var and text

ViPER · Post by **ViPER** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:07 am

Can i put string of text in a var?

Post by **jv_map** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:10 am

You mean read from a file?

ViPER · Post by **ViPER** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:25 am

no, im making a global.scr and i want to send text to message threads,
scoreboard and hud

Post by **jv_map** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:17 am

You could make an array of strings...

ViPER · Post by **ViPER** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:29 am

ok, im using the constant array like this -

local.t = this::is:

:test

iprintln local.t[1] " " local.t[2] " " local.t[3] " " local.t[4]

and it works in its own thread but how do i get it to the global.scr
I get nil nil nil nil

i tried -
local.t = this::is:

:test
setcvar testpass local.t
exec global/testing.scr

///////and in global

local.t = (int(getcvar testpass))
iprintln local.t[1] " " local.t[2] " " local.t[3] " " local.t[4]

result is nil nil nil nil

Post by **jv_map** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:38 am

Try

local.t = this::is:

:test
exec global/testing.scr local.t

///////and in global

main local.t:
iprintln local.t[1] " " local.t[2] " " local.t[3] " " local.t[4]
end

result is this is a test

ViPER · Post by **ViPER** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:49 am

Cool!! TY

diego · Post by **diego** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:01 am

Is this to have the console automatically print messages in the game? If so, could you give me a "Global for Dummies" version of those instructions?

I'm finally getting some custom maps on our server and I want it to regularly nag the players to download the new maps from our website.

But I've never done any server admin stuff before nor messed with any global scripting.

ViPER · Post by **ViPER** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 1:52 am

make a global.scr - call it something like

myglobalstuff.scr

in all your map .scrs add this line just above the level waittil spawn

Code: Select all

exec global/myglobalstuff.scr

put this in myglobalstuff.scr

Code: Select all

main:
thread messages
end

messages:
while(1)
{
wait 300
iprint "get the custom map paks you big dummies they are free !"
}
end

and make sure you put this in global folder

the cool thing is when you want to add something to all your maps -

now you need just to do it once - thread it from the main.

diego · Post by **diego** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:05 am

Thanks. I was hoping I wouldn't have to edit each individual map script. Can I just make copies of the original map scripts and not edit the ones in the pk3 files? Will the copies have priority over the originals?

ViPER · Post by **ViPER** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:50 am

ive seen stock map script available for download somewhere... cant remember? anyways.. if you cant find them look in pak5.pk3 for aa.
extract the ones you want and file them like so -

maps/dm
maps/obj
global

then put them in your own pk3 and name them something like -

zzzzz-mymods.pk3

then they will load last.

lizardkid · Post by **lizardkid** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 9:20 am

ive seen stock map script available for download somewhere... cant remember

all stock map scripts are in the pak files, otherwise the maps wont work.
HOWEVER: i just learned today that noobux, er, linux, loads pk3 files backwards. while hopefully not many server are cursed with such an OS, you'll want to make a Linux version for the people who dont use Windows.

aaa_myModName.pk3 - Linux
zzz_myModName.pk3 - Windows

ViPER · Post by **ViPER** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 10:09 am

They do work. what i mean is that someone (cant remember where) had
the scripts (unedited) all prepared in a user-pak ready to mod.

lizardkid · Post by **lizardkid** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 6:33 pm

i meant the server needs the scripts, clients dont need anything but the map. scripts dont need to be distributed either

ViPER · Post by **ViPER** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 7:09 pm

thats correct. He wants to mod for his server.