triggerClientEvent

[-.Paradox.-]

Hello guys, i'm trying to trigger an dxText which it will show how much XP i earned after i kill someone, here is my code

Client:

sWidth,sHeight = guiGetScreenSize() 
function onTestExp(X) 
    dxDrawText("#00FF000 +"..tonumber(X), (539/1024)*sWidth, (745/768)*sHeight, (289/1024)*sWidth, (250/768)*sHeight, tocolor (255, 255, 255, 255), (0.7/1366)*sWidth,(0.7/768)*sHeight,"bankgothic","left","top",false,false,false,true)    
end 
      
addEvent("onTestExp", true) 
addEventHandler( "onTestExp", root, 
function() 
        addEventHandler("onClientRender", root, onTestExp) 
        setTimer( 
        function () 
                removeEventHandler ( "onClientRender", root, onTestExp ) 
        end, 3000, 1) 
end) 

Server:

--just some lines of the code 
        local X = math.random(5, 45) 
        triggerClientEvent("onTestExp", killer, X) 

And killer is defined here:

function win(killer, weapon, bodypart) 
    if (killer and getElementType(killer) == "player" and killer ~= source) then 

[Castillo]

You can't pass arguments using addEventHandler, that means that "X" is nil.

What yo ucan do is:

Define a global variable using the data sent from the server side.

[-.Paradox.-]

How? Actually i did not understand what you're trying to say..

[Castillo]

Example:

local experience = 0 -- Define global variable 

Now, in your trigger, you are sending the experience value, so, you must add the argument in the client side function:

addEvent ( "onTestExp", true ) 
addEventHandler ( "onTestExp", root, 
    function ( expe ) -- Here you are defining an argument, in this case, the value is what is sent from the server side. 
    end 
) 

So, all what you have to do next is set the "experience" variable value, which you can do it like this:

experience = expe 

After that, you add the event handler to render it, and in dxDrawText you use "experience" variable instead of "X".

[-.Paradox.-]

Gonna try thanks

[-.Paradox.-]

Here is the client side part,

sWidth, sHeight = guiGetScreenSize() 
function onTestExp() 
    dxDrawText("#00FF000 +"..tostring(experience), (539/1024)*sWidth, (745/768)*sHeight, (289/1024)*sWidth, (250/768)*sHeight, tocolor (255, 255, 255, 255), (0.7/1366)*sWidth,(0.7/768)*sHeight,"bankgothic","left","top",false,false,false,true)   
end 
      
addEvent("onTestExp", true) 
addEventHandler( "onTestExp", root, 
function( expe ) 
experience = expe 
        addEventHandler("onClientRender", root, onTestExp) 
        setTimer( 
        function () 
                removeEventHandler ( "onClientRender", root, onTestExp ) 
        end, 3000, 1) 
end) 

I will send you the Server side in pm if it's possible..

Edited May 10, 2014 by Guest

[Castillo]

function onTestExp(experience) 

Remove "experience" from there and change "tonumber" to "tostring".

[-.Paradox.-]

Thanks Castillo.

And is it possible to do the following?

If i killed like example 2 people in the same time, it will count automatically how much i earned like example.

I killed the first one and i got 24 xp and after i kill the second one i got 22, so it will output 46 if you know what i mean, if it's not possible then never mind thanks.

[-.Paradox.-]

Help?

[Castillo]

Anything is possible if you know how to do it.

I would suggest to define your timer, so then you can use isTimer to know if the timer is still running, and if it is, you can reset it and increase the value of the "experience" variable with the value sent from the server side.

[-.Paradox.-]

I undertand, but i'll have to do it manually..

What if i killed 3 players like example? It will cancel the first text and it will ouput a new one.

Oh btw are those the exact functions:

setTimer 
isTimer 
killTimer 
resetTimer 
getTickCount 

[Castillo]

No need to use killTimer nor getTickCount, just isTimer and resetTimer.

[-.Paradox.-]

Okay, and what i should do to increase the value of the experience variable with the value sent from server side?

[Castillo]

Well, it's quite easy, all you have to do is:

experience = ( experience + expe ) 

[-.Paradox.-]

sWidth, sHeight = guiGetScreenSize() 
function onTestExp() 
    dxDrawText("#FFFFCC +"..tostring(experience), (539/1024)*sWidth, (545/768)*sHeight, (289/1024)*sWidth, (250/768)*sHeight, tocolor (255, 255, 255, 255), (0.7/1366)*sWidth,(0.7/768)*sHeight,"bankgothic","left","top",false,false,false,true)    
end 
      
addEvent("onTestExp", true) 
addEventHandler( "onTestExp", root, 
function( expe ) 
experience = expe 
        addEventHandler("onClientRender", root, onTestExp) 
        setTimer( 
        function () 
                removeEventHandler ( "onClientRender", root, onTestExp ) 
        end, 2000, 1) 
        if isTimer(source) then 
            resetTimer(source) 
            experience = ( experience + expe ) 
            setTimer( 
        function () 
                removeEventHandler ( "onClientRender", root, onTestExp ) 
        end, 2000, 1) 
        end 
end) 

Edited May 19, 2014 by Guest

[-.Paradox.-]

Help?

[-.Paradox.-]

Help please.

[TAPL]

sWidth, sHeight = guiGetScreenSize() 
function onTestExp() 
    dxDrawText("#FFFFCC +"..tostring(experience), (539/1024)*sWidth, (545/768)*sHeight, (289/1024)*sWidth, (250/768)*sHeight, tocolor (255, 255, 255, 255), (0.7/1366)*sWidth,(0.7/768)*sHeight,"bankgothic","left","top",false,false,false,true)    
end 
  
addEvent("onTestExp", true) 
addEventHandler( "onTestExp", root, 
function(expe) 
    if not isTimer(expTimer) then 
        expTimer = setTimer(function() 
            removeEventHandler("onClientRender", root, onTestExp) 
        end, 2000, 1) 
        experience = expe 
        addEventHandler("onClientRender", root, onTestExp) 
    else 
        experience = (experience + expe) 
        resetTimer(expTimer) 
    end 
end) 

[undefined]

I'm working on exp / level system.

Im make this but i have a problem.

Exp have been changed, must disappearing after 2500 milliseconds. But for the first time the changing exp triggers.

How to fix it?

local sWidth, sHeight = guiGetScreenSize () 
function onTestExp() 
    dxDrawText("+"..tostring(givePlayerExp), (1542/1680)*sWidth, (10/1050)*sHeight, (1594/1680)*sWidth, (29/1050)*sHeight, tocolor(255, 20, 0, 255), (0.60/1680)*sWidth, (0.60/1050)*sHeight, "bankgothic", "left", "top", false, false, true, true, false) 
end 
  
handlerExist = false 
addEvent("onTestExp", true) 
addEventHandler( "onTestExp", root, 
function( expe ) 
    givePlayerExp = expe 
     
    if (handlerExist == false) then 
    addEventHandler( "onClientRender", root, onTestExp ) 
    handlerExist = true 
    setTimer( function ()  
        if (handlerExist == true) then 
        removeEventHandler( "onClientRender", root, onTestExp ) 
        handlerExist = false 
        end 
end, 2500, 1 ) 
    else 
    removeEventHandler( "onClientRender", root, onTestExp ) 
    addEventHandler( "onClientRender", root, onTestExp ) 
    handlerExist = true 
    setTimer( function ()  
        if (handlerExist == true) then 
        removeEventHandler( "onClientRender", root, onTestExp ) 
        handlerExist = false 
        end 
end, 2500, 1 ) 
    end 
end 
) 

Sry for bad English.

[-.Paradox.-]

Thanks TAPL gonna try.

and @AbaZaSiRiN00 Post the part where you triggered the client event "onTestExp"

[undefined]

givePlayerExp = math.random(50, 75) 
triggerClientEvent("onTestExp", killer, givePlayerExp) 

[-.Paradox.-]

Copy my code.

Replace experience with givePlayerExp.

and replace expe with give.

If it doesn't work, put the whole server side code.

[undefined]

Oh no. It's work perfectly. My problem is timing. Each exp arrives, I want you to start from the beginning of 2500 milliseconds. My only problem is it.

[-.Paradox.-]

Explain...

[-.Paradox.-]

sWidth, sHeight = guiGetScreenSize() 
function onTestExp() 
    dxDrawText("#FFFFCC +"..tostring(experience), (539/1024)*sWidth, (545/768)*sHeight, (289/1024)*sWidth, (250/768)*sHeight, tocolor (255, 255, 255, 255), (0.7/1366)*sWidth,(0.7/768)*sHeight,"bankgothic","left","top",false,false,false,true)    
end 
  
addEvent("onTestExp", true) 
addEventHandler( "onTestExp", root, 
function(expe) 
    if not isTimer(expTimer) then 
        expTimer = setTimer(function() 
            removeEventHandler("onClientRender", root, onTestExp) 
        end, 2000, 1) 
        experience = expe 
        addEventHandler("onClientRender", root, onTestExp) 
    else 
        experience = (experience + expe) 
        resetTimer(expTimer) 
    end 
end) 

Thanks TAPL. : )