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Posted: **Tue Jan 27, 2004 3:18 am**

is it possibel to make a script variable varied by a value in a config file? if so, how?

Posted: **Tue Jan 27, 2004 11:53 pm**

are you trying to define o set a user key? or something completely different?

Posted: **Wed Jan 28, 2004 12:47 am**

well, i was thinking about making a checkers game. u would use w to move ur piece up asd to do what u would imagin theyd do and so on. i was thinking about using a config so that u would bind w to add to a variable that the script could read to make the piece move up. is there an easier way?

Posted: **Thu Jan 29, 2004 9:42 pm**

so waht do u guys think, is it possible?

Posted: **Sat Jan 31, 2004 3:34 am**

so the real question is, what program should i use to make a checkers game, all i have at the moment is radiant and have a good understanding of that, so shall i just create it using MOH setup?

Posted: **Sat Jan 31, 2004 6:41 am**

im not really making checkers, it was just an example. does anyone know if this is possible?!

Posted: **Sat Jan 31, 2004 8:29 am**

You could do this in the cfg file:

set "test_variable" "2"

Then in your script you could do:

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while(getcvar test_variable != "2")
  waitframe

iprintlnbold_noloc "Yay you execed the fancy cfg file!!"

Posted: **Sat Jan 31, 2004 11:48 pm**

ok good so it is possible, thanks.

while(getcvar test_variable != "2")

whats the ! for? could it be replaced with an =?

Posted: **Sun Feb 01, 2004 9:06 am**

!= means 'is not'

Posted: **Mon Feb 02, 2004 4:11 am**

haha, guess thats a no then, thanks a lot.

Posted: **Wed Mar 10, 2004 12:53 am**

I ahte to bring this back but could i do:

set "test_variable" 2

Then in the script :

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while(getcvar test_variable = 2)
  waitframe

iprintlnbold_noloc "Yay I execed the fancy cfg file!!"

would that work

Posted: **Sat Mar 13, 2004 3:54 pm**

omniscient wrote:I ahte to bring this back but could i do:

set "test_variable" 2

Then in the script :
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while(getcvar test_variable = 2)
  waitframe

iprintlnbold_noloc "Yay I execed the fancy cfg file!!"
would that work

The thing is, you detect that the player hit the key when the value of the variable CHANGES - so you'd initialize the variable to some value, say 0:

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setcvar "test_variable" 0

then wait for it to change and do something

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while (1) { // loop forever
        while (getcvar "test_variable" == 0) {
                waitframe
        }
        // we got here because the variable is no longer 0
        local.newval = getcvar "test_variable"
        iprintln_noloc "the variable changed to " local.newval
        // now set the variable back to 0 again, waiting for the next change
        setcvar "test_variable" 0
}

This is how admin tools like MAM accept commands via rcon - if you type 'rcon <password> command foo', it causes the cvar 'command' to get the value 'foo'. A thread detects the cvar's value has changed from '' and processes the command and takes some appropriate action.

Regards,
David

Posted: **Mon Mar 15, 2004 3:53 am**

where in that script does the variable change?

Posted: **Mon Mar 15, 2004 5:37 am**

omniscient wrote:where in that script does the variable change?

You change the variable by using 'set' at the console and the script changes it back (after processing the event) by using 'setcvar "test_variable" 0'.

Regards,
David

Posted: **Wed Mar 17, 2004 1:50 am**

oh, i didnt read close enough, i understand what u just did now. mb. thanks for the help, but could i do what i asked???

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Script Variable from .cfg

Script Variable from .cfg