(This post is about all server sent plugins, but I'm posting here because I thought about it while reading chat code)
// To prevent errors.
object_event_add(Player, ev_create, 0, '
hasChat = false;
[...]
');
// Because server-sent plugins do weird things on startup + name change detection
object_event_add(Player, ev_step, ev_step_begin, '
// this only gets executed for host.
if (!variable_local_exists("hasChat")) {
hasChat = false;
[...]
}
[...]
Does this mean that the reason why we need that hack is because the host Player already exists before the server sent plugin script is executed? The
source code seems to indicate so.
So maybe, instead of checking if a local var exists every step, we could just use with(Player) instead? Like this
var playerInitScript;
playerInitScript = '
hasChat = false;
[...]
';
object_event_add(Player, ev_create, 0, playerInitScript);
with (Player) {
execute_string(playerInitScript);
}
Edit: alright, I just tested the following code
var playerInitScript;
playerInitScript = '
show_message("playerInitScript for " + string(id));
superDuperVar = ":D";
';
object_event_add(Player, ev_create, 0, playerInitScript);
with(Player) {
show_message("withplayer");
execute_string(playerInitScript);
}
object_event_add(Character, ev_draw, 0 , '
draw_text(x, y - 20, player.superDuperVar);
');
Scenario is the following:
- host H creates the server
- H: message box "withplayer"
- H: message box "playerInitScript for " (host Player id)
- H spawns, its Character displays "
" above the Character properly
- player P joins the server
- H: message box "playerInitScript for " (player Player id)
- P: message box "playerInitScript for " (host Player id)
- P: message box "playerInitScript for " (player Player id)
- P spawns, both Characters on both sides display "
" properly
It looks like it works as it should, so I guess we could use that instead of checking variables every step. I don't know if it's a huge improvement, but I'll be using that from now on.
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