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Hi, Has anyone ever made a github workflow that automatically encrypts lua files to .luac format on merge? I tried to do it with chatgpt, but unfortunately I always had some problems with it. For example, sometimes the meta.xml doesn't change, only the .lua file, but then it didn't detect the change and didn't reencrypt. Does anyone have a script they could share with me?

1st one also has logic for streamIn and streamOut, creating/destroying and applying textures. But the 2nd option creates all of the textures(dxCreateTexture) on the resource start, and I don't know that is a good or a bad idea. The 1st one is only creating textures when an element streamed in, and it is need the texture.

Hi! I want to make a paintjob system, and I found two examples. What do you think, which one is more performance/fps friendly? 1.: availablePaintJobs = { [480] = { {'remap', 'textures/comet/1.dds'}, {'remap', 'textures/comet/2.dds'}, {'remap', 'textures/comet/3.dds'}, {'remap', 'textures/comet/4.dds'}, {'remap', 'textures/r8/r8_4.dds'}, {'remap', 'textures/lada4.dds'}, {'remap', 'textures/mc13.dds'}, }, [436] = { {'*remap*', 'textures/y5/1.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/y5/2.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/y5/3.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/y5/4.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/y5/5.dds'}, }, [604] = { {'*remap*', 'textures/1.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/2.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/3.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/4.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/5.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/6.dds'}, {'*remap*', 'textures/7.dds'}, }, }; local shaders = {} local elementShaders = {} local textureCache = {} local textureCount = {} local textureSize = 768 function applyShader(texture, img, distance, element) if element then destroyShaderCache(element) end local this = #shaders + 1 shaders[this] = {} shaders[this][1] = dxCreateShader("texturechanger.fx",0,distance,layered) if not textureCount[img] then textureCount[img] = 0 end if textureCount[img] == 0 then textureCache[img] = dxCreateTexture(img) end textureCount[img] = textureCount[img] + 1 shaders[this][2] = textureCache[img] shaders[this][3] = texture if element then if not elementShaders[element] then elementShaders[element] = {shaders[this], img} end end if shaders[this][1] and shaders[this][2] then dxSetShaderValue(shaders[this][1], "TEXTURE", shaders[this][2]) engineApplyShaderToWorldTexture(shaders[this][1], texture, element) end end function destroyShaderCache(element) if elementShaders[element] then destroyElement(elementShaders[element][1][1]) local old_img = elementShaders[element][2] textureCount[old_img] = textureCount[old_img] - 1 if textureCount[old_img] == 0 then destroyElement(elementShaders[element][1][2]) end elementShaders[element] = nil end end addEvent("destroyShaderCache", true) addEventHandler("destroyShaderCache", root, destroyShaderCache) addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot, function() for k,v in ipairs(getElementsByType("vehicle", root, true)) do local pj = tonumber(getElementData(v, "tuning.paintjob")) or 0 if pj > 0 then addVehiclePaintJob(v, getElementModel(v), pj) end end end) function getVehiclePaintJobs(model) if availablePaintJobs[model] then return #availablePaintJobs[model] else return 0 end end function addVehiclePaintJob(veh, model, id) local pj = availablePaintJobs[model] if pj then local pj = pj[id] if pj then applyShader(pj[1], pj[2], 100, veh) end end end addEvent("addVehiclePaintJob", true) addEventHandler("addVehiclePaintJob", root, addVehiclePaintJob) function removeVehiclePaintJob(veh) if veh then destroyShaderCache(veh) end end addEvent("removeVehiclePaintJob", true) addEventHandler("removeVehiclePaintJob", root, removeVehiclePaintJob) addEventHandler("onClientElementDestroy", getRootElement(), function() if getElementType(source) == "vehicle" then destroyShaderCache(source) end end) addEventHandler("onClientElementStreamIn", getRootElement(), function() if getElementType(source) == "vehicle" then local pj = tonumber(getElementData(source, "tuning.paintjob")) or 0 if pj > 0 then addVehiclePaintJob(source, getElementModel(source), pj) end end end) addEventHandler("onClientElementStreamOut", getRootElement(), function() if getElementType(source) == "vehicle" then destroyShaderCache(source) end end) or 2.: local modelTextures = { [582] = "template", [445] = "remap", [402] = "remap", [400] = "remapsrt8", [555] = "remap", [416] = "remap", [503] = "remap", [580] = "remap", [558] = "remap", [598] = "remap", [458] = "remap", [589] = "remap", [420] = "face", [566] = "bodykit", [518] = "remap", [561] = "remap", [597] = "r_map", [596] = "remap_taurus", [599] = "remap", } local availableTextures = { [1] = "sprinter/1.dds", [2] = "sprinter/2.dds", [3] = "sprinter/3.dds", [4] = "sprinter/4.dds", [5] = "sprinter/5.dds", [6] = "sprinter/6.dds", [7] = "sprinter/7.dds", [8] = "sprinter/8.dds", [9] = "sprinter/9.dds", [12] = "e60/4.dds", [13] = "e60/5.dds", [14] = "e60/m51.dds", [15] = "e60/m52.dds", [16] = "e60/m53.dds", [17] = "e60/m61.dds", [18] = "e60/m63.dds", [19] = "e60/m62.dds", [20] = "250gto/1.dds", [21] = "250gto/2.dds", [22] = "250gto/3.dds", [23] = "250gto/4.dds", [24] = "ambulance/1.dds", [25] = "amggt/1.dds", [26] = "amggt/2.dds", [27] = "amggt/3.dds", [28] = "amggt/4.dds", [29] = "amggt/5.dds", [30] = "amggt/6.dds", [31] = "audirs4/1.dds", [32] = "audirs4/2.dds", [33] = "audirs4/3.dds", [34] = "audirs4/4.dds", [35] = "audirs4/5.dds", [36] = "audirs4/6.dds", [37] = "audirs4/7.dds", [38] = "bmwm3/1.dds", [39] = "bmwm3/2.dds", [40] = "bmwm3/3.dds", [41] = "copcarpj/1.dds", [42] = "copcarpj/2.dds", [43] = "copcarpj/3.dds", [44] = "e250/1.dds", [45] = "e250/2.dds", [46] = "golf/1.dds", [47] = "golf/2.dds", [48] = "golf/3.dds", [49] = "golf/4.dds", [50] = "golf/5.dds", [51] = "viper/1.dds", [52] = "viper/2.dds", [53] = "viper/3.dds", [54] = "viper/4.dds", [55] = "viper/5.dds", [56] = "viper/6.dds", [57] = "viper/7.dds", [58] = "viper/8.dds", [59] = "nissan240/1.dds", [60] = "nissan240/2.dds", [61] = "nissan240/3.dds", [62] = "nissan240/4.dds", [63] = "nissan240/5.dds", [64] = "nissan240/6.dds", [65] = "nissan240/7.dds", [66] = "nissan240/8.dds", [67] = "grandsrt8/1.dds", [68] = "grandsrt8/2.dds", [69] = "grandsrt8/3.dds", [70] = "tahoe/1.dds", [71] = "tahoe/2.dds", [72] = "tahoe/3.dds", [73] = "tahoe/4.dds", [74] = "taurus/1.dds", [75] = "taurus/2.dds", [76] = "taurus/3.dds", [77] = "suburban/1.dds", [78] = "suburban/2.dds", [79] = "suburban/3.dds", [80] = "polmav/1.dds", [81] = "polmav/2.dds", [82] = "polmav/3.dds", [83] = "polmav/4.dds", [84] = "polmav/5.dds", [85] = "f10/1.dds", [86] = "f10/2.dds", [87] = "e34/1.dds", [88] = "e34/2.dds", [89] = "e34/3.dds", } local paintjobs = { ["template"] = { [582] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} }, ["bodykit"] = { [566] = {85, 86} }, ["face"] = { [420] = {87, 88, 89} }, ["remap"] = { [402] = {10}, [445] = {12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19}, [555] = {20, 21, 22, 23}, [416] = {24}, [503] = {25,26,27,28,29,30}, [580] = {31,32,33,34,35,36,37}, [558] = {38,39,40}, [598] = {41,42,43}, [458] = {44,45}, [589] = {46,47,48,49,50}, [518] = {51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58}, [561] = {59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66}, }, ["remapsrt8"] = { [400] = {67,68,69}, }, ["remap_taurus"] = { [596] = {70,71,72,73}, }, ["r_map"] = { [596] = {80, 81, 82, 83, 84}, [597] = {77,78,79}, }, } local textures = {} local shaders = {} addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart", getResourceRootElement(), function () for k, v in pairs(availableTextures) do textures[k] = dxCreateTexture("textures/" .. v, "dxt1") end for k, v in pairs(getElementsByType("vehicle"), getRootElement(), true) do applyTexture(v) end end) addEventHandler("onClientElementStreamIn", getRootElement(), function () if getElementType(source) == "vehicle" then applyTexture(source) end end) addEventHandler("onClientResourceStop", getResourceRootElement(), function () for k, v in pairs(shaders) do if isElement(v) then destroyElement(v) end end for k, v in pairs(textures) do destroyElement(v) end end) addEventHandler("onClientElementDataChange", getRootElement(), function (dataName) if dataName == "vehicle.tuning.Paintjob" then applyTexture(source) end end) addEventHandler("onClientElementDestroy", getRootElement(), function () if shaders[source] then if isElement(shaders[source]) then destroyElement(shaders[source]) end shaders[source] = nil end end) function applyTexture(vehicle) local paintjobId = getElementData(vehicle, "vehicle.tuning.Paintjob") or 0 if paintjobId then if paintjobId == 0 then if isElement(shaders[vehicle]) then destroyElement(shaders[vehicle]) end shaders[vehicle] = nil elseif paintjobId > 0 then local model = getElementModel(vehicle) if not isElement(shaders[vehicle]) then shaders[vehicle] = dxCreateShader("texturechanger.fx") end local modelTexture = modelTextures[model] if modelTexture then local paintjob = paintjobs[modelTexture] if paintjob and paintjob[model] then local textureId = paintjob[model][paintjobId] if textureId and shaders[vehicle] then if textures[textureId] then dxSetShaderValue(shaders[vehicle], "gTexture", textures[textureId]) engineApplyShaderToWorldTexture(shaders[vehicle], modelTexture, vehicle) end end end end end end end function isTextureIdValid(model, textureId) local modelTexture = modelTextures[model] if modelTexture then local paintjob = paintjobs[modelTexture] if paintjob then if paintjob[model] then if paintjob[model][textureId] then return true else return false end else return false end else return false end else return false end end function applyPaintJob(paintjobId, sync) local pedveh = getPedOccupiedVehicle(localPlayer) paintjobId = tonumber(paintjobId) if paintjobId then if isElement(pedveh) then local model = getElementModel(pedveh) if isTextureIdValid(model, paintjobId) or paintjobId == 0 then setElementData(pedveh, "vehicle.tuning.Paintjob", paintjobId, sync) end end end end function getPaintJobCount(model) model = tonumber(model) local modelTexture = modelTextures[model] local paintjob = paintjobs[modelTexture] if model == 467 then return #paintjob[model] - 2 end if model == 500 or model == 438 then return #paintjob[model] - 1 end if model and modelTexture and paintjob and paintjob[model] then return #paintjob[model] end return false end

Hi! How do you deploy your updates from your development server to your production server? What is your workflow? Github push/pull/clone? Github CI/CD? Manually copy/paste modified files? Or do you use a self developed tool?

data[1] and data[2] are numbers. For example: inUseData[12][5] = true The client is clicking on a dxDraw button, that is rendered on the 3D World.

Hello! I have this code: client.lua: function clicksFunction(button, state, absoluteX, absoluteY, worldX, worldY, worldZ, clickedElement) .... if isCursorInBox(x, y, 20, 20) then triggerServerEvent("serverEventName", resourceRoot, data) end .... end addEventHandler("onClientClick", getRootElement(), clickInTheFarms) server.lua: local inUseData = {} addEvent("serverEventName", true) addEventHandler("serverEventName", resourceRoot, function(data) if not inUseData[data[1]] then inUseData[data[1]] = {} end if inUseData[data[1]] and inUseData[data[1]][data[2]] == true then return end inUseData[data[1]][data[2]] = true --some more code here to do things end) My problem is when two player clicks on client side, and triggering server event in the exact same time, then the if inUseData[data[1]] and inUseData[data[1]][data[2]] == true then return end not blocking the code execution under this line. So they can run the "--some more code here to do things" in the same time, and I don't want to allow this. How can I solve this problem?

But as I said, it does not always crash, so it is hard to test by disabling them one by one, and there is nothing error message/crash report. Any other methods?

Because it happens to more players, the problem comes from a resource on the host.

Hi! I am having a strange problem with my server. Sometimes when players connect to the server and the server files are loading, the MTA:SA client crashes/freezes. But the crash/freeze is completely random, not crashing all the time, that's why I can't stop resources one by one and test. The crash is not person specific, it happens to a lot of players, but not always. Sometimes they need to connect to another server/map editor first, then back to my server to prevent the crash/freeze, because sometimes MTA freezes a lot of times in a row. How can I find out what is causing the crash? There is no error message about anything when the MTA crashes, only the MTA window does not respond.

Hi! I am having a strange problem with my server. Sometimes when players connect to the server and the server files are loading, the MTA:SA client crashes/freezes. But the crash/freeze is completely random, not crashing all the time, that's why I can't stop resources one by one and test. The crash is not person specific, it happens to a lot of players, but not always. Sometimes they need to connect to another server/map editor first, then back to my server to prevent the crash/freeze, because sometimes MTA freezes a lot of times in a row. How can I find out what is causing the crash? There is no error message about anything when the MTA crashes, only the MTA window does not respond.

By the way the https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/Script_security#Securing_triggerServerEvent article is changed not a long time ago. The old triggerServerEvent validating still working or not? The old validation method server side: addEvent("onRaiseTheRoof", true) addEventHandler("onRaiseTheRoof", resourceRoot, function(arg1, arg2) -- Check data is coming from a client if client then -- The source for this event is always 'resourceRoot' if source ~= resourceRoot then reportNaughtyness( eventName, client, "source" ) return end -- arg1 should be the player if arg1 ~= client then reportNaughtyness( eventName, client, "arg1" ) return end -- arg2 should be between 1 and 100 if arg2 < 1 or arg2 >100 then reportNaughtyness( eventName, client, "arg2" ) return end end -- -- Do usual code for 'onRaiseTheRoof' -- end ) -- Helper function to log illegal things function reportNaughtyness( eventName, client, reason ) -- Report outputConsole( "Possible rogue client!" .. " client:" .. tostring(getPlayerName(client)) .. " eventName:" .. tostring(eventName) .. " reason:" .. tostring(reason) ) end

But it is not relevant, because cheaters can see all of the bones position through walls, without weapon too.

I see. Thanks. And if I am right, there is nothing against xray/wallhack?!

How did you solved the distance measurement on server side? With timers?

Yes, or jump out of a plane/helicopter, or jump off the roof. But what about explosions?