Quick question on call GetHost()

[Frozenhelfir]

Just a question on the

call GetHost()

function. How do I only have it detect for slots 1 and 11?

 

[TheDamien]

There is a GetHost()?

 

[ReVolver]

There is no such thing as a GetHost() function unless someone has made it.

 

[Frozenhelfir]

Oh, well its in my map and it "gets" the person who loads first. Well, I guess I'm a little confused now >.>

Where would I find this function?

 

[TheDamien]

function GetHost takes nothing returns nothing
endfunction

Copy that into your map header. You now have that function.

 

[Frozenhelfir]

Well, its in there but I can't find it. I know it works in game (just trust me on this) but sometimes it gets the wrong person. I want to narrow the slots down to the first slot on each team. I'll try to find it, but how would I limit the function to only specific slots?

EDIT: Found it -- looks like this

function GetHost takes nothing returns nothing
    local gamecache g = InitGameCache("Map.w3v")
    call StoreInteger ( g, "Map", "Host", GetPlayerId(GetLocalPlayer ())+1)
    call TriggerSyncStart ()
    call SyncStoredInteger ( g, "Map", "Host" )
    call TriggerSyncReady ()
    set udg_Host = Player( GetStoredInteger ( g, "Map", "Host" )-1)
    call FlushGameCache( g )
    set g = null
endfunction

I think I have to change the (getlocalplayer())+1) part but I just don't know what to change it to.

Just wondering... does anything ever take something or return something? All the functions I've seen take/return nothing.

 

[TheDamien]

Well, its in there but I can't find it. I know it works in game (just trust me on this) but sometimes it gets the wrong person. I want to narrow the slots down to the first slot on each team. I'll try to find it, but how would I limit the function to only specific slots?

EDIT: Found it -- looks like this

function GetHost takes nothing returns nothing
    local gamecache g = InitGameCache("Map.w3v")
    call StoreInteger ( g, "Map", "Host", GetPlayerId(GetLocalPlayer ())+1)
    call TriggerSyncStart ()
    call SyncStoredInteger ( g, "Map", "Host" )
    call TriggerSyncReady ()
    set udg_Host = Player( GetStoredInteger ( g, "Map", "Host" )-1)
    call FlushGameCache( g )
    set g = null
endfunction

I think I have to change the (getlocalplayer())+1) part but I just don't know what to change it to.

Just wondering... does anything ever take something or return something? All the functions I've seen take/return nothing.

I highly doubt there is a way. You could try only storing the value if the local player id is 1 or 6 or something, but I highly doubt that would improve the accuracy and it could cause desyncs as well.

 

[Frozenhelfir]

Ok, I'll just keep it as is then.

 

[Jazradel]

A much better solution is too run it several times and get the mode player number.

 

[phyrex1an]

How do I only have it detect for slots 1 and 11?

It detects for all slots that are used by human players, and there is no way around that. Only thing you can do is to choose a random player if it selects slot 0.