostas Karpouzis
#3
08/21/2007 (1:12 pm)
Hello everyone!

Sorry for writing to this thread after 2 years but i have excactly the same problem with Peter with explosions on the client side ( i cannot see them even though i use cmdToClient and the datablock 'MineExplosion' exists in client/scripts/game.cs).
And i also have the same warnings ( the datablock is not a member of the gamebasedata class and Register object failed for object (null) of class Explosion.) but i cannot understand the solution he gave to the problem... Which datablock sould i put into the ClientCmd block?

Please help if you can.

Thanks!

Torque Owner Jacobin
#4
08/22/2007 (1:51 am)
Hello Kostas, maybe this resource can help you.

www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=resource&page=view&qid=12178

Torque Owner Stefan Lundmark
#5
08/22/2007 (2:27 am)
What version is that? I haven't seen this error in like.. years. And we're using dedicated servers as well as listening servers when we test, neither of which has ever shown this problem.

Torque Owner Kostas Karpouzis
#6
08/22/2007 (3:18 am)
You mean the version of Torque? It is version 5.
Jacobin thanks for the help!!
I am trying to find a solution from the resource you posted.