Update the field of a GUI from inside the server
by Isidoros · in Torque Game Engine · 11/14/2009 (12:23 pm) · 4 replies
Lets say I have the next GUI object in a script in the CLIENT folder:
What I have done and it works is:
The above part of script is located in game.cs in the SERVER folder. Is the above the most suitable way to update the text field or I have to use the commandToClient method and a clientCmdDoSmt function??
new GuiMLTextCtrl(DisplayKits) {
horizSizing = "right";
vertSizing = "top";
position = "157 -70";
minExtent = "8 8";
visible = "0";
helpTag = "0";
allowColorChars=0;
text = $MLfont@"0";
wrap = "0";
};I want to update the "text" field during the game. What I have done and it works is:
function GameConnection::updateDisplayKits(%this,%numOfKits)
{
%updatedText=$MLfont@%numOfKits;
DisplayKits.setText(%updatedText);
}The above part of script is located in game.cs in the SERVER folder. Is the above the most suitable way to update the text field or I have to use the commandToClient method and a clientCmdDoSmt function??
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#2
11/14/2009 (2:13 pm)
Scott is right. But for the sake of working with the framework, I would recommend to use the client/server callbacks, even if the game is single player. 
#3
11/15/2009 (3:43 am)
You should have a SimGroup called ClientGroup. In this group are all id's of all connected clients. In a multiplayer game i would recommend to use CommandToClient/CommandToServer. This way you can send all clients (or only a few) a command. 
Torque 3D Owner Scott Richards
If your project is purely single-player, then technically there's nothing to stop you from updating a gui directly from a server script. However, if you are at all concerned about multiplayer compatibility, then you'll want to run that through a commandToClient/clientCmd function.