Catching the checkpoint event does not work (for me)

[undef.de]

I'm not very familiar with ManiaScript yet and i have tried many variations to get what i wanna do... but nothing works as i want...

In my XAseco plugin Records-Eyepiece i want to add ManiaScript to build the CheckpointCount-Widget instead of build it in PHP like it now is.

I tried this, but it does not log anything:

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while (True) {
	foreach (Event in PendingEvents) {
		switch (Event.Type) {
			case CTmModeEvent::EType::WayPoint : {
				log("Checkpoint reached...");
			}
		}
	}
	yield;
}

Then i tried this, to see which events are fired:

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while (True) {
	foreach (Event in PendingEvents) {
		log(Event.Type);
	}
	yield;
}

and all i get is "Type::KeyPress" when i drive through a checkpoint.

Why is CTmModeEvent::EType::WayPoint are not fired, did i miss something? Does this only works in GameMode-Scripts?

[Eole]

Why is CTmModeEvent::EType::WayPoint are not fired, did i miss something? Does this only works in GameMode-Scripts?

Yes. The events caught in a ManiaLink script are only related to this ManiaLink and not the game mode. The two can communicate, but it must be implemented in the game mode first.

http://tmrankings.com/maniascript/html/ ... event.html

[Jojo_44]

Really the gamemode can communicate with a server manialink without going over the dedicated server callbacks ? Can you give an example on how to fire a event in a gamemode which can be catched at a manialink ?

thanks, Jojo

[The_Big_Boo]

This is done by having netread/netwrite variables in both gamemode script and manialink script. For instance, this is used for weapon selection in SM (there is a local manialink for each player but the choice must obviously be taken in account by the gamemode).

[undef.de]

Why is CTmModeEvent::EType::WayPoint are not fired, did i miss something? Does this only works in GameMode-Scripts?

Yes. The events caught in a ManiaLink script are only related to this ManiaLink and not the game mode. The two can communicate, but it must be implemented in the game mode first.

This means, that i can't do what i want with default game modes like TimeAttack, Rounds... in TM2? Because these didn't fire the WayPoint event?

[w1lla]

http://forum.maniaplanet.com/viewtopic. ... 80#p137672

This is a test script i did for Trackmania 2 Canyon.

[Jojo_44]

http://forum.maniaplanet.com/viewtopic. ... 80#p137672

This is a test script i did for Trackmania 2 Canyon.

Thanks man In fact you can rewrite f.e. the teammode in Trackmania2 and implement some netread/netwrite stuff and the records eyepiece manialink recognize f.e. a player now starts and can hide the widgets. The same for a player finish the run -> show widgets. Ofc you can do this already but it produces a lot of traffic going from the servercontroller to the dedicated server. Great stuff, even greater if eole implements this in all nadeo scripts

regards, Jojo

[Eole]

Really the gamemode can communicate with a server manialink without going over the dedicated server callbacks ? Can you give an example on how to fire a event in a gamemode which can be catched at a manialink ?

thanks, Jojo

You can also check this topic: http://forum.maniaplanet.com/viewtopic. ... 01&start=0
There's some examples in it. Do not hesitate to ask for more details if needed.

Great stuff, even greater if eole implements this in all nadeo script

Till now I didn't work on ManiaScript with TM². I'm not even sure the modes (beside Platform) have been translated to script or if it's still harcoded. ^^'

This means, that i can't do what i want with default game modes like TimeAttack, Rounds... in TM2? Because these didn't fire the WayPoint event?

The WayPoint event is fired in the default game modes. But it's not sent afterwards to the client UI. So you can't access it from a ManiaLink. To do that you'll have to use a custom game mode.

[undef.de]

This means, that i can't do what i want with default game modes like TimeAttack, Rounds... in TM2? Because these didn't fire the WayPoint event?

The WayPoint event is fired in the default game modes. But it's not sent afterwards to the client UI. So you can't access it from a ManiaLink. To do that you'll have to use a custom game mode.

Nah... i don't go and rebuild all the custom gamemodes just to have the ability to fire the WayPoint event and to be able to used it then in my HUD.

Thanks anyway, now i know that i didn't have to investigate more time into ManiaScript and can let my HUD as it is.

[undef.de]

This means, that i can't do what i want with default game modes like TimeAttack, Rounds... in TM2? Because these didn't fire the WayPoint event?

The WayPoint event is fired in the default game modes. But it's not sent afterwards to the client UI. So you can't access it from a ManiaLink. To do that you'll have to use a custom game mode.

I'm just thinking about a suggestion: Why not add an option to enable the ability to receive such events into a Manialink (maybe selectable each event that is wanted)? That would prevent overstressing all Manialinks and enable Manialinks to catch the events when they are needed.

Because i think that the events (e.g. WayPoint) are fired from the client and are send to the dedicated server, then it would be nice to have access client-side to it also to make HUDs much more stressless for the dedicated server, controller, network...