PreBeginPlay() vs PostBeginPlay()!

[Dexter13]

I was wondering, can I set a player or bot a team during prebeginplay() or postbeginplay()?

Also, I created a small mod, but for some reason, when I play it with bots, it always spawns 5 bots, no more, no less, even if I specifically choose 9 bots before starting the game!

Does anyone have any ideas or solutions?
thanks,

 

[2COOL4-U]

PostBeginPlay() should do, There is no PlayerReplicatoinInfo @ PreBeginPlay() if I remember correctly

 

[butto]

The PlayerReplicationInfo and GameReplicationInfo both take a little bit to be created even after PostBeginPlay I think. They update every 1/8 and every 1/4 second respectively I think. I've had a few problems accessing those in the first fraction of a second after joining the game as a client.

 

[Dexter13]

bots

does anyone have any ideas as to why my number of bots is stuck on 5?

 

[2COOL4-U]

Have you messed with the addbot function?

 

[Dexter13]

no, but I have fiddled with:

'function Bot SpawnBot(out NavigationPoint StartSpot)'

but I can't see anything in there that would limit me to 5 bots, but I could be wrong! What do you think?
thanks,

 

[2COOL4-U]

I don't know the functions content

 

[Dexter13]

all I did was change it to spawn my botspawn class as opposed to the default one.

 

[2COOL4-U]

Paste it anyway Small faults are easy to make

 

[+RIP+Botje]

Originally posted by butto
I've had a few problems accessing those in the first fraction of a second after joining the game as a client.

how did u solve it then?
(having the same problems now )

 

[2COOL4-U]

What you could is code the desired effects in the RestartPlayer function This function places a player @ a playerstart

 

[butto]

Well, I just made sure that only the server can alter anything in them (the spectator state normally doesn't check if Role == ROLE_Authority before setting bIsSpectator and bWaitingPlayer for example) and made checks like if (PlayerOwner.GameReplicationInfo == None) return; in the HUD to make sure the timer I made doesn't try to draw right away.

 

[Dexter13]

here it is..

O.k here's the code:

function Bot SpawnBot(out NavigationPoint StartSpot)
{
local bot NewBot;
local int BotN;
local Pawn P;
local class<bot> BotSpawnClass;
local Float F;



if ( bRatedGame )
return SpawnRatedBot(StartSpot);
Difficulty = BotConfig.Difficulty;
if ( Difficulty >= 4 )
{
bNoviceMode = false;
Difficulty = Difficulty - 4;
}
else
{
if ( Difficulty > 3 )
{
Difficulty = 3;
bThreePlus = true;
}
bNoviceMode = true;
}
BotN = BotConfig.ChooseBotInfo();
StartSpot = FindPlayerStart(None, 255);
if( StartSpot == None )
{
log("Could not find starting spot for Bot");
return None;
}


BotSpawnClass = class'JWF_Bot';
NewBot = Spawn(BotSpawnClass,,,StartSpot.Location,StartSpot.Rotation);

if ( NewBot == None )
log("Couldn't spawn player at "$StartSpot);

if ( (bHumansOnly || Level.bHumansOnly) && !NewBot.bIsHuman )
{
log("can't add non-human bot to this game");
NewBot.Destroy();
NewBot = None;
}

if ( NewBot == None )
{
NewBot = Spawn(BotSpawnClass,,,StartSpot.Location,StartSpot.Rotation);
}

if ( NewBot != None )
{
// Set the player's ID.
NewBot.PlayerReplicationInfo.PlayerID = CurrentID++;
NewBot.PlayerReplicationInfo.Team = BotConfig.GetBotTeam(BotN);
BotConfig.CHIndividualize(NewBot, BotN, NumBots);
NewBot.ViewRotation = StartSpot.Rotation;

// broadcast a welcome message.
BroadcastMessage( NewBot.PlayerReplicationInfo.PlayerName$EnteredMessage, false );

ModifyBehaviour(NewBot);
AddDefaultInventory( NewBot );
NumBots++;

if ( bRequireReady && (CountDown > 0) )
NewBot.GotoState('Dying', 'WaitingForStart');

NewBot.AirControl = AirControl;

if ( (Level.NetMode != NM_Standalone) && (bNetReady || bRequireReady) )
{
// replicate skins
for ( P=Level.PawnList; P!=None; P=P.NextPawn )
if ( P.bIsPlayer && (P.PlayerReplicationInfo != None) &&
P.PlayerReplicationInfo.bWaitingPlayer && P.IsA('PlayerPawn') )
{
if ( NewBot.bIsMultiSkinned )
PlayerPawn(P).ClientReplicateSkins(NewBot.MultiSkins[0], NewBot.MultiSkins[1], NewBot.MultiSkins[2], NewBot.MultiSkins[3]);
else
PlayerPawn(P).ClientReplicateSkins(NewBot.Skin);
}
}
}


what do you reckon?

 

[2COOL4-U]

Re: here it is..

function Bot SpawnBot(out NavigationPoint StartSpot)
{
local bot NewBot;
local int BotN;
local Pawn P;
local class<bot> BotSpawnClass;
local Float F;



 if ( bRatedGame )
   return SpawnRatedBot(StartSpot);
 Difficulty = BotConfig.Difficulty;
 if ( Difficulty >= 4 )
 {
   bNoviceMode = false;
   Difficulty = Difficulty - 4;
 }
 else
 {
   if ( Difficulty > 3 )
   {
     Difficulty = 3;
     bThreePlus = true;
   }
   bNoviceMode = true;
 }
 BotN = BotConfig.ChooseBotInfo();
 StartSpot = FindPlayerStart(None, 255);
 if( StartSpot == None )
 {
   log("Could not find starting spot for Bot");
   return None;
 }


 BotSpawnClass = class'JWF_Bot';
 NewBot = Spawn(BotSpawnClass,,,StartSpot.Location,StartSpot.Rotation);

 if ( NewBot == None )
   log("Couldn't spawn player at "$StartSpot);

 if ( (bHumansOnly || Level.bHumansOnly) && !NewBot.bIsHuman )
 {
   log("can't add non-human bot to this game");
   NewBot.Destroy();
   NewBot = None;
 }

 if ( NewBot == None )
 {
   NewBot = Spawn(BotSpawnClass,,,StartSpot.Location,StartSpot.Rotation);
 }

 if ( NewBot != None )
 {
  // Set the player's ID.
  NewBot.PlayerReplicationInfo.PlayerID = CurrentID++;
  NewBot.PlayerReplicationInfo.Team = BotConfig.GetBotTeam(BotN);
  BotConfig.CHIndividualize(NewBot, BotN, NumBots);
  NewBot.ViewRotation = StartSpot.Rotation;

  // broadcast a welcome message.
  BroadcastMessage( NewBot.PlayerReplicationInfo.PlayerName$EnteredMessage, false );

  ModifyBehaviour(NewBot);
  AddDefaultInventory( NewBot );
  NumBots++;

  if ( bRequireReady && (CountDown > 0) )
    NewBot.GotoState('Dying', 'WaitingForStart');

  NewBot.AirControl = AirControl;

  if ( (Level.NetMode != NM_Standalone) && (bNetReady || bRequireReady) )
  {
    // replicate skins
    for ( P=Level.PawnList; P!=None; P=P.NextPawn )
    if ( P.bIsPlayer && (P.PlayerReplicationInfo != None) &&
      P.PlayerReplicationInfo.bWaitingPlayer && P.IsA('PlayerPawn') )
    {
      if ( NewBot.bIsMultiSkinned )
        PlayerPawn(P).ClientReplicateSkins(NewBot.MultiSkins[0], NewBot.MultiSkins[1], NewBot.MultiSkins[2], NewBot.MultiSkins[3]);
      else
        PlayerPawn(P).ClientReplicateSkins(NewBot.Skin);
    }
  }
 }

Now that's readable let's see

 

[2COOL4-U]

COudln't see anything that's wrong here

 

[Dexter13]

hmmm...

hmm, so what do you think could be wrong in any of my code?

also, how/where can I put code to make a player get a certain skin when they spawn/start a game?

 

[2COOL4-U]

You do that in a restartPlayer function take a look at the TeamGamePlus code, it shows an example there