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    VortexServers Problems

    in Hosting solutions

    Posted

    Hey guys, so I just wanted to warn you about some problems with VortexServers.

    I've been using them on and off to host my Servers for about a year now, and it's been nothing but grief unfortunately. No disrespect to the actual leaders of the company - but the servers are constantly laggy, sometimes I can't connect to my Server at all, when people can connect to the Server they just get absolutely lagged out or end up with terrible pings. And one time, when asking about these problems, I was called a 'liar' and told that there were no problems with the Service.

    In fact, after buying another Server a few days ago, it came with destroyed files. MTAServer.conf was absolutely screwed up, had the wrong IP and Port in, and therefore prevented my Server from running before I figured out what was causing the Server to screw up. I tried reinstalling multiple times before I figured out that MTAServer.conf was screwed up and nothing worked from that either. If it had been a newbie trying to use a Server they'd bought, they'd have no clue on how to fix this. That's not entirely good at all.

    My Servers have crashed so many times it's unbelievable. And the only reason I keep buying from Vortex is because I keep hoping that things have improved&because the prices aren't too bad.

    So basically, VortexServers have cost me a lot of money for a fairly unreliable service, and they're going to lose a customer completely soon if something isn't done to make up for the amount of money I've put into Servers from them only to have it completely screw up and lag everyone out constantly.

    Once again, no hate to the Company owners or anything. I'm just pointing out something I've been wanting to say for a while, but wanted to avoid being called a 'liar' of some sort.

    (I'm not an enemy or a rival serverhost either. Literally just a normal guy trying to get a decent Server.)

    More spawnpoints&progressbar

    in Scripting

    Posted

    Hey guys! I was wondering if anyone could help me out here.

    I have a bot that spawns and attacks players, but I'd like to have 2 things changed about it:

    - The ProgressBar needs to only appear on a Players screen when he is near the bot

    - More spawnpoints for this bot need to be added

    I'd be grateful if anyone could help:)

    client

    local screenX, screenY = guiGetScreenSize() 
  
-- Settings 
local nemesisMaxHP = 2500 
local progressWidth, progressHeight = 400, 20 
local progressX, progressY = (screenX - progressWidth) / 2, 100 
local dxTextTitle = "Nemesis HP:" 
local dxTextScale = 1.5 
local dxTextFont = "Bluenote" 
local dxTextColor = tocolor(255, 255, 255, 255) 
  
-- Initiate Skins 
addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot, 
    function()  
        local txd = engineLoadTXD("nemesis.txd", 312 ) 
        local dff = engineLoadDFF("nemesis.dff", 312 ) 
         
        engineImportTXD(txd, 312) 
        engineReplaceModel(dff, 312) 
    end 
) 
  
  
-- Calculated variables ( no need to touch ) 
local dxTextWidth = dxGetTextWidth(dxTextTitle, dxTextScale, dxTextFont) 
local dxTextHeight = dxGetFontHeight(dxTextScale, dxTextFont) 
local dxPosX, dxPosY = (screenX - dxTextWidth) / 2, progressY - 7 - dxTextHeight 
  
-- Don't touch these 
local cProgress, theNemesis, nemesisMaxHP 
  
addEvent("onReceiveNemesis", true) 
addEventHandler("onReceiveNemesis", resourceRoot, 
    function (nemesis, maxHealth) 
        if ( nemesis ) then 
            cProgress = 100 
            theNemesis = nemesis 
            nemesisMaxHP = maxHealth + 100 
             
            addEventHandler("onClientRender", getRootElement(), renderDX) 
        end 
    end 
) 
  
function renderDX() 
    if ( theNemesis and isElement(theNemesis) and cProgress ) then 
        local nemesisCurrentHP = exports.extra_health:getElementExtraHealth(theNemesis) + getElementHealth(theNemesis) 
        cProgress = nemesisCurrentHP < 0 and 0 or (nemesisCurrentHP / nemesisMaxHP) 
        -- Draw the Title Text 
        dxDrawText(dxTextTitle, dxPosX - 2, dxPosY - 2, dxTextWidth, dxTextHeight, tocolor(0, 0, 0, 255), dxTextScale, dxTextFont) 
        dxDrawText(dxTextTitle, dxPosX - 2, dxPosY, dxTextWidth, dxTextHeight, tocolor(0, 0, 0, 255), dxTextScale, dxTextFont) 
        dxDrawText(dxTextTitle, dxPosX + 2, dxPosY - 2, dxTextWidth, dxTextHeight, tocolor(0, 0, 0, 255), dxTextScale, dxTextFont) 
        dxDrawText(dxTextTitle, dxPosX, dxPosY - 2, dxTextWidth, dxTextHeight, tocolor(0, 0, 0, 255), dxTextScale, dxTextFont) 
        dxDrawText(dxTextTitle, dxPosX, dxPosY + 2, dxTextWidth, dxTextHeight, tocolor(0, 0, 0, 255), dxTextScale, dxTextFont) 
        dxDrawText(dxTextTitle, dxPosX + 2, dxPosY + 2, dxTextWidth, dxTextHeight, tocolor(0, 0, 0, 255), dxTextScale, dxTextFont) 
        dxDrawText(dxTextTitle, dxPosX + 2, dxPosY, dxTextWidth, dxTextHeight, tocolor(0, 0, 0, 255), dxTextScale, dxTextFont) 
        dxDrawText(dxTextTitle, dxPosX - 2, dxPosY + 2, dxTextWidth, dxTextHeight, tocolor(0, 0, 0, 255), dxTextScale, dxTextFont) 
        dxDrawText(dxTextTitle, dxPosX, dxPosY, dxTextWidth, dxTextHeight, dxTextColor, dxTextScale, dxTextFont) 
         
        -- Draw the BG DX Rectangle 
        dxDrawImage(progressX-5, progressY-5, progressWidth+10, progressHeight+10, "files/bar_bg.png") 
         
        -- Draw the progress 
        dxDrawImageSection(progressX, progressY, progressWidth * cProgress, progressHeight, progressX, progressY, progressWidth, progressHeight, "files/bar_progress.png") 
         
        -- Draw the dead text 
        if ( cProgress == 0 and isPedDead(theNemesis) ) then 
            dxDrawText("The Nemesis has been defeated - Please wait for the next one to Spawn.", progressX, progressY, progressWidth, progressHeight, dxTextColor, dxTextScale, dxTextFont) 
        end 
    else 
        removeEventHandler("onClientRender", getRootElement(), renderDX) 
    end 
end 
 

    Server

    -- Settings 
local nemesisSpawnMSG = "The nemesis has spawned!" 
local nemesisKillMoney = 15000 
local nemesisKillLocalMSG = "You have assisted killing the Nemesis ( " .. tostring(nemesisKillMoney) .. ")" 
  
-- Special Variables 
  
addEventHandler("onResourceStart", resourceRoot, 
    function () 
        createNemesis(-1935.5480957031, 665.44055175781, 47.0, 90, 2500, 312, 0, 0, nil, 38, "attacking", true) 
        setTimer(createNemesis, 300000, 0, -1935.5480957031, 665.44055175781, 47.0, 90, 2500, 312, 0, 0, nil, 0, "chasing", true) 
    end 
) 
  
addEventHandler("onResourceStop", resourceRoot, 
    function() 
        if theNemesis then 
            destroyElement(theNemesis) 
        end 
    end 
) 
  
function createNemesis(botX, botY, botZ, botR, maxHP, skinID, interior, dimension, theTeam, weapon, theMode, theModesubject) 
    if ( exports["slothBot"] and exports["extra_health"] and not theNemesis ) then 
        theNemesis = exports["slothBot"]:spawnBot(botX, botY, botZ, botR, skinID, interior, dimension, theTeam, weapon, theMode, theModesubject) 
        maxHealth = maxHP 
        exports["extra_health"]:setElementExtraHealth(theNemesis, maxHealth) 
        local theBlip = createBlipAttachedTo(theNemesis, 23) 
        outputChatBox(nemesisSpawnMSG, getRootElement(), 255, 0, 0) 
         
        addEventHandler("onBotWasted", theNemesis, 
            function() 
                -- Destroy the blip once the bot dies 
                destroyElement(theBlip) 
                theNemesis = nil 
                 
                -- Award money to all players nearby 
                local bX, bY, bZ = getElementPosition(source) 
                local pCount = 0 
                for index, player in ipairs(getElementsByType("player")) do 
                    local pX, pY, pZ = getElementPosition(player) 
                    if ( getDistanceBetweenPoints3D(bX, bY, bZ, pX, pY, pZ) <= 100 ) then 
                        outputChatBox(nemesisKillLocalMSG, player, 255, 0, 0) 
                        givePlayerMoney(player, nemesisKillMoney) 
                    end 
                end 
                outputChatBox("The nemesis has been defeated by " .. tostring(pCount) .. " players!", getRootElement(), 255, 0, 0) 
            end 
        ) 
        for player, _ in pairs ( isReady ) do 
            triggerClientEvent(player, "onReceiveNemesis", resourceRoot, theNemesis, maxHealth) 
        end 
    end 
end 
  
addEvent("onBotWasted", true) 
 

    Spawn Panel GUI Redesign

    in Scripting

    Posted

    Hey, so I'm trying to redesign the GUI on a Spawn Panel, and I've used the GUI Editor to move around different parts of the old GUI, however, I have a problem.

    In the original GUI, there are lines like

    guiCreateWindow(0.0117,0.4284,0.3418,0.5443,"Spawn Selection",true)

    Which show numbers mainly based in decimals, as opposed to the output from the GUI Editor, which is like

    GUIEditor.window[1] = guiCreateWindow(839, 0, 527, 763, "Spawn Selection", false)

    Therefore, whenever I replace the original numbers in the script with the numbers generated by the GUIEditor output, the GUI fails to appear or isn't drawn properly, how can I fix this?

    Map Editor

    in Scripting

    Posted

    So I wasn't entirely sure where to post this, but hopefully I got it right.

    Whenever I go near an area in the map editor that has more than a small amount of objects, the editor lags really badly, and it becomes impossible to move, exit the game, or even move my cursor.

    Any ideas on a solution?

    Vehicle Sound

    in Scripting

    Posted

    Hey guys, could someone give me an example of a script, in which when a Player enters a certain vehicle, if their nickname isn't Gerard or their ACL Group isn't Admin, they just get out of a car and a sound is played named 'car.mp3'

    I'll really appreciate any help! :)

    Need someone for Speech

    in Servers

    Posted

    Hey, I'm looking for someone that sounds or can make themself sound professional.

    I'll be adding sound effects to my Zombie Server, including a voice saying "Warning: Security Breach" and things like that. So I need someone capable of saying it as if it really was an announcer - Anyone willing to volunteer will be appreciated :)

    Skype - teambarrelgaming

    Replacing a Model

    in Scripting

    Posted

    Ah, my bad, I meant Object Model

    For example: I have a file named ottos_sfw.txd that replaces the showroom in SF, however if I type 'ottos_sfw' into the Map Editor, it doesnt appear

    so how would I find the model ID to replace for ottos_sfw.txd?

    Progressbar

    in Scripting

    Posted

    Let me give you the answer: "/No"

    Well, so far, you've contributed two useless pathetic answers to this thread. I can't really see anyone wanting scripting services from an asshole like you.

    Now, if you're going to be a little /beta/ kid, and spam - take yourself elsewhere. I'm pretty sure nobody wants prematures like you here anyway.

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