[HELP] Shader texture visibility

[Shuubaru]

Hi, I'm making a GUI to select skins for a car, sync it with the server, and then use engineApplyShaderToWorldTexture, I have a problem with the visibility of the skins, only the player can see his skin, and he see the other players with the default texture (the texture on the .txd).

Here is my code:

client side

skin = { 
  
[0] = nil , 
[1] = dxCreateTexture("texture2.png","dxt3") , 
[2] = dxCreateTexture("texture6.png","dxt3") 
  
} 
  
function buytheskin () 
    if (source == botonSkin1) then 
        setElementData( getLocalPlayer(), "infernusSkin", skin[1] ) 
        triggerServerEvent ( "buySkin1", getLocalPlayer(), getLocalPlayer()) 
    elseif (source == botonSkin2) then 
        setElementData( getLocalPlayer(), "infernusSkin", skin[2] ) 
        triggerServerEvent ( "buySkin2", getLocalPlayer(), getLocalPlayer()) 
    end 
end 
addEventHandler ( "onClientGUIClick", getRootElement(), buytheskin ) 
  
function quitarSkin () 
    setElementData( getLocalPlayer(), "infernusSkin", skin[0] ) 
    triggerServerEvent ("quitarSkin", getLocalPlayer(), getLocalPlayer()) 
end 
addCommandHandler("testquitarskin", quitarSkin) 
     
--------------------------------------- 
--activacion de skins desde el server-- 
--skin 1 
  
function pintar1 () 
    local vehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle(getLocalPlayer()) 
    local shader = dxCreateShader("pintura.fx") 
    dxSetShaderValue(shader,"gTexture",skin[1]) 
    engineApplyShaderToWorldTexture(shader,"texture",vehicle) 
end 
addEvent("pintar1", true) 
addEventHandler("pintar1", getLocalPlayer(), pintar1) 
  
--skin 2 
  
function pintar2 (vehicle, player) 
    local vehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle(getLocalPlayer()) 
    local shader = dxCreateShader("pintura.fx") 
    dxSetShaderValue(shader,"gTexture",skin[2]) 
    engineApplyShaderToWorldTexture(shader,"texture",vehicle) 
end 
addEvent("pintar2", true) 
addEventHandler("pintar2", getLocalPlayer(), pintar2) 
  
-------------------------------------------------------- 
----cargar skin al comienzo del mapa desde el server---- 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
  
function loadServerSkin (loadAccountSkinData) 
    local vehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle(getLocalPlayer()) 
    local shader = dxCreateShader("pintura.fx") 
    dxSetShaderValue(shader,"gTexture",loadAccountSkinData) 
    engineApplyShaderToWorldTexture(shader,"texture",vehicle) 
    outputChatBox("Skin loaded successfully.") 
end 
addEvent("loadSkin", true) 
addEventHandler("loadSkin", getLocalPlayer(), loadServerSkin) 
addCommandHandler("forceskinload", loadServerSkin) 
  
function quitarPintura () 
    local vehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle(getLocalPlayer()) 
    local shader = dxCreateShader("pintura.fx") 
    dxSetShaderValue(shader,"gTexture",skin[0]) 
    engineApplyShaderToWorldTexture(shader,"texture",vehicle) 
end 
addEvent("quitarPintura", true) 
addEventHandler("quitarPintura", getLocalPlayer(), quitarPintura) 

--server side

--buy skin 1 
function buySkin1(player) 
    if not player then 
        return 
    end 
    if isPedInVehicle(player) then 
        local vehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle(player) 
        --if onTakeMoney( player, infos.nitroPrice) then 
            if vehicle then 
                local theSkin = getElementData (player, "infernusSkin") 
                local playeraccount = getPlayerAccount ( player ) 
                setAccountData (playeraccount, "infernuSkin", theSkin) 
                triggerClientEvent(player, "pintar1", player) 
                outputChatBox (getPlayerName(player).. " #ffffffhas set the skin 1",root,255,255,255,true) 
            end 
        --else 
            --outputChatBox("#bd4749[ERROR] #cacacaYou dont have enough cash!",player,255,0,0,true) 
        --end 
    else 
        outputConsole ( "You must be in a vehicle!",player,255,0,0,true) 
    end 
end 
addEvent("buySkin1",true) 
addEventHandler("buySkin1",root,buySkin1) 
  
--buy skin 2 
function buySkin2(player) 
    if not player then 
        return 
    end 
    if isPedInVehicle(player) then 
        local vehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle(player) 
        --if onTakeMoney( player, infos.nitroPrice) then 
            if vehicle then 
                local theSkin = getElementData (player, "infernusSkin") 
                local playeraccount = getPlayerAccount ( player ) 
                setAccountData (playeraccount, "infernuSkin", theSkin) 
                triggerClientEvent(player, "pintar2", player) 
                outputChatBox (getPlayerName(player).. " #ffffffhas set the skin 2",root,255,255,255,true) 
            end 
        --else 
            --outputChatBox("#bd4749[ERROR] #cacacaYou dont have enough cash!",player,255,0,0,true) 
        --end 
    else 
        outputConsole ( "You must be in a vehicle!",player,255,0,0,true) 
    end 
end 
addEvent("buySkin2",true) 
addEventHandler("buySkin2",root,buySkin2) 
  
function quitarSkin (player) 
    if not player then 
        return 
    end 
    if isPedInVehicle(player) then 
        local vehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle(player) 
            if vehicle then 
                triggerClientEvent(player, "quitarPintura", player) 
                outputChatBox (getPlayerName(player).. " #ffffffhas succesfully removed his skin.",root,255,255,255,true) 
            end 
    else 
        outputConsole ( "You must be in a vehicle!",player,255,0,0,true) 
    end 
end 
addEvent("quitarSkin",true) 
addEventHandler("quitarSkin",root,quitarSkin) 
  
------------------------------------- 
  
function cargarSkin () 
    local getTheActualSkin = getElementData ( source, "infernusSkin") 
    local playeraccount = getPlayerAccount ( source ) 
    local loadAccountSkinData = getAccountData ( playeraccount, "infernuSkin" ) 
    triggerClientEvent (source, "loadSkin", source, loadAccountSkinData) 
end 
addEventHandler( "onPlayerVehicleEnter",getRootElement(), cargarSkin ) 

I don't get any errors on the debug.

[Shuubaru]

bump

any help? .-.

[RaceXtreme]

You want every player (X) in the server to view that vehicle skin of a specific player (A), right? When you call engineApplyShaderToWorldTexture, you just applied for that player A on his machine using the vehicle variable. Hence, only him will see his skin.

If you need all players to be able to view so you would need to call pintar1 in all server's clients. But if I'm not wrong, the player A's vehicle element just exists if it is streammed in one Player X machine. So in addition, you would need a onClientElementStreamIn event to check whether the Player A's has vehicle appeared in Player X's world and if he has any skin to be applied.

Instead to call the costum event pintar1 on the Player A's machine, you need onClientElementStreamIn event instead, where it checks if the source element is a valid player vehicle and whether if his account has the said infernusSkin. If so, apply the shader with engineApplyShaderToWorldTexture.

[Shuubaru]

You want every player (X) in the server to view that vehicle skin of a specific player (A), right? When you call engineApplyShaderToWorldTexture, you just applied for that player A on his machine using the vehicle variable. Hence, only him will see his skin.

If you need all players to be able to view so you would need to call pintar1 in all server's clients. But if I'm not wrong, the player A's vehicle element just exists if it is streammed in one Player X machine. So in addition, you would need a onClientElementStreamIn event to check whether the Player A's has vehicle appeared in Player X's world and if he has any skin to be applied.

Instead to call the costum event pintar1 on the Player A's machine, you need onClientElementStreamIn event instead, where it checks if the source element is a valid player vehicle and whether if his account has the said infernusSkin. If so, apply the shader with engineApplyShaderToWorldTexture.

Thank you so much for the information, I didn't know the onClientElementStreamIn event. I rebuilt the script and now it works beatiful and all the important is on client side now.

local skinShaders = {} 
  
addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart",resourceRoot, 
    function () 
        setElementData(localPlayer,"vehicleSkin",false) 
    end 
) 
  
addEventHandler("onClientElementStreamIn",root, 
    function () 
        if getElementType(source) == "vehicle" then 
            loadVehicleSkins(source) 
        end 
    end 
) 
  
addEventHandler("onClientVehicleEnter",root, 
    function () 
        loadVehicleSkins(source) 
    end 
)        
  
function loadVehicleSkins (vehicle) 
    local controllerSkin = getVehicleController(vehicle) 
    if not controllerSkin then return end 
    local playerSkin = getElementData(controllerSkin,"vehicleSkin") 
    if not playerSkin then return end 
    if not skinShaders[playerSkin] then 
        local theTexture = dxCreateTexture("texture"..playerSkin..".png","dxt3") 
        local skinsFX = dxCreateShader("pintura.fx") 
        dxSetShaderValue(skinsFX,"gTexture",theTexture) 
        skinShaders[playerSkin] = skinsFX 
    end 
    engineApplyShaderToWorldTexture(skinShaders[playerSkin],"texture",vehicle) 
end 
  
function unloadVehicleLights(controllerSkin) 
    setElementData(controllerSkin,"vehiclelight",false) 
end 

I will add later the triggers for my needs but it works.

I hope this would be useful for someone else, and thank you again.