Thread: Arrays & Set Sizes

oh yeah I know I ment map files I downloaded all of them from some site, they had a link to all that stuff, and what was funny when you click on link the main page was them raging on MMF clan ...lol
Now in reborn I use stuffsrv instead of stufftext right?
nvm I need to do this

local.trig2 message "i tried to roof"

local.player stufftext "stay off roofs" didn't work the trig mess is better any way only the player will see it .

stufftext is basically forcing a player to write the command in his console

if u type "stay off roofs" in console nothing will appear , SINCE MOHAA doesn't know a console command named stay , u can :

a. change "stay off roofs" to "iprint stay off roofs 1"

b. change local.player stufftext "stay off roofs" to local.player iprint "stay off roofs" 1

there are other ways to do it like i huddraw or locationprint ,

Originally Posted by easymeat

ok so as far as the set size goes does it make any difference to the size as far as server goes? I thought I read somewhere that when you spawn stuff it makes server lag so would smaller be better? myth or fact?


that does make sense to me, I always wondered what those [1] [2] [3] was for...lol.cool as hell now I can really fool around.

It actually makes no difference. It defines a collection of three-dimensional ranges totalling six integers. The value of any of the six numbers doesn't make a calculation with it any slower or faster.
Computers simply don't work that way. Increasing the setsize can have one side-effect that can increase collision calculations. If the setsize is larger, it has more chance to touch or collide with the
setsize of another object. If your trigger only operates under the map, then those calculations will already be minimal.

Originally Posted by RyBack

bboxes can be easily determined by a smart way i used to do in the past

1. open MOHAA Radiant
2. load the map , http://www.ausgamers.com/files/downl...urce-map-files
3. make a trigger , Right Click > trigger > trigger_multiple
now move the trigger anywhere in the map and set it's by click'ndrag outside the trigger

If you want to find out the setsize of an object, there's this excellent script Elgan wrote that does it for you:

Code:

GetBBox:

    local.fwd = waitthread getbound 1 ( 1 0 0 )
    local.bwd = waitthread getbound 0 ( 1 0 0 )


    local.right = waitthread getbound 1 ( 0 1 0 )
    local.left = waitthread getbound 0 ( 0 1 0 )


    local.up = waitthread getbound 1 ( 0 0 1 )
    local.down = waitthread getbound 0 ( 0 0 1 )
        
    local.BBox[0] = ( -local.bwd -local.left -local.down )
    local.BBox[1] = ( local.fwd local.right local.up )


end local.BBox


getbound local.dir local.vector local.model:


    if(!local.model)
    {
        local.model = self
    }


    local.item = spawn script_origin origin local.model.origin
    local.item.angles = local.model.angles
    local.item setsize ( 0 0 0 ) ( 0 0 0 )


    for(local.i = 0;local.item istouching local.model; local.i++)
    {
        if(local.dir == 1)
        {
            local.item.origin += local.vector * 1
        }
        else
        {
            local.item.origin -= local.vector * 1
        }
    }    


    local.item delete
    local.i = ( local.i * local.model.scale + 6) - 11.5


end local.i

Originally Posted by James

So if that is a constant in all levels...
if there is a way to get the "z" value of that variable (local.orb)
and then just setsize -10

No, that is not the case. It differs from map to map. In mohdm2 for example, one side of the map is lower than the other including their invisible floors so you're essentially forced to use two triggers.
Also getmins and getmaxs are spearhead commands. Elgan's script is the way it is done in MoHAA.

damn , elgan did it again , where do u guyz get these ideas


but i don't understand how this line works :

Code:

    local.i = ( local.i * local.model.scale + 6) - 11.5

why + 6 & - 11.5 ?

By thinking outside of the box (pun intended)

Originally Posted by RyBack

damn , elgan did it again , where do u guyz get these ideas


but i don't understand how this line works :

Code:

    local.i = ( local.i * local.model.scale + 6) - 11.5

why + 6 & - 11.5 ?

Hm.. good point. I'm not sure myself but I think I misinterpreted what this code actually does.

If Elgan's is multiplying by the scale of the object then he's not trying to find out what the setsize is, rather what the setsize should be to encompass the entire object.
Scaling an object does not scale its setsize. I assume these 'magic' numbers got him the best approximation. So removing this line should get you the actual setsize.

It probably didn't occur to him he could replace them with -5.5

ok all my triggers are either under maps or above roofs, I did all the TDM maps, when I was playing the idjits was going nuts, so I figured I do 2 things fix it so they can't get under or on roofs, and learn some new stuff I did both.
And dm2 did get 2 triggers under map and 3 above map, tricky part was figuring out how high to put them so you can still jump, or how low so you can still walk on ground, dm3 was a major pain.
After I got the triggers set I remove the models (orb) figured didn't need that in there anymore.

what does this work? local.orb svflags "+broadcast" //avoid lag by preventing status updates of this object and would it help on triggers? or other objects besides orbs?