[Starbish]

i got a problem that a plugin which uses natives from another one gets error when another one is not loaded.

is there any ways to make this native not stop working without error when native is not registered?


Example :
if(LibraryExists("test1") && test2() || LibraryExists("test3") && test3())

without LibraryExists(), test2 and test3 will not work and make errors when test1 or test3 plugin is not registered on the library.

[Drixevel]

MarkNativeAsOptional in AskPluginLoad2.

[Starbish]

Originally Posted by r3dw3r3w0lf MarkNativeAsOptional in AskPluginLoad2.

i already used that but it seems not working.

i called a function used that and it gets error that Native is out of bound?

[Drixevel]

Originally Posted by Starbish i already used that but it seems not working. i called a function used that and it gets error that Native is out of bound?

Have you added a bool that's true if they exist or not OnPluginStart?

[Powerlord]

#undef REQUIRE_PLUGIN before you include the plugin in question.

[Drixevel]

Originally Posted by Powerlord #undef REQUIRE_PLUGIN before you include the plugin in question.

Me being the guy that assumed he did that already.

[Merudo]

Originally Posted by redwerewolf Have you added a bool that's true if they exist or not OnPluginStart?

I know how to add a bool to check if the plugin is loaded.

However in future versions of the plugin, they may change the name of the native, or remove them completely (unlikely but possible).

Or, the plugin might only load halfway, because of incorrect signature files or something of the sort.

Is there another way to make sure the native is bound before called it?

[splewis]

Originally Posted by Merudo I know how to add a bool to check if the plugin is loaded. However in future versions of the plugin, they may change the name of the native, or remove them completely (unlikely but possible). Or, the plugin might only load halfway, because of incorrect signature files or something of the sort. Is there another way to make sure the native is bound before called it?

You should usually rely on plugins have a solid API, but you could use GetFeatureStatus w/ FeatureType_Native as the first parameter to check if a native exists.

[Merudo]

I use GetFeatureStatus but my users still report "Native is not bound" errors.

I don't know what to do.

[splewis]

Originally Posted by Merudo I use GetFeatureStatus but my users still report "Native is not bound" errors. I don't know what to do.

There would have to be a MarkNativeAsOptional call for the natives you're referring to. Usually those are included in the plugin's .inc file that declares the native, but only if REQUIRE_PLUGIN is #undefine'd.