Author Topic: AIConnection names? (Read 1004 times)

Space Guy · October 30, 2009, 04:31:50 AM

Before v13, I was package AIConnection::getPlayerName() and return the value I wanted - now I can't. This makes it really hard to have a client for the AI bots I've been making, where I'd like to have maximum compatibility with other mods - if I try and use it with anything right now I get "has taken the flag!" "left the mini-game." messages in the chat. I can hack it to work with the individual functions I want (e.g. deaths are replaced with a special message) but it really isn't useful for other mods.

Is there a way I can create an AIConnection with a set name or (better) a variable I can choose for it? Setting the "name" variable on creation works for older mods but not default Blockland messages or updated ones.

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M · October 30, 2009, 09:27:33 AM

Not anymore, Badspot put full protection over *::getPlayerName().

Which makes no sense at all. Really he should just be protecting it for the GameConnection class, since it's the only one OTHER than AIconnections that will ever use it, and restricting it on AIconnections is more or less pointless.

Jimmg · October 30, 2009, 01:06:20 PM

Quote from: M on October 30, 2009, 09:27:33 AM

Not anymore, Badspot put full protection over *::getPlayerName().

Which makes no sense at all. Really he should just be protecting it for the GameConnection class, since it's the only one OTHER than AIconnections that will ever use it, and restricting it on AIconnections is more or less pointless.

He did it because people were setShapeName'ing bots and putting them in the list of players, and then setControlObject'ing them