triggered client event

[WASSIm.]

hi guys. i have problem. and this problem make me suck and i don't know what is this problem

Server triggered client side event onClientCheckDownload, but event is not added clientside

Server

addEventHandler("onResourceStart", resourceRoot, 
function()  
    local meta = xmlLoadFile ("mods.xml") 
    for i,node in ipairs(xmlNodeGetChildren(meta)) do  
        local theModel = xmlNodeGetAttribute(node, "theModel") 
        local modelID = xmlNodeGetAttribute(node, "modelID") 
        local theFile = fileOpen(theModel)  
        if (theFile) then 
            triggerClientEvent(root, "onClientCheckDownload", root, theFile, theModel, modelID) 
        else 
            outputChatBox(modelID.." This file do not exist") 
        end 
    end 
end) 

Client

addEvent("onClientCheckDownload", true) 
addEventHandler("onClientCheckDownload", root, 
function(theFile, theModel, modelID)  
end) 

[Baseplate]

You sure you've added the client file as "client" on meta?

[IIYAMA]

Cause the server is already sending data while the client hasn't loaded yet.

(loaded the client.lua file)

[Baseplate]

I think putting client.lua first before the server.lua in the meta.xml can solve the problem

[WASSIm.]

i try it but same problem

[IIYAMA]

I think putting client.lua first before the server.lua in the meta.xml can solve the problem

NO, cause the server ALWAYS start first.

You have to send a message from clientside > onClientResourceStart < to the server and send the data back to the client.

[WASSIm.]

thanks its working but i have other problem. its put in chat nil

addEvent("onClientCheckDownload", true) 
addEventHandler("onClientCheckDownload", root, 
function(theFile, theModel, modelID) 
    outputChatBox(fileGetSize(theFile)) 
end) 

[IIYAMA]

because you can't past files with this function.

Only data.

Tables, strings, numbers, userdata etc.

You have to read the information from it first or read the whole file.

And then recreate it at clientside, with the new data.

[WASSIm.]

now its working fine but make lag

Client

addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot, 
function( ) 
    triggerServerEvent("onPlayerPreDownload", localPlayer) 
end) 
  
addEvent("onClientPlayerPreDownload", true) 
addEventHandler("onClientPlayerPreDownload", root, 
function(data, size, theModel, modelID)  
    local theFile = fileOpen(theModel) 
    if (fileExists(theModel)) and (fileGetSize(theFile) ==  size) then 
        fileClose(theFile) 
        if (string.find(theModel, ".txd")) then 
            local txd = engineLoadTXD(theModel, true) 
            if (txd) then 
                engineImportTXD(txd, modelID) 
            end 
        elseif (string.find(theModel, ".dff")) then 
            local dff = engineLoadDFF(theModel, modelID) 
            if (dff) then 
                engineReplaceModel(dff, modelID) 
            end 
        end 
    else 
        local newFile = fileCreate(theModel) 
        if (newFile) then 
            local downloadSize = fileWrite(newFile, data) 
            outputChatBox(theModel.." Started Download") 
            triggerEvent("onClientPlayerDownload", localPlayer, newFile) 
        end 
    end 
end) 

Server

addEvent("onPlayerPreDownload", true) 
addEventHandler("onPlayerPreDownload", root, 
function()  
    local meta = xmlLoadFile ("mods.xml") 
    for i,node in ipairs(xmlNodeGetChildren(meta)) do  
        local theModel = xmlNodeGetAttribute(node, "theModel") 
        local modelID = xmlNodeGetAttribute(node, "modelID") 
        local theFile = fileOpen(theModel)  
        if (theFile) then 
            local size = fileGetSize(theFile) 
            local data = fileRead(theFile, size) 
            triggerClientEvent(source, "onClientPlayerPreDownload", source, data, size, theModel, modelID) 
            fileClose(theFile) 
        else 
            outputChatBox(modelID.." This file do not exist") 
        end 
    end 
end) 

[IIYAMA]

Because you are sending a lot of trigger events, when you can just do it with one triggerLatentClientEvent, a table and a loop.

[WASSIm.]

ok i change to this but nothing happen

triggerLatentClientEvent(source, "onClientCheckDownload", 50000, false, source, data, size, theModel, modelID) 

Edited January 14, 2014 by Guest

[IIYAMA]

where is your table?

[WASSIm.]

what table ?

[IIYAMA]

To save your stuff so it can be send with 1 triggerLatentClientEvent

[WASSIm.]

finally working thanks

[IIYAMA]

        local newTable = {} 
        local size = fileGetSize(theFile) 
        local data = fileRead(theFile, size) 
         
        -- loop 
            local theModel = xmlNodeGetAttribute(node, "theModel") 
            local modelID = xmlNodeGetAttribute(node, "modelID") 
            newTable[#newTable+1]= {theModel,modelID} 
        --- 
  
    -- in function --        
        triggerLatentClientEvent(source, "onClientPlayerPreDownload", source, newTable,size,data) 
  
  

Something like this, except most of those things should be out of the function, because it only have to be done one time.

Also you should first pre communicate with the server before you are sending this data over.

Because now you are still sending everything to the client, since that is the thing you want to prevent.