Deus Ex Alpha

Right, I want to learn scripting (because I would already have mastered mapping, or at least most of it...) but for me to get the hang of moving away from default properties I need to understand some of the things in the script...

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function BeginPlay()

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I see that appear quite alot...what is the BeginPlay() thing for...or is that just a default name for a function that everyone uses because it is the easiest thing to remember (i.e. JavaScript where you can make up your own functions)

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Super.BeginPlay();

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What is the "Super." prefix for?

Also see when you add all this stuff, for example I got this from "LeatherCouch" and I notice I see one of the conditionals of JavaScript (I have to keep comparing everything to JavaScript to help me understand)

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switch (SkinColor)
   {
      case SC_Black:      Skin = Texture'CouchLeatherTex1'; break;
      case SC_Blue:      Skin = Texture'CouchLeatherTex1'; break;
      case SC_Brown:      Skin = Texture'CouchLeatherTex1'; break;
      case SC_LitGray:   Skin = Texture'CouchLeatherTex1'; break;
      case SC_Tan:      Skin = Texture'CouchLeatherTex1'; break;
   }

Now I understand that to a certain extent...but what I dont understand is why it gets placed in a special area (i.e. When your mapping and you bring up the properties, you notice that it comes up in "CouchLeather"....why?)

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I never bothered learning everything in JavaScript..(i'm sorry to keep going back to it...but It's the closest thing I can relate to it) so what is the point of the boolean and where does it come into the actual thing you are setting up bolleans for?

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var() bool             bOneWay;            // this door can only be opened from one side
var() bool             bLocked;            // this door is locked
var() bool             bPickable;

About super prefix. I hope you know object-oriented programming (with those classes).
So, for example,

Actor => Decoration => DeusExDecoration => Containers => ammocrate

Each child actor (for example, "ammocrate") inherits qualities of parent actor ("Containers"). It also inherits functions defined in parent actor.
So if we make a function in "DeusExDecoration" named, for example, foo(), we will be able to use this foo() in ammocrate too (without specifying it in "Containers" of course).
But if you need to add something in function, which is defined in parent class, you have to
a) redefine it in child class (ammocrate)
b) add in it a line like "Super.foo(var1, var2);" to perform all the stuff which has been specified in the same function foo() but in parent classes (in DeusDecoration).

By redefining functions you can do a lot of stuff, like two different effects after dropping to floor of two classes which have the same parent class (such classes are called siblings) Basketball (it bounces when you drop it) and Flowers (they're being damaged).

If you don't really understand just tell me here - i'll explain later. I'm very hurrying now so i wrote it in like 2 minutes...

I have seen Booleans before, I too want to learn scripting, coding, whatever you want to call it.

Ah right so BeginPlay() is a function in...DeusEx.Deco maybe...I dunno...but we are adding something to that function so we need to "Super." prefix...

Is that it?

If you want to learn more abbout scripting and mapping I would suggest going to steve tacks site http://tack.planetdeusex.gamespy.com

PsHyCo)(K!//3R wrote:If you want to learn more abbout scripting and mapping I would suggest going to steve tacks site http://tack.planetdeusex.gamespy.com

God damn it, look at the topic dates before posting. -.- Also PsHyCo, 500 kbs isn't really enough to run a real server.

I host Inspired Russian Gathering on 512 / 512 and it isn't very bad.

~[A]Daedalus~ wrote:I host Inspired Russian Gathering on 512 / 512 and it isn't very bad.

I'll say.

Even keeps yanks like me from having lag spikes.

Hmm, then why is my server so shitty :-/

Sh¤gån wrote:Hmm, then why is my server so shitty :-/

You have to have a good computer besides good connection. Also when i host i stop all useless processes like "iPodService.exe". Hit Ctrl + Shift + Esc.
And always use updated IPServer mod and never host non-dedicated servers.

+ what about connection, upload is as important, as download speed.

I can't remember my upload My pc is good though, the only bad thing about it, is....

Erm..
Erm...
I don't know, well i'll take that advice and close all unnessasary applications.

Sh¤gån wrote:I can't remember my upload My pc is good though, the only bad thing about it, is....

Erm..
Erm...
I don't know, well i'll take that advice and close all unnessasary applications.

Don't close these:
- services.exe
- winlogon.exe
- svchost.exe
- point32.exe (if you use Microsoft Mouse)
- explorer.exe

I'm not sure what these are, but i neither touch them:
- mdm.exe
- ctfmon.exe
- wcescomm.exe
- nvsvc32.exe
- smss.exe
- csrss.exe
- lsass.exe

~[A]Daedalus~ wrote:

Sh¤gån wrote:I can't remember my upload My pc is good though, the only bad thing about it, is....

Erm..
Erm...
I don't know, well i'll take that advice and close all unnessasary applications.

Don't close these:
- services.exe
- winlogon.exe
- svchost.exe
- point32.exe (if you use Microsoft Mouse)
- explorer.exe

I'm not sure what these are, but i neither touch them:
- mdm.exe
- ctfmon.exe
- wcescomm.exe
- nvsvc32.exe
- smss.exe
- csrss.exe
- lsass.exe

I know not to close the ones you said, the names scare me lol...

Sh¤gån wrote:

~[A]Daedalus~ wrote:

Sh¤gån wrote:I can't remember my upload My pc is good though, the only bad thing about it, is....

Erm..
Erm...
I don't know, well i'll take that advice and close all unnessasary applications.

Don't close these:
- services.exe
- winlogon.exe
- svchost.exe
- point32.exe (if you use Microsoft Mouse)
- explorer.exe

I'm not sure what these are, but i neither touch them:
- mdm.exe
- ctfmon.exe
- wcescomm.exe
- nvsvc32.exe
- smss.exe
- csrss.exe
- lsass.exe

I know not to close the ones you said, the names scare me lol...

Well, lets see...

lsass.exe = "IPSEC Services" - Manages IP security policy and starts the ISAKMP/Oakley (IKE) and the IP security driver.
Also is: "Net Logon" - Supports pass-through authentication of account logon events for computers in a domain.
Also is: "NT LM Security Support Provider" Provides security to remote procedure call (RPC) programs that use transports other than named pipes.
and probably a whole bunch of other networking related shizz.
Serices.exe is(among other things) a controller for UPnP(Universal Plug And Play).

That's all I could find from that list =(

Well, that worked a treat, but i got a noob saying what's [JW] i said Japanese Warlords, and he went omg your "chink", (wtf?). I went you don't have to be japanese to join, heck i'm a brit. I don't think there is even a Japanese or Chinese version of DXMP.

Sh¤gån wrote:Hmm, then why is my server so shitty :-/

Iirc, you only have about 128Kb upload... one quater of Dae's...