Flashlight not working... in Scripting

Created on: January 26, 2014, 06:09:52 pm

DeletedUser
Deleted Member

Basically I scripted a flashlight script, but for some strange reason it doesn't work.

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#include clientscripts\_utility;
#include clientscripts\_vehicle;
#include clientscripts\_lights;
#include clientscripts\_fx;
#include clientscripts\_music;
precache()
{
	level._effect["flashlight_fx"] = loadFX("fx/custom/flashlight");
 
}

main()
{
	waitforclient(0);
	realwait(1);
	players = GetPlayers();
	for(i = 0; i<players.size;i++){
		players[i] thread player_flashlight(i);
	}
}

player_flashlight(localclientnum)
{
	for(;;)
	{
		fx = level._effect["flashlight_fx"];
		currentweapon = GetCurrentWeapon(localclientnum); 
 
		if( ( currentweapon == "zombie_colt" || currentweapon == "zombie_colt_upgraded" || currentweapon = "zombie_g36c" || currentweapon = "zombie_g36c_upgraded") && !IsThrowingGrenade(localclientnum))
		{
			PlayViewmodelFx(localclientnum, fx, "tag_light");
		}
 
		realwait(0.1);
	}
}

The FX is included and the main() function is called after precache(). Precache() is called before any threads. NOTE that this is a clientscript.

Reply #1 on: January 26, 2014, 07:04:19 pm

treminaor
UGX Administrator
5,544 Posts
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For clientscripts you need to precache your fx in both GSC and CSC. If you were running with developer and developer_script you would have gotten an error which told you this.

If that doesn't fix it then you need to make sure your CSC is getting called by adding an iPrintLnBold in the for( ;; ). And you don't need a precache() function in CSC - clientscripts only run once the server is initialized which means you can't run any code from CSC before the level starts. You can declare a FX anywhere in your script as long as it was precached in GSC.

If you need a place to call your CSC from, I usually use _load::main().

Reply #2 on: January 26, 2014, 07:33:04 pm

DeletedUser
Deleted Member

Fixed, apparently the problem was incorrect fx directory.
Gave you best answer though



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