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About thread lifetime
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:13 am
by Deutsche Dogge
Question about thread lifetime
If i start a thread from a map .scr file like this
and the thread is like this
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mythread:
local.i = 0
while(1)
{
switch(local.i)
{
case 1:
iprintlnbold "print message 1"
local.i = 2
break
case 2:
iprintlnbold "print message 2"
local.i = 3
break
case 3:
iprintlnbold "print message 3"
local.i = 4
break
case 4:
iprintlnbold "print message 4"
local.i = 1
break
default:
iprintlnbold "print start message"
local.i = 1
break;
}
wait 45
}
end
When the map is over and the server loads a new one, is this thread disposed automatically or i have to find a way to kill it manually?
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:19 am
by Elgan
auto dies,
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:48 am
by Deutsche Dogge
great, thanks
this is actually my first script so i didn't know
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 9:28 am
by lizardkid
though,,, i have to say none of those cases will fire, local.i is defined as 0 up there, andall the cases require at least 1.
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:00 pm
by jv_map
The default case will fire... kinda dodgy but I suppose it'll work
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:35 pm
by Elgan
that might be what he was testing to see, workin on learning script
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:07 am
by Deutsche Dogge
actually, a default label, in any languages, will catch everything that is not in the other label. And it works
But here's another question, as i refined my script a bit to use huddraw instead of iprintln and others.
I have 2 methods in my script, the
message_loop and the
print_center_msg with 2 args. Problem is, if i use a
goto to call
print_center_msg, it never comes back and ends the script at the first call to it. I also would like to get rid of those goto's. Also, Using
exec the console tells me it can't find
print_center_msg. How do i specify it is in the same script file?
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message_loop:
local.m = 0
while(1)
{
switch(local.m)
{
case 1:
exec print_center_msg "Bienvenue sur le serveur [IRQ] - Welcome on [IRQ] server" 10
local.m = 2
break
case 2:
exec print_center_msg "http://clanirq.no-ip.com pour downloads et nouvelles" 10
local.m = 3
break
case 3:
exec print_center_msg "Maps Fix par TheCheatPolice, Traduits par [IRQ]" 10
local.m = 4
break
case 4:
exec print_center_msg "Bazookas sans munitions, autres armes avec plus de munitions" 10
local.m = 1
break
default:
local.m = 1
break;
}
wait 30 //delay between messages
}
end
print_center_msg local.msg local.duration:
// display the string approximatley centered
// TODO:change to left-side to avoid gaming annoyance
huddraw_string 20 local.msg
huddraw_align 20 center center
huddraw_rect 20 -150 20 0 0
// display a fade-in
for(local.i = 0; local.i <= 1; local.i += .2)
{
huddraw_alpha 20 local.i
waitframe
}
// wait for the amount of time specified
// TODO: timing tests
for (local.i = 1; local.i <= local.duration; local.i++)
{
wait 1
}
// display a fade-out
for (local.i = 1; local.i >= 0; local.i -= .2)
{
huddraw_alpha 20 local.i
waitframe
}
end
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:25 am
by Deutsche Dogge
Ooopss.
nevermind, i just did some reading of Rjukan scripting guide, will use the fullname to the method. Would use waitthread but there's no need to spawn a new thread in this case.
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:21 am
by Elgan
// wait for the amount of time specified
// TODO: timing tests
for (local.i = 1; local.i <= local.duration; local.i++)
{
wait 1
}
why not just use wait local.duration ?
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 3:21 am
by Deutsche Dogge
Very good point. I have nothing to say against that.
modifying it right now.
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:52 am
by Deutsche Dogge
Final script, for messages in loop. Edition of specific map.scr is needed by adding this after
level waittill spawn until i find a way of calling it at server statup only.
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//this is below level waittill spawn
thread global/server_messages.scr::message_loop
putting the "server_messages.scr" in main/global fodler or in a "global" folder inside a pk3. Customize the mesasges and add case labels as needed.
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// this file is in main/global/server_messages.scr
message_loop:
local.m = 1
while(1)
{
switch(local.m)
{
case 1:
wait 5
waitexec global/server_messages.scr::print_msg "Bienvenue sur le serveur [IRQ] - http://clanirq.no-ip.com" 3
waitexec global/server_messages.scr::print_msg "Welcome on [IRQ] server - http://clanirq.no-ip.com" 3
local.m = 2
break
case 2:
wait 5
waitexec global/server_messages.scr::print_msg "Respectez les autres joueurs, restez polis, c'est un JEU!" 3
waitexec global/server_messages.scr::print_msg "Respect other players, stay polite, it's a GAME!" 3
local.m = 3
break
case 3:
wait 5
waitexec global/server_messages.scr::print_msg "Maps Fix par TheCheatPolice, Traduits par [IRQ]" 3
waitexec global/server_messages.scr::print_msg "Maps Fix by TheCheatPolice, Translated by [IRQ]" 3
local.m = 4
break
case 4:
wait 5
waitexec global/server_messages.scr::print_msg "Bazookas sans munitions, les autres armes ont plus de munitions" 3
waitexec global/server_messages.scr::print_msg "Bazookas have no ammo, other weapons have extra ammo" 3
local.m = 5
break
case 5:
wait 5
waitexec global/server_messages.scr::print_msg "http://clanirq.no-ip.com pour downloads, nouvelles et forums" 3
waitexec global/server_messages.scr::print_msg "http://clanirq.no-ip.com for downloads, news and forums" 3
local.m = 6
break
case 6:
wait 5
waitexec global/server_messages.scr::print_msg "Allez telecharger les fichiers de jeu sur le site web!" 3
waitexec global/server_messages.scr::print_msg "Downloads the game files on the website!" 3
local.m = 1
break
default: // in case something changes local.m, reset it to
local.m = 1
break;
}
wait 25 //delay between messages in seconds
}
end
// print the specified message for the specified seconds+2seconds (fade-in/fade-out)
print_msg local.msg local.duration:
// draw a shadow of the string in black
huddraw_virtualsize 50 1 // use virtual screen size of 640x480
huddraw_rect 50 37 -64 0 0 // element id, top, left, width, height (for string, width/height can be 0)
huddraw_color 50 0.0 0.0 0.0 // element id, red, green, blue (0.0 to 1.0)
huddraw_font 50 "courier-16" // element id, fontname (pak0/fonts/*)
huddraw_string 50 local.msg // element id, string
huddraw_align 50 "left" "bottom" // element id, (left/center/right), (top/middle/bottom)
// draw the overlay colored string
huddraw_virtualsize 51 1
huddraw_rect 51 35 -65 0 0
huddraw_color 51 0.9 0.9 0.1
huddraw_font 51 "courier-16"
huddraw_string 51 local.msg
huddraw_align 51 "left" "bottom"
// display a fade-in
for(local.i = 0; local.i <= 1; local.i += .2)
{
huddraw_alpha 50 local.i
huddraw_alpha 51 local.i
waitframe
}
// wait for the amount of time specified
wait local.duration
// display a fade-out
for (local.i = 1; local.i >= 0; local.i -= .1)
{
huddraw_alpha 50 local.i
huddraw_alpha 51 local.i
waitframe
}
end
I call print_message twice for each label for bilingual messages, could be called onlu once or to display a longer message.
it actually display like this:
First fully functionnal script... and i liked doing it
Thanks MJ for giving me the extra push i needed to start scripting
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:11 am
by jv_map
Nice, but why are you typing all this stuff:
waitexec global/server_messages.scr::print_msg
when you simply could've typed
waitthread print_msg
instead?
Obviously the big advantage of the latter is that it's shorter to type and will still work even if you ever decide to rename the script file.
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 3:20 pm
by Deutsche Dogge
I assumed that doing a exec was execing the method in the same thread instead of starting a new thread to execute. is that right? If not, i'm gonna do as you say.
Also, is there a way to make a global script variable keeping the name of the script file, like local.file = [scripfilename] and then refer to it like this:
local.file exec print_message "msg" 5 ?
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 3:33 pm
by jv_map
Deutsche Dogge wrote:I assumed that doing a exec was execing the method in the same thread instead of starting a new thread to execute. is that right?
Both start a new thread.
Also, is there a way to make a global script variable keeping the name of the script file, like local.file = [scripfilename] and then refer to it like this:
local.file exec print_message "msg" 5 ?
Yes do it like this:
local.file = "global/somescript.scr"
exec local.file::print_message "msg" 5
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 3:38 pm
by Deutsche Dogge
Well if both starts a new thread, i'll just call waitexec then.
And for the cript filename, is there a way to get the filename automatically? just like in web programming where you can use the "script_name" serevr variable so it's not hard-coded?