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by ben calder · in Torque Game Engine Advanced · 09/02/2008 (12:21 pm) · 54 replies · 3

function onServerDestroyed()
{
   // This function is called as part of a server shutdown.
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

function onMissionLoaded()
{
   // Called by loadMission() once the mission is finished loading.
   // Nothing special for now, just start up the game play.
   startGame();
}

function onMissionEnded()
{
   // Called by endMission(), right before the mission is destroyed

   // Normally the game should be ended first before the next
   // mission is loaded, this is here in case loadMission has been
   // called directly.  The mission will be ended if the server
   // is destroyed, so we only need to cleanup here.
   cancel($Game::Schedule);
   $Game::Running = false;
   $Game::Cycling = false;

   // DATABLOCK CACHE CODE <<
   if ($Pref::Server::EnableDatablockCache)
     resetDatablockCache();
   // DATABLOCK CACHE CODE >>

   // AFX SCRIPT BLOCK <<
   afxEndMissionNotify();
   // AFX SCRIPT BLOCK >>
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

function startGame()
{
   if ($Game::Running) {
      error("startGame: End the game first!");
      return;
   }

   // Inform the client we're starting up
   for( %clientIndex = 0; %clientIndex < ClientGroup.getCount(); %clientIndex++ ) {
      %cl = ClientGroup.getObject( %clientIndex );
      commandToClient(%cl, 'GameStart');

      // Other client specific setup..
      %cl.score = 0;
   }

   // Start the game timer
   if ($Game::Duration)
      $Game::Schedule = schedule($Game::Duration * 1000, 0, "onGameDurationEnd" );
   $Game::Running = true;

   // AFX SCRIPT BLOCK <<
   // Start the AIManager
   startAIManager();
   // AFX SCRIPT BLOCK >>
}

function endGame()
{
   // Game specific cleanup...
   if (!$Game::Running)  {
      error("endGame: No game running!");
      return;
   }

   // AFX SCRIPT BLOCK <<
   // Stop the AIManager
   stopsAIManager();
   // AFX SCRIPT BLOCK >>

   // Stop any game timers
   cancel($Game::Schedule);

   // Inform the client the game is over
   for( %clientIndex = 0; %clientIndex < ClientGroup.getCount(); %clientIndex++ ) {
      %cl = ClientGroup.getObject( %clientIndex );
      commandToClient(%cl, 'GameEnd');
   }

   // Delete all the temporary mission objects
   resetMission();
   $Game::Running = false;
}

function onGameDurationEnd()
{
   // This "redirect" is here so that we can abort the game cycle if
   // the $Game::Duration variable has been cleared, without having
   // to have a function to cancel the schedule.
   if ($Game::Duration && !isObject(EditorGui))
      cycleGame();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

function cycleGame()
{
   // This is setup as a schedule so that this function can be called
   // directly from object callbacks.  Object callbacks have to be
   // carefull about invoking server functions that could cause
   // their object to be deleted.
   if (!$Game::Cycling) {
      $Game::Cycling = true;
      $Game::Schedule = schedule(0, 0, "onCycleExec");
   }
}

function onCycleExec()
{
   // End the current game and start another one, we'll pause for a little
   // so the end game victory screen can be examined by the clients.
   endGame();
   $Game::Schedule = schedule($Game::EndGamePause * 1000, 0, "onCyclePauseEnd");
}

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