Author Topic: Whatis (Read 8403 times)

Trader · January 19, 2009, 07:06:53 AM

Quote from: rkynick on January 19, 2009, 01:41:51 AM

Trader, I've tried looping through bricks before. With larger builds its a drain on the server. Its simple, just make one control brick that sets up all the 'whatis's.

It's stupid to make an event to set something up that's not related to a brick. It would be easy to maintain a list of only those bricks that contain an onAskWhatIs event.

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paulenn · January 19, 2009, 09:10:34 AM

so now you can make giant dictionaries and stuff?

block master999 · January 19, 2009, 10:59:16 AM

Trader is right in a way, but i could work with this...

boodals 2 · January 19, 2009, 11:02:29 AM

Its accualy very helpfull in some cases. Such as a City RP. Instead of using the popular "^help" say someone modded it but didnt know how to change what it messages to the Client. He could then just tell him to say (eg.)"/whatis money". Or in other cases with out the City RP Mod.

Space Guy · January 19, 2009, 11:21:00 AM

Looping through all the bricks on some of the larger RPG builds can be very laggy at times.

Maybe having all the definitions stored in a text file e.g. config/server/whatIsTexts.txt and then loaded when you start the server would work better.

boodals 2 · January 19, 2009, 11:31:48 AM

Quote from: Space Guy on January 19, 2009, 11:21:00 AM

Looping through all the bricks on some of the larger RPG builds can be very laggy at times.

Maybe having all the definitions stored in a text file e.g. config/server/whatIsTexts.txt and then loaded when you start the server would work better.

Thats what I though after i read the first few lines Not completely. It would be alot easyer though.

Trader · January 19, 2009, 12:22:34 PM

Quote from: Space Guy on January 19, 2009, 11:21:00 AM

Looping through all the bricks on some of the larger RPG builds can be very laggy at times.

Maybe having all the definitions stored in a text file e.g. config/server/whatIsTexts.txt and then loaded when you start the server would work better.

You don't need to loop through all the bricks. Just store a list for every client of his named bricks.

Mateo · January 19, 2009, 04:07:06 PM

I think the way it works right now is perfect. I honestly don't understand what Trader is trying to suggest, but for what Reg needed the event for it's fine.

Assuming I understood what it is correctly. (It makes it so if you type /whatis <word> is gives a description you typed up, amirite?)

EDIT: Also, Trader:

Quote from: Trader on January 19, 2009, 07:06:53 AM

It's stupid to make an event to set something up that's not related to a brick. It would be easy to maintain a list of only those bricks that contain an onAskWhatIs event.

What if what you want to describe isn't related to a brick? A variable, for instance. Although, I don't know everything, so I might just be misunderstanding some things said in this topic.

Meekl · January 19, 2009, 04:37:21 PM

Quote from: Skeleton on January 18, 2009, 11:13:16 PM

Hm, a tad confusing. But for the most part, very good job!

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ok,ask it /whatis this_mod? lol.

Skulltulla · January 19, 2009, 06:14:22 PM

This is EXCELLENT. Especially for building rights servers.

ryanb31394 · January 19, 2009, 06:41:19 PM

It should come with a few preloaded commands. Would be useful.

Quantum · January 19, 2009, 06:50:49 PM

Onactivate : Self : SetWhatIs : Love : Baby don't hurt me...

ryanb31394 · January 19, 2009, 06:53:38 PM

It has officially lost it's comical value. :/

Quantum · January 19, 2009, 06:59:31 PM

Owait, someone posted that already.

/didn'treadallposts

EndrenXL · January 19, 2009, 07:16:37 PM

Thank you!
Now I don't have to be afraid of noobs and their simple questions!