Script fixes (vehicle dismount, movie recorder)

Here are some quick fixes for some of the broken scripting in Torque.

Vehicle Dismounting:

In the player.cs file find the function, Armor::doDismount(). The line:

%obj.schedule(4000, "SetMountVehicle", true);

should be changed to:

%obj.schedule(4000, "MountVehicles", true);

Then after that line, add the following:

// Prepare Dismount.
   // Mount last weapon used, unmount from node, and give player control.
   %this.onUnMount(%obj);
   %obj.unMount();
   %obj.setControlObject(%obj);

If you can't mount vehicles, just make sure you set the mountable property to true when you create your vehicle object.

function WheeledVehicleData::create(%block)
{
   %obj = new WheeledVehicle() {
      dataBlock = %block;
   };
   %obj.mountable = true;
   return(%obj);
}

Movie Recorder:

In /common/client/screenshot.cs find the function, recordMovie(). The line:

$screenGrabThread = schedule("movieGrabScreen(" @ %movieName @ ", 0);", $timeAdvance);

should be changed to:

$screenGrabThread = schedule($timeAdvance,0,movieGrabScreen,%movieName,0);

Now in the movieGrabScreen() function underneath, find the line:

$screenGrabThread = schedule("movieGrabScreen(" @ %movieName @ "," @ %frameNumber + 1 @ ");", $timeAdvance);

Change it to:

$screenGrabThread = schedule($timeAdvance,
      0,
      movieGrabScreen,
      %movieName,
      %frameNumber+1);

The movie recorder takes a screenshot at a defined interval. You provide the title of the movie and the rate at which screenshots should be made.

There is another small fix I should mention. The ItemData::OnPickup() method in /fps/server/scripts/item.cs, prints an invisible message to the client. The line:

messageClient(%user.client, 'MsgItemPickup', '\c0You picked up %1', %this.pickupName);

Should be changed to:

messageClient(%user.client, 'MsgItemPickup', '\You picked up %1', %this.pickupName);

Or some other color value, just not "c0".


All of this may have already been fixed, but it may be useful to some forum goers.


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