Using FxDTSBrick::onactivate?

[tyler0]

Ok so i wanna learn how this thing works. I'm guessing it can works like the event "onActivate". I want to get the datablock of the obj the client clicks so that i can send a message to the client saying what id the datablock is. Here is a script i found/made:

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package onActivate
{
        function FxDTSBrick::onactivate(%brick,%client,%loc,%rot)
        {
connectToClient(%client, 'centerPrint', %brick @ %client @ %loc @ %rot,3);
Parent::onactivate(%brick,%client,%loc,%rot);
        }
};
activatepackage(onActivate);
Also what does %loc and %rot mean?

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[lordician]

From what i can see from the name it would mean location and rotation.
(loc = location, rot is rotation)

[tyler0]

From what i can see from the name it would mean location and rotation.
(loc = location, rot is rotation)

Ok thanks. For some reason this script isn't working :(

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package onActivate
{
        function FxDTSBrick::onactivate(%brick,%client,%loc,%rot)
        {
centerPrint("Brick: " @ %brick @ ". Client: " @ %client @ ". Location: " @ %loc @ ". Rotation: " @ %rot,3);
Parent::onactivate(%brick,%client,%loc,%rot);
        }
};
activatepackage(onActivate);

[otto-san]

you're trying to centerprint nothing

what

[lordician]

When you want to know something better use "echo("Puttexthere");"
It displays the to be displayed text in the console! :D

[tyler0]

you're trying to centerprint nothing

what

Heres how i did my centerPrint:

centerPrint(%client,"Brick: " @ %brick @ ". Client: " @ %client @ ". Location: " @ %loc @ ". Rotation: " @ %rot,3);

Its still messed up some how.

[Kalphiter]

commandToClient(%client, 'centerPrint', ...

[tyler0]

commandToClient(%client, 'centerPrint', ...

Ok so i fixed it but still nothing :/

Here is the function so far:

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package onActivate
{
        function FxDTSBrick::onactivate(%brick,%client,%loc,%rot)
        {
echo("Hello i am an echo lol1");
commandToClient(%client, 'centerPrint',"Brick: " @ %brick @ ". Client: " @ %client @ ". Location: " @ %loc @ ". Rotation: " @ %rot,3);
echo("Hello i am an echo lol2");
Parent::onactivate(%brick,%client,%loc,%rot);
echo("Hello i am an echo lol3");
        }
};
activatepackage(onActivate);
All three echos are displayed in the command prompt

[tyler0]

Could i get someone to look at the script above? I still haven't got it to work and seems like this should be a simple script. Weird that it isn't working....

[Greek2me]

Change this:
commandToClient(%client, 'centerPrint',"Brick: " @ %brick @ ". Client: " @ %client @ ". Location: " @ %loc @ ". Rotation: " @ %rot,3);

To this:
%client.centerPrint("Brick: " @ %brick @ ". Client: " @ %client @ ". Location: " @ %loc @ ". Rotation: " @ %rot,3);

[tyler0]

Change this:
commandToClient(%client, 'centerPrint',"Brick: " @ %brick @ ". Client: " @ %client @ ". Location: " @ %loc @ ". Rotation: " @ %rot,3);

To this:
%client.centerPrint("Brick: " @ %brick @ ". Client: " @ %client @ ". Location: " @ %loc @ ". Rotation: " @ %rot,3);

Changed it and still didn't work :/ this is the current function:

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package onActivate
{
        function FxDTSBrick::onactivate(%brick,%client,%loc,%rot)
        {
echo("Hello i am an echo lol1");
%client.centerPrint("Brick: " @ %brick @ ". Client: " @ %client @ ". Location: " @ %loc @ ". Rotation: " @ %rot,3);
echo("Hello i am an echo lol2");
Parent::onactivate(%brick,%client,%loc,%rot);
echo("Hello i am an echo lol3");
        }
};
activatepackage(onActivate);

Here's the result from the echos:

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Hello i am an echo lol1
Add-Ons/Script_onActivate/server.cs (6): Unknown command centerPrint.
  Object (10074) Player -> Player -> ShapeBase -> ShapeBase -> GameBase -> Scene
Object -> NetObject -> SimObject
Hello i am an echo lol2
Hello i am an echo lol3
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[Destiny/Zack0Wack0]

Change %client to the last argument of the onActivate function, instead of the second. And put %player where client was.

[tyler0]

Change %client to the last argument of the onActivate function, instead of the second. And put %player where client was.

Like this?

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package onActivate
{
        function FxDTSBrick::onactivate(%brick,%player,%loc,%rot,%client)
        {
echo("Hello i am an echo lol1");
%client.centerPrint("Brick: " @ %brick @ ". Client: " @ %client @ ". Location: " @ %loc @ ". Rotation: " @ %rot,3);
echo("Hello i am an echo lol2");
Parent::onactivate(%brick,%player,%loc,%rot);
echo("Hello i am an echo lol3");
        }
};
activatepackage(onActivate);
changed it and it didn't work. Here is the result:

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Hello i am an echo lol1
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Add-Ons/Script_onActivate/server.cs (6): Unable to find object: '0.00572854 0.33
6028 -0.941835' attempting to call function 'centerPrint'
BackTrace: ->[PirateCannonPackage]Armor::onTrigger->[TankPackage]Armor::onTrigge
r->Armor::onTrigger->Player::ActivateStuff->[onActivate]fxDTSBrick::onActivate
%
Hello i am an echo lol2
Hello i am an echo lol3
%

[Destiny/Zack0Wack0]

Sorry, my mistake, you need to find the client using %player.client. Remove the %client part altogether.

I'd suggest you use centerPrint(%player.client,...); instead of the other ones, it's the shortest and it doesn't cause errors if the player has no client.

[lordician]

Sorry, my mistake, you need to find the client using %player.client. Remove the %client part altogether.

I'd suggest you use centerPrint(%player.client,...); instead of the other ones, it's the shortest and it doesn't cause errors if the player has no client.

Ahh it was centerPrint(client,message) of course! >_<