[MaximusBrood]

I'm making a forward to transport some stats information from the war3ft plugin to my plugin that connects to a remote MySQL server.

Now I'm making a forward in plugin_init().
I want it to give an error message on failure:

//This is in plugin_init()
//The g_ vars are declared outside code

#if CROSSPLUGIN_STATS
    
    //Params: authid, weaponid, weaponname, kills, deaths, headshots, shots, hits
    g_statsPluginForward = CreateMultiForward("nonexistingblablafunction", ET_IGNORE, FP_STRING, FP_CELL, FP_STRING, FP_CELL, FP_CELL, FP_CELL, FP_CELL, FP_CELL);
    
    log_amx("Loaded Forward: %d", g_statsPluginForward);
    
    //Log error to amx logfile on fail
    if(g_statsPluginForward <= 0)
        log_amx("Could not find any plugin to send war3ft stats data to.");
#endif 

The output this gives in the amxmodx logfiles is:

Loaded Forward: 63

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How can this be? I clearly forwarded it to a function that doesn't exist, and still it gives me a positive number.

[Hawk552]

First of all, you're doing a Multi forward, meaning it'll send it to ALL plugins. Theoretically, this type of forward cannot fail unless the AMXX core fucks up. With CreateOneForward, if you create a forward to a function in a plugin that doesn't exist (or execute it), it should fail.

[MaximusBrood]

Okay, I'll just have to make a dummy function in each plugin that wants to use the war3ft stats.
Then I'll check in war3ft's plugin_init () if it's possible to do a ExecuteForward() to the dummy function.
If unsuccessfull, don't use crossplugin_stats.

[Hawk552]

Originally Posted by MaximusBrood Okay, I'll just have to make a dummy function in each plugin that wants to use the war3ft stats. Then I'll check in war3ft's plugin_init () if it's possible to do a ExecuteForward() to the dummy function. If unsuccessfull, don't use crossplugin_stats.

Terrible. Use a native that registers a hook to the cross stats function, then loop through each one and CreateOneForward -> ExecuteForward on it.

[MaximusBrood]

Originally Posted by Hawk552 Use a native that registers a hook to the cross stats function

Which native would that be then?

[Hawk552]

Originally Posted by MaximusBrood Which native would that be then?

No, my point is that you make one.