need some tips how to script group conversations

[xTravax]

Hello!

I would like to create something similiar to group conversations.

You invite a person over command, if he accepts you two merge into 1 conversation(unless if you are already with someone in conversation, then he gets in it as well)

However i am not really sure how to store the conversation's data.

I could use tables, but how do i do it without making conflicts?

Any example how you would do it?

Thank you in advance.

[botder]

I don't know if you are going to accept this answer, but you could take a look into my resource:

https://community.multitheftauto.com/in ... ls&id=7424

[xTravax]

Thanks.

I like the way how you called it, 'Party Chat'.

I have finished my 'party' resource (at least i thought so)

I've ran into incredibly retarded bug(seriously)

This is driving me nuts.

-- (one part of client script) 
addEvent("onPlayerInvite",true) 
  
local theInviter = {} 
  
function onPartyInvite(inviter) 
  
   if source == localPlayer then 
      bindKey("k","down",triggerAccept) 
      bindKey("l","down",triggerDecline) 
       
      table.insert(theInviter,inviter) -- lets keep the inviter in table 
      guiSetVisible(partyWindow,true) 
      guiSetText(label,getPlayerNick(inviter).." has invited you for a party\n\nPress 'K' to accept, or 'L' to decline") 
      guiLabelSetHorizontalAlign(label,"center") 
      guiLabelSetVerticalAlign(label,"center") 
   end 
end 
addEventHandler("onPlayerInvite",root,onPartyInvite) 
  
function triggerAccept() 
      local inviter = unpack(theInviter) 
      outputDebugString("inviter: "..getPlayerNick(inviter)) -- outputs different name than the localPlayer 
      triggerServerEvent("onPartyAccept",inviter,localPlayer) 
      guiSetVisible(partyWindow,false) 
      unbindKey("k","down",triggerAccept) 
      unbindKey("l","down",triggerDecline) 
      theInviter = {} 
end 
  
-- one part of server script 
function onPartyAccept(player) 
if client == player then return error("WTF!?") end -- client is same as player, and it gives error 
  
outputChatBox(getPlayerNick(player).." has accepted your party invitation.",client,0,255,0) 
   local id = getPlayerSerial(client) 
   if not isPlayerInParty(client) then 
       
      party[id] = {} 
      party[id].players = {client,player} 
      setElementData(client,"party.name",id) 
      setElementData(client,"party.leader",true) 
      setElementData(player,"party.name",id) 
      setElementData(player,"party.leader",false) 
   else 
      table.insert(party[id].players,player) 
      setElementData(player,"party.name",id) 
      setElementData(player,"party.leader",false) 
   end 
   outputChatBox(getPlayerNick(player).." has accepted your party invitation!",client,0,255,0)    
end 
addEventHandler("onPartyAccept",root,onPartyAccept) 

Shortly said:

I make sure that the party inviter and localPlayer are two different elements/players then i trigger a server event, and in server event they're both the person who invited another player(they're both the same player element)

Please help me anyone if anyone knows why the f*** is this happening...

[botder]

triggerServerEvent("onPartyAccept",inviter,localPlayer) 

function onPartyAccept(player) 
    if client == player then 

player will be always 'localPlayer'.

[xTravax]

yes player is an argument in server function and that player is localPlayer from clientside

but client on the server is same as the player, and that is impossible

inviter and localPlayer are two different players, and on server side they are same 1 player...

why?how?help?

[botder]

triggerServerEvent("onPartyAccept",inviter,localPlayer) 

In your event handler onPartyAccept (serverside) you will have those values:

source = inviter 
client = localPlayer 
player = localPlayer 

The parameter player is wrong in the triggerServerEvent call (clientside).

[xTravax]

alright, thanks it works now

but i got a question:

isn't client always the element in 2nd argument when triggeringEvents?

what about the warning of source faking on wiki for these custom events?

[botder]

The hidden variable client is an automatically filled variable with the player-element, which triggered the event.

Manipulated clients could trigger serverside events for other players. For example in the race resource a player can request to get killed by triggering a serverside event. The manipulated client could trigger that event for everyone and make everyone get killed. To avoid this, the race resource has a function to catch those false triggered events (source == client) called checkClient.