NightAngel's Development Thread

Re: NightAngel's Development Thead

Alrighty, here's another post explaining my logic and crying out for someone to save me.

So I'm coding a perk framework for something, but I'm having trouble with getting the derma to use the datastream and transfer the selected perk name and player name to the server so that it can add it to the player's table of perks in their characterdata.

Here's what I've got for the path that the variables travel, but for some reason, it gets to the server as nil.

This is the code in the icon click function that sends the data to the server from the client.

Code:

	-- Called when the spawn icon is clicked.
	function self.spawnIcon.DoClick(spawnIcon)	
		local transmitTable = {}
			transmitTable.name = self.perk.name;
			transmitTable.player = LocalPlayer():GetName();
			print(transmitTable.name)
			print(transmitTable.player)
		Clockwork.datastream:Start("PerkGive", transmitTable);
	end;

and this is the code on the server side that receives the data and gives the player the perk, but the data returns as nil atm, and I have no idea why.

Code:

Clockwork.datastream:Hook("PerkGive", function(data)
		local perkTable = Schema.perk:FindByID(data.name);
		print(data.player)
		print(data.name)
		if (type(data.player) == string) then
			local player = Clockwork.player:FindByID(data.player)
			local perks = player:GetCharacterData("perkInfo");
			if (!perkTable or !player) then return; end;
			
			Schema.perk:GivePlayerPerk(data.player, data.name)
		end;
	end)

This is what the derma prints client-side before it sends the data through the datastream.



And this is what it prints server-side when it receives the data.



Please help me!

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Re: NightAngel's Development Thead

I can never be asked to use the datastream, probably because I'm more used to the net library (and I cba to learn it), so try using that instead. First pool your network message string with util.AddNetworkString("PerkGive") serverside.

After that you're ready to use it all.

Client

Code:

local transmitTable = {}
transmitTable.name = self.perk.name
transmitTable.player = LocalPlayer():GetName()

net.Start("PerkGive")
	net.WriteTable(transmitTable)
net.SendToServer()

Server

Code:

util.AddNetworkString("PerkGive")

-- Basically the same as adding a hook to whenever you receive the net message.
net.Receive("PerkGive", function()
	local data = net.ReadTable()

	local perkTable = Schema.perk:FindByID(data.name)
	if (type(data.player) == string) then
		local player = Clockwork.player:FindByID(data.player)
		local perks = player:GetCharacterData("perkInfo")
		if (!perkTable or !player) then return end
		
		Schema.perk:GivePlayerPerk(data.player, data.name)
	end
end)

 

Re: NightAngel's Development Thead

I'll try this, danke. <3

 

Re: NightAngel's Development Thead

Serverside the Hook function is function(player, data) which is why it doesn't work. And CW datastreams > net

 

Re: NightAngel's Development Thead

Net > datastreams because datastreams uses net.

 

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Codewise, DS does use net, but I like DS just because it's simplified and does all the work in the background, so you can have easier communication between the server and client.

Of course, it's all preference, though.

 

Re: NightAngel's Development Thead

Worked, love you. <3

 

Re: NightAngel's Development Thead

There's two addons that add more zombie skins for all of the zombie models, and they all have bodygroups, I don't see a need for the zombie headcrab bodygroup, they already have them don't they? All though it would be cool if you could make it so when the zombie char dies then the body ragdolls and if the headcrab dies as well an NPC would spawn, and then have it immeadtly die and ragdoll, I don't know...

 

Re: NightAngel's Development Thead

http://youtu.be/MtkGM-dCFHk

This is a very early alpha of a schema I'm making, demonstrating the work in progress NPC battle system for the zombies, as well as the auto-spawning zombie system.

 

Re: NightAngel's Development Thead

:O That looks so cool!

 

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It's really buggy atm, but danke. <3

 

Re: NightAngel's Development Thead

I'm disliking you more and more, because you're so much better than me! :O

(joking about the disliking part)

 

Re: NightAngel's Development Thead

I love it, can I marry your plugins?

 

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How are you doing the zombie spawns? Grab random positions from an area around the player which is x amount away from the player yet y amount close to him/her, then just spawn it there and drop it to the ground?

I'm just curious, I never really bothered to brain strain myself trying to come up with a good autospawner.

 

Re: NightAngel's Development Thead

You put zombie spawners down, just like how itemspawners work. Then it picks a random spawner and spawns zombies up to a limit which is equal to the number of zombie spawners.

 

Re: NightAngel's Development Thead

I guess that works too.

 

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I asked them, they said no. Sorry.

 

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Damn, your plugins are so nice. Would they prefer if I asked them out for a meal first? It will be a real nice candle lit dinner with champagne/wine and a fully expensive meal in a fully expensive restaurant, then I'll make sure I actually call them the day after and ask how they are and how their day was. Just generally being a nice guy for them.

Just kidding, but seriously. Keep up the good work NightAngel, I look forward to seeing more plugins and hopefully of equal or even better quality.

 

Re: NightAngel's Development Thead

Yus, love them. Still looking for other possible weapon packs though, even making my junior coder apprentice code some with some workshop SWEP packs.

 

Re: NightAngel's Development Thead

Fixed up a few bugs, and added a fun little feature to the battle system. (It's not permanent)

http://youtu.be/EgG5ykljVOg