Client Script Does Not Work

[Vector]

I have two scripts. The client side script and the server side script.

The server side script is executed, but the client side script not.

Seems that events and event handlers in the client side are not created, so, the function triggerClientEvent has no effect.

here is my meta file -->>

  
[color=#0000FF]<meta>[/color] 
    <[color=#0000FF]info[/color][color=#008080] author[/color]=[color=#FF0040]"__Vector__"[/color] [color=#008080]version[/color]=[color=#FF0040]"1.0"[/color] [color=#008080]description[/color]=[color=#FF0040]"My Script" [/color][color=#008080]type[/color]=[color=#FF0040]"script"[/color] /> 
    <[color=#0000FF]script[/color] [color=#008080]src[/color]=[color=#FF0040]"server.lua"[/color] [color=#008080]type[/color]=[color=#FF0040]"server"[/color] /> 
    <[color=#0000FF]srcipt[/color] [color=#008080]src[/color]=[color=#FF0040]"client.lua"[/color] [color=#008080]type[/color]=[color=#FF0040]"client"[/color] /> 
[color=#0000FF]</meta>[/color] 

server file script ->

server.lua

[color=#0000FF]local[/color] function foo (thePlayer) 
      triggerClientEvent (getRootElement (),[color=#FF0040]"runit"[/color], getRootElement (), thePlayer); 
[color=#0000FF]end;[/color] 
  
addCommandHandler ([color=#FF0040]"run"[/color], foo, [color=#0000FF]false[/color], [color=#0000FF]false[/color]);  
  

client file script ->

client.lua

[color=#0000FF]local[/color] function bar (thePlayer) 
      outputChatBox (getPlayerName (getLocalPlayer ()) .. [color=#FF0040]" receives an event from player "[/color] .. getPlayerName (thePlayer), 
                               getRootElement (), [color=#008080]255[/color], [color=#008080]0[/color], [color=#008080]0[/color]); 
   [color=#00BF00]   -- this does not print nothing[/color]     
[color=#0000FF]end;[/color] 
  
addEvent ([color=#FF0040]"runit"[/color], [color=#0000FF]true[/color]); 
addEventHandler ([color=#FF0040]"runit"[/color], getRootElement (), bar); 

Edited March 10, 2013 by Guest

[TheIceman1]

Try this:

server.lua

function foo (thePlayer) 
      triggerClientEvent (getRootElement (), "runit", thePlayer); 
end; 
  
addCommandHandler ("run", foo);  
  

client.lua

function bar () 
      outputChatBox (getPlayerName (getLocalPlayer ()) .. " receives an event from player " .. getPlayerName (localPlayer), getRootElement (), 255, 0, 0) 
end; 
addEvent ("runit", true); 
addEventHandler ("runit", getRootElement (), bar); 

thePlayer is not client element.

[Anderl]

You need to add the client files before the server files in the 'meta.xml' file.

Try this:

server.lua

function foo (thePlayer) 
      triggerClientEvent (getRootElement (), "runit", thePlayer); 
end; 
  
addCommandHandler ("run", foo);  
  

client.lua

function bar () 
      outputChatBox (getPlayerName (getLocalPlayer ()) .. " receives an event from player " .. getPlayerName (localPlayer), getRootElement (), 255, 0, 0) 
end; 
addEvent ("runit", true); 
addEventHandler ("runit", getRootElement (), bar); 

thePlayer is not client element.

It is passed with triggerClientEvent.

[Vector]

Does not work as well.

According to the mta wiki. the third argument of triggerClientEvent is "The element that is the source of the event. This could be another player, or if this isn't relevant, use the root element." irrelevant. so your code does not remove the error, just assigning to the global variable "source", the variable "thePlayer". But thanks.

[Anderl]

Have you read what I said?

[Vector]

Ok. I´ll try that.

wait

[Vector]

nothing happen

meta file =>

  
[color=#0000FF]<meta>[/color] 
    <[color=#0000FF]info[/color][color=#008080] author[/color]=[color=#FF0040]"__Vector__"[/color] [color=#008080]version[/color]=[color=#FF0040]"1.0"[/color] [color=#008080]description[/color]=[color=#FF0040]"My Script" [/color][color=#008080]type[/color]=[color=#FF0040]"script"[/color] /> 
    <[color=#0000FF]script[/color] [color=#008080]src[/color]=[color=#FF0040]"client.lua"[/color] [color=#008080]type[/color]=[color=#FF0040]"client"[/color] /> 
    <[color=#0000FF]srcipt[/color] [color=#008080]src[/color]=[color=#FF0040]"server.lua"[/color] [color=#008080]type[/color]=[color=#FF0040]"server"[/color] /> 
[color=#0000FF]</meta>[/color] 

[Vector]

I tried this code in the client side script and does not work.

Please help.

[color=#0000FF]function[/color] outputPressedCharacter(character) 
    [color=#0000FF]if [/color]character==[color=#FF0040]" "[/color] then [color=#00FF00]--if the character is a space[/color] 
        character = [color=#FF0040]"space"[/color][color=#00FF00] --change 'character' to 'space'[/color] 
    [color=#0000FF]end[/color] 
    outputChatBox([color=#FF0040]"You pressed the character "[/color]..character..[color=#FF0040]"!"[/color]) [color=#00FF00]--output the character[/color] 
[color=#0000FF]end[/color] 
addEventHandler([color=#FF0040]"onClientCharacter"[/color], getRootElement(), outputPressedCharacter)