Changing environmental settings

[hammereditor²]

How would you change the skybox, lighting, ground, and other stuff with a script? Every time a server starts I notice that the ground and lighting and sky is set to default. I want  to make it so that when the server starts, the environment is changed.

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[Wrapperup]

serverCmdenvGUI_setvar(%client,%var,%val);

if you want to do it without using an actual client, make a new AIConnection();

EDIT: An example: changing water height would be serverCmdenvGUI_setvar(%client,"waterheight",%height);

[TripNick]

Well, first off, this is what gamemodes are for, second it's different for every var so you have to use serverCmdEnvGui_SetVar or study the objects Sun, Sky, GroundPlane, and I think WaterPlane. If you choose the latter, use %obj.sendUpdate();

[hammereditor²]

Then how do you change it with a GameMode? I want to do it without using an actual client.
Also, I have no idea how to create an AI for this.

And what are some variables, like waterheight?

[TripNick]

Then how do you change it with a GameMode? I want to do it without using an actual client.
Also, I have no idea how to create an AI for this.

And what are some variables, like waterheight?

Start a server. Set the environment variables to whatever you want them to be.
Open console. Type in export("$EnvGuiServer::*","Config/Env.cs");
Go into this file. It'll have a lot of lines that look like this: $EnvGuiServer::SimpleMode = 0;

Open Add-Ons/GameMode_Custom/gamemode.txt
Copy in all the variables from Config/Env.cs and replace all "= " (yes with a space after the =), ";" and quotation marks with nothing. Bam.

[Wrapperup]

Also, I have no idea how to create an AI for this.

To create an AIConnection do this

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new AIConnection(envAI)
   {
       isAdmin = true;
   };

or store it into a local var
Then you can do ServerCmdenvGUI_setVar(envAI,%var,%val);

[Headcrab Zombie]

-snip-

AiConnection, not AiObject
Needs a ; at the end of the object creation
And .getId() is unneeded

[Wrapperup]

AiConnection, not AiObject
Needs a ; at the end of the object creation
And .getId() is unneeded

i did it quickly, but thanks for correcting that, and i did not notice i said "AIObject" and not "AIConnection" although i mentioned you had to create an AIConnection.

[Port]

oh my god would you stop using AIConnection objects for once
properly change the attributes of the mission objects, then use sendUpdate, finally modify $EnvGuiServer values and send to clients

[Mold]

oh my god would you stop using AIConnection objects for once
properly change the attributes of the mission objects, then use sendUpdate, finally modify $EnvGuiServer values and send to clients

Way too overcomplicated
Like for water you have to change so many things
Moving the plane doesn't move the physzone
etc etc

[Headcrab Zombie]

oh my god would you stop using AIConnection objects for once
properly change the attributes of the mission objects, then use sendUpdate, finally modify $EnvGuiServer values and send to clients

I just don't see an advantage in doing it that way.
One line versus... all that

[Wheatley]

I just don't see an advantage in doing it that way.
One line versus... all that

Maybe it's less of a hack method.
Either that or it's a personal reason

[Treynolds416]

Here's my code for loading a complete environment directly from a save file

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if(!isObject(publicClient))
{
    new AiConnection(publicClient) {BL_ID = 888888;};
    publicClient.isAdmin = true;
    publicClient.isSuperAdmin = true;
}

function loadEnvironmentFromFile(%filePath)
{
    %file = new FileObject();
    %file.openForRead(%filePath);
    while(!%file.isEOF())
    {
        %line = %file.readLine();
        %pref = getWord(%line,0);
		%pref = getSubStr(%pref,15,strLen(%pref) - 15);
		%value = getWords(%line,1,getWordCount(%line) - 1);
		%sPref = getWord($AdvGameEnvPref[%pref],0);
        if(%sPref !$= "")
		{
			%count = $EnvGuiServer["::" @ %sPref @ "Count"];
			for(%i=0;%i<%count;%i++)
			{
				%idx = $EnvGuiServer["::" @ %sPref @  %i @ ""];
				if(%idx $= %value)
				{
					%value = %i;
					%pref = %sPref @ getWord($AdvGameEnvPref[%pref],1);
					%i = %count + 1;
				}
			}
			if(%i == %count)
			{
				error("loadEnvironmentFromFile() - Material \'" @ %value @ "\' not found");
				continue;
			}
		}
        serverCmdEnvGui_setVar(publicClient,%pref,%value);
    }
	%file.close();
	%file.delete();
}

$AdvGameEnvPref[SkyFile] = "Sky Idx";
$AdvGameEnvPref[WaterFile] = "Water Idx";
$AdvGameEnvPref[GroundFile] = "Ground Idx";
$AdvGameEnvPref[SunFlareTopTexture] = "SunFlare TopIdx";
$AdvGameEnvPref[SunFlareBottomTexture] = "SunFlare BottomIdx";
$AdvGameEnvPref[DayCycle] = "DayCycle Idx";

You can also find it in DC4F's rotating gamemode, he tested it for me