Key binding and replication

[Grey Harverton]

I am using UTextrakeybindings to create a binding for a new function.
I am then using 'exec function' to initiate whatever code I want whenever the user has pressed the key for my new function.
This all works very nicely in a single player situation, or when the player is the host of the game but when the player is a client it does nothing.

Is their more stuff I need to do to make the game aware of what the player is doing? I suspect it may have something to do with the replication info of the class which contains 'exec function' but all of my experimentation has led to nothing.

 

[Captain Kewl]

Yeah. The function has to be replicated to the server. Not sure about this, but I think the statement you want looks something like:

replication
{
reliable if( Role<ROLE_Authority )
YourFunctionName;
}


Alternatively, you can use a mutate string.

 

[Grey Harverton]

Yeah I tried adding my function name to the replication info thingy but it still didn't work. I'll try using a mutate string.

 

[2COOL4-U]

this really should work

replication
{
   reliable if ( Role < ROLE_Authority)
      moo;
}

exec function moo()
{
  BroadCastMessage("MOOOOOOOOOOOO!!");
}

 

[+RIP+Botje]

it should be RemoteRole < Role_authority
or Role == Role_Authority
...

 

[Grey Harverton]

Would it make any difference where this code was situated? My exec function resides in a class that extends weapon.

 

[2COOL4-U]

Originally posted by +RIP+Botje
it should be RemoteRole < Role_authority
or Role == Role_Authority
...

NO WAY DUDE. It should be replicated from the client to the server because it's an exec function

If we're on the server Role == Role_Authority and RemoteRole < Role_Authority. Because the server is always ROLE_Authority and the client never is.

For a client this is the opposite. A client never can be Role_Authority. And the client's Role is the server's remote role.

I pity your replication knowledge

BTW if you still think you are right. I replicate over 10 exec functions using Role < Role_Authority. And they all work perfectly over the internet/LAN. I can send you the part from DAPlayer if you like

 

[2COOL4-U]

Originally posted by Grey Harverton
Would it make any difference where this code was situated? My exec function resides in a class that extends weapon.

It shouldn't if you ask me, as exec functions are always called on the client

 

[+RIP+Botje]

exec function Vote ( coerce string S )
exec function CallVote ( coerce string S )
replication
{
reliable if ( Role == ROLE_Authority )
Vote,Callvote;
}

works like a charm

 

[+RIP+Botje]

mmz...
wrote this at 8:30
don't think i was awake yet =)
ignore 1st post...

 

[Wormbo]

Originally posted by Grey Harverton
Would it make any difference where this code was situated? My exec function resides in a class that extends weapon.

It won't work unless the player has the weapon in his inventory.

 

[2COOL4-U]

Originally posted by +RIP+Botje

exec function Vote ( coerce string S )
exec function CallVote ( coerce string S )
replication
{
	reliable if ( Role == ROLE_Authority )
		Vote,Callvote;
}

works like a charm

What happens here is that the Server sends data to the client and the client doens't send the data to the server here. Perhaps you tried this out in a single player game or in a server game when you were the host. It should not work online for normal clients. Go read the replication tutorial at http://www.planetunreal.com/pipeline

 

[Grey Harverton]

I got my key working at last. This replication is a tricky business, especially for a dumb **** like me. Thanks everyone.