Scripting Engine Suggestions

[freestyler]

BulletTime(Time: byte);
forces bullettime (slows the game for all players, no matter where they are) for specified amount of time.

[EnEsCe]

Cant be done server-side.

[sai`ke]

What about DoDamage(id,damage,shooter) so you can write who did damage. Because elsewhere it's written as suicide.

Dont suggest: Adding/Changing new parameters to any functions/events

Um, if you wanted to you might be able to give the command he suggests a different name like DoDamageBy or something :p

[Avarax]

Just use CreateBullet with fists and try to find your own way to fix the damage.

[Aquarius]

Suggestion: add "Position" stat to GetPlayerStat function, it would inform if a player is standing, crouching or in prone position.

[Kavukamari]

suggestion for position
if standing, return "|"
if crouching and facing left, return "\"
if crouch and facing right, return "/"
if prone, return "_"

[DorkeyDear]

suggestion for position
if standing, return "|"
if crouching and facing left, return ""
if crouch and facing right, return "/"
if prone, return "_"

the facing left and right stuff is pointless sense EnEsCe already added a thing to get a player's direction (left or right, not like an angle or cursor xy or something)



Suggestions:

• function ThreadedCrossFunc(const Params: array of Variant; ProcName: string);

exactly the same thing as CrossFunc except it calls the procedure / function threaded (obviously doesn't return a value)

• Ability to make it so you can't use CrossFunc on a specified script (so if you have an encrypted (or unencrypted) script, you can make it so ppl don't call anything inside of it through another script)
• Something so you can have optional arguments in a function / procedure; ex: making DoDamage(ID: byte; Damage: single; (Owner: byte)); where as it still works like DoDamage(1,4000) but you could also do DoDamage(1,4000,2) like php can do... doubtful sense you didn't "create" pascal / delphi, but still wanted to throw it out there.
  
  Date Posted: September 21, 2007, 04:43:24 pm
• OnFlagReturn does not get called when the server returns the flag (from it being untouched for too long)
  
  Date Posted: September 21, 2007, 05:18:15 pm
• Having the variables DeathmatchPlayers, AlphaPlayers, BravoPlayers, CharliePlayers, DeltaPlayers, Spectators still existing, but also having an array Players: array[0..5]; same along with the team's scores, but array[1..4] instead.. would make it much easier to check that information sense the majority of things uses numbers for doing stuff with teams, and this would be easier for a for loop... (i know you can do this yourself, but it would take extra lines, which nobody wants)
  
  Date Posted: September 21, 2007, 05:32:32 pmBonuses are now registered on the server, right?
  I don't remember if i already suggested this but having an event procedure OnGrabBonus(ID, Bonus: byte); where as Bonus is the same numbers as GiveBonus..

[Aquarius]

How about OnPlayerTeamSpeak?

[Kavukamari]

if ContainsString(Text,'^') ...

Date Posted: September 21, 2007, 07:40:28 pm

OnFlagReturn does not get called when the server returns the flag (from it being untouched for too long)

wouldn't this work?

Code: [Select]

procedure OnFlagReturn(ID,Team:byte);
begin
  if (ID = 255) then exit;
end;


[DorkeyDear]

if Text[1] = '^' ... would probably be better...

No, "OnFlagReturn does not get called..."
I'm NOT asking how to make it so anything under OnFlagReturn is not called when the server returns the flag.

[Kavukamari]

is Text[1] the same as GetPiece(whatever) ? (whatever would be what you need to get first char in text)

[EnEsCe]

- Making some functions unable to be called by CrossFunc would be pointless, as the user could easily just edit out whatever method is used to make that function un-callable. And no one has requested a script to be encrypted so meh.
- Optional arguements is supported by Delphi/Pascal itself, however the script parser does not support it and I can't change that.
- Ill fix the flag thing, with ID 255.
- Pre-defined variables can only be Byte/Integer/String, not arrays or other variables.

And I think the ^ isnt shown in the Text variable for chat in the current released version, something MM changed.... It will be in 2.6.3 though.

[DorkeyDear]

- Pre-defined variables can only be Byte/Integer/String, not arrays or other variables.

im never going to remember that; sry if i suggest more stuff that isn't any of those 3 related to built-in variables

• A ARGB function that does exactly the same thing as RGB except there are 4 arguments and the first one is the set alpha amount.. or RGBA, i don't really know whats "proper" if either one is ... its so ppl who don't know how the $________ is set up can still set alpha.

[chrisgbk]

• A ARGB function that does exactly the same thing as RGB except there are 4 arguments and the first one is the set alpha amount.. or RGBA, i don't really know whats "proper" if either one is ... its so ppl who don't know how the $________ is set up can still set alpha.

I can't check right now, since my computer is down and I'm running off of an Ubuntu Live CD, but check if the script engine supports the SHL operator; if it does, you can make your own:

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function ARGB(alpha: byte; Red: byte; Green: byte; Blue: byte): Cardinal;
begin
  result :=(alpha shl 24) or (red shl 16) or (green shl or blue;
end;


[DorkeyDear]

• A ARGB function that does exactly the same thing as RGB except there are 4 arguments and the first one is the set alpha amount.. or RGBA, i don't really know whats "proper" if either one is ... its so ppl who don't know how the $________ is set up can still set alpha.

I can't check right now, since my computer is down and I'm running off of an Ubuntu Live CD, but check if the script engine supports the SHL operator; if it does, you can make your own:

Code: [Select]

function ARGB(alpha: byte; Red: byte; Green: byte; Blue: byte): Cardinal;
begin
  result :=(alpha shl 24) or (red shl 16) or (green shl or blue;
end;


I know, i know, but then there was no point in adding RGB sense you could have made it yourself... but it was added :) (same with Distance function, and i bet other functions too)

• A OnRoundStart event for survival mode
• A OnRoundEnd event for survival mode

[xmRipper]

• A OnRoundStart event for survival mode
• A OnRoundEnd event for survival mode

+1

[EnEsCe]

- Added DisableScript variable
  Setting this variable to TRUE will disable your script.
- Added DoDamageBy function
  Identical to DoDamage, however the person doing damage can be specified.

(Yes I know it links to DoDamage)

Date Posted: September 23, 2007, 07:23:05 pm- Added OnScriptCrash option to server.ini. Values are recompile, ignore, shutdown, or disable.
  Recompile will /recompile the script, ignore will ignore the crash, shutdown will shutdown the server, and disable will disable the script.

[Avarax]

You should add a server shutdown option to OnScriptCrash, I would use that

[EnEsCe]

Oh yeah shutdown is there too, forgot to write it there >_<

[Avarax]

Is it possible to make MovePlayer move the camera of a spectating player to the specified spot? That would be awesome