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    OWL RP goes Open Source, MTA's Roleplay goes brrr

    in MTA Chat

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    33 minutes ago, UndR said:

    servers shutting down wasn't because of using a leaked gamemode or an open source, It just depends how you manage your server, and I can confirm that English Playerbase is dropped since like 2018-2019, so most of the owners couldn't keep up, but right now SARP is open since a long time and still hits some numbers.

    I didn't say servers shutting down are only because of the gamemode they use. The take here was whether or not the open source will help to increase the lifespan of a previously leaked gamemode based server, or decrease it, as low as it may be compared with all the management related decisions and tasks.

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    One name, two+ functions

    in Scripting

    Posted

    16 hours ago, VortDyn said:

    Is it possible to create two (or more) functions with the same name, but different number of arguments? Personally, it didn't work for me, maybe there are some hidden stones (Perhaps this is due to the fact that I did this for exports)?

    Something like this:

    functionOutput (text)
    end

    function Output (text, player)
    end

    function Output (text, player, colorR, colorG, colorB)
    end

    That's overloading, mate. No such thing here on Lua, mate. But you could simulate that behavior as @Patrickputs it, and then proceed to redirect the arguments to a specific range of functions. 

    local function OutputText(text)
  -- code
end

local function OutputTextToPlayer(text, player)
  -- code
end

local function OutputTextToPlayerWithColor(text, player, r, g, b)
  -- code
end

-- Patrick's suggestion.
function Output(...) -- "magic parameter" for all
    local args   = {...} -- put them into a table
    local length = #args
    
    if length == 1 then -- 1 parameter passed to function
    	local text = args[1]
    	OutputText(text)
    elseif length == 2 then -- 2 parameter passed to function
        local text, player = args[1], args[2]
    	OutputTextToPlayer(text, player)
    elseif length == 5 then -- 5 parameter passed to function
    	local text, player, colorR, colorG, colorB = unpack(args) -- or you can use unpack instead of indexing table one by one
    	OutputTextToPlayerWithColor(text, player, colorR, colorG, colorB)
    end
end

     

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    OWL RP goes Open Source, MTA's Roleplay goes brrr

    in MTA Chat

    Posted

    Since the leak of the first versions of OWL, clone RP servers were opened to be closed within a week or two. Now that OWL is open source, will these servers last longer, due to the *now legal scripting support here on MTA Forums*, or will they drop at record speeds? Only time will tell...

    What are your takes on this?

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    How to make an "infobox" appear in a different place, when one already exists

    in Scripting

    Posted

    Well... You've got a variable _nowY which holds: 

    sy - 305 - (47 * 1)

    But, you use that value hardcoded into the assignment of the pos variable: 

    pos = {interpolateBetween(20 - 80, sy - 305 - (47 * 1), 0, 20, sy - 305 - (47 * 1)...
    pos = {interpolateBetween(20, sy - 305 - (47 * 1), 0, 20, sy - 305 - (47 * 1)...

    That's not all! At the end you update the variable nowY, which is not being used anywhere.

    I'd say you get a grasp of the basics of variables.

    All that being said, what you must do is make usage of the variable nowY, which must be defined before the start of the for loop, so you have an assigned value for the first notification which will be shown, but for that you must make usage of the variable nowY within those interpolateBetween, so pos may hold an Y value which changes depending on the number of the notification.

    All that being translated into code results into this:  

    --client
function drawnBoxes()
    _sx, _sy = sx, sy
    nowY = sy - 305 - (47 * 1)
    local now = getTickCount()
    for k,v in ipairs(cache) do
        local msg = v["msg"]
        local length = v["length"]
        local startTime = v["now"]
        local endTime = v["end"]
        local state = v["state"]
        local type = v["type"]
        local tick = v["tick"]
        local showtime = v["showtime"] or 8000
        local customProg = v["customProg"]
        local boxSize = 25 
        local pos, alpha -- = v["pos"], v["alpha"]
        
        local r,g,b = unpack(types[type][2])
        if not r or not g or not b then
            getColors(true)
        end
        
        local icon = types[type][1]
        local timeLine = false
        local timeLineProg
        
        if state == "fadeIn" then
            local elapsedTime = now - startTime
            local duration = endTime - startTime
            local progress = elapsedTime / duration
            
            if progress < 1 then
                pos = {interpolateBetween(20 - 80, nowY, 0, 20, nowY, 0, progress, 'OutQuad')}
                alpha = {interpolateBetween(0,0,0, 220,255,0, progress, 'OutQuad')}
            else
                alpha = {220, 255, 0}
                pos = {20, nowY, 0}
                cache[k]["now"] = getTickCount()
                cache[k]["end"] = getTickCount() + showtime
                cache[k]["state"] = "timeLineStart"
            end
        elseif state == "timeLineStart" then
            alpha = {220, 255, 0}
            pos = {20, nowY, 0}
            local elapsedTime = now - startTime
            local duration = endTime - startTime
            local progress = elapsedTime / duration
            
            if customProg and customProg[1] and customProg[2] then
                progress = customProg[2] / customProg[1] -- now / max
            end
            
            timeLine = true
            
            timeLineProg = progress
            if progress >= 1 then
                cache[k]["now"] = getTickCount()
                cache[k]["end"] = getTickCount() + 1600
                cache[k]["state"] = "fadeOut"
            end
        elseif state == "fadeOut" then
            timeLine = true
            local now = getTickCount()
            local elapsedTime = now - startTime
            local duration = endTime - startTime
            local progress = elapsedTime / duration
            
            pos = {interpolateBetween(20, nowY, 0, 20, nowY, 0, progress, 'OutQuad')}
            alpha = {interpolateBetween(220, 255,0, 0,0,0, progress, 'OutQuad')}

            if progress >= 0.95 then
                table.remove(cache, k)
                if #cache <= 0 then
                    if renderState then
                        renderState = false
                        --removeEventHandler("onClientRender", root, drawnBoxes)
                        destroyRender("drawnBoxes")
                    end
                end
            end
        end
        
        local boxWidth = length + 70
        dxDrawRectangle(pos[1], pos[2], boxWidth, 50, tocolor(22, 22, 22, alpha[1]),true)
        dxDrawText(msg, pos[1] + 55 + 10, pos[2] + 26, 0, 0, tocolor(156, 156, 156, alpha[2]), 0.75, notificationFont, 'left', 'top',false,false,true,true,false)
        dxDrawText(details[type][1], pos[1] + 55 + 10, pos[2] + 10, 0, 0, tocolor(255, 255, 255, alpha[2]), 0.75, notificationFontBold, 'left', 'top',false,false,true,false,false)
        dxDrawImage(pos[1] + 10, pos[2] + 10, 30, 30, 'files/notificationIcons/'..details[type][2]..'.png', 0,0,0, tocolor(r, g, b, alpha[2]),true)
        
        if timeLine then
            timeLineSize = interpolateBetween(boxWidth, 0,0, 0, 0,0, timeLineProg or 1, customProg and "Linear" or 'OutQuad')
        else
            timeLineSize = boxWidth
        end
        dxDrawRectangle(pos[1], pos[2] + 48, timeLineSize, 2, tocolor(r, g, b, alpha[2]),true)
        
        nowY = nowY + 35
    end
end

    This code will make notifications get out of the screen after certain number of notifications, so you should create certain notification's queue in order to make the excess appear after the first ones are gone.

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    Faster way to iterate?

    in Scripting

    Posted

    • About why it is faster, pairs tries to get all the keys of one table (which means it doesn't look only for numbers as index). Meanwhile, making usage of a limited number of possible index values leaves you with faster results.
    • Try tables with at least 1000 values in order to see some difference.
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    question move player in first place

    in Scripting

    Posted

    Well since your code uses the same logic, here's a more efficient way to do it: 

    local playerElements = getElementsByType( "player" )
local players = {}

for i = 1, #playerElements do 
	local player = playerElements[ i ]
	
	players[ i ] = { name = getPlayerName(player), alive = getElementData(player,"state") == "alive", points = tonumber( getElementData(player,"ThePoints")) or 0 }
end

table.sort( players, function( a, b ) return a.points > b.points end )

     

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    Help a layman!

    in Scripting

    Posted

    23 hours ago, Mature said:

    Hi guys, I have a server and would like you to give me some important tips for good performance and the shortest possible time on server and client, and one question, I created a Shaders system where CJ leaves White, which can result in frame drops? as all players would use this modification!

    a) Loops indexed by numbers, synchronize element's data as little as possible, think twice before creating a global variable.

    b) If your shader is correctly implemented it shouldn't suppose a problem for a PC which can run GTA San Andreas.

    question move player in first place

    in Scripting

    Posted

    Since you are talking about 'top value', I suppose you've got a table, whose indexes are numerical, which contains the players. If you draw the text within a loop, which goes through all the elements of the previously mentioned table, you can easily edit the order of the players by assigning them to a different index within the table.

    In the case you don't have a loop whose indexes are numerical, try to implement one to keep it easy.

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    [WIP] Kinetic Roleplay - An OOP & CEF Based Project

    in Resources

    Posted

    On 29/09/2019 at 14:06, Adventure said:

    The project will be postponed for a little while. I will be experimenting more and releasing public scripts to help me vision a clear structure of what approach I would like to take with this resource. I believe by making smaller resources and publishing them will help me with the correct approach for this project. If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to ask!

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