[TUT/INFO] set_tasks: when they are and when they aren't necessary - Page 2

Drak · 11-02-2006 , 12:40 Re: set_tasks: when they are and when they aren't necessary

Would there be a way around a simple welcome message? Or would I have to use tasks?

Code:

public client_putinserver(id)
{
          set_task(8.0,"welcome_msg",id)
}

public welcome_msg(id)
{
          new name[33]
          get_user_name(id,name,32)
          client_print(id,print_chat,"Welcome %s, to the server.",name)
}

**Hawk552** · 11-02-2006 , 15:31 Re: set_tasks: when they are and when they aren't necessary

Quote:

Originally Posted by SixTwin

Would there be a way around a simple welcome message? Or would I have to use tasks?
Code:

public client_putinserver(id) { set_task(8.0,"welcome_msg",id) } public welcome_msg(id) { new name[33] get_user_name(id,name,32) client_print(id,print_chat,"Welcome %s, to the server.",name) }

Not really, since it's just 1 task there's no real point in evading it.

prody & watch:

I'd merge in your changes, but I didn't take a copy of this tutorial as a text file (which I happen to have done with all my other tutorials other than the mirrors from the wiki). That means that I'll either have to redo all the code (due to the code editing bug) or just accept the fact that people will have to look down to your posts.

The Specialist · 11-14-2006 , 16:28 Re: set_tasks: when they are and when they aren't necessary

instead of registering a forward why not use for and while and do while loops ?

Bad_Bud · 01-17-2007 , 01:19 Re: set_tasks: when they are and when they aren't necessary

How do you specify which ent to hook? It's a bit hazy there. You just hook the next think to a function, and uhh... I'm confuserized.

**Hawk552** · 01-17-2007 , 16:00 Re: set_tasks: when they are and when they aren't necessary

I don't know if you're going to see this (since you were banned), but to check which ent it is, simply hook the classname that the ent belongs to. The ent id is passed into the think function call. Just compare it inside the function.

EDIT: Or you can hook FM_Think and check if the entity thinking is the ent you want

JCobra · 01-19-2007 , 22:13 Re: set_tasks: when they are and when they aren't necessary

Nice tutorial

+Karma

Lee · 10-05-2007 , 21:14 Re: set_tasks: when they are and when they aren't necessary

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hawk552

I'd merge in your changes, but I didn't take a copy of this tutorial as a text file (which I happen to have done with all my other tutorials other than the mirrors from the wiki). That means that I'll either have to redo all the code (due to the code editing bug) or just accept the fact that people will have to look down to your posts.

A workaround is to use the Standard Editor (UserCP -> Edit Options -> Miscellaneous Options).

**Arkshine** · *Last edited by Arkshine; 10-06-2007 at 00:52.*

@Hawk552 :

Code:

// optimization
new Float:g_Cooldown = ATTACK_COOLDOWN

Can you explain why it's an optimization, please ?

**Hawk552**

Quote:

Originally Posted by arkshine

@Haw552 :

Code:
// optimization new Float:g_Cooldown = ATTACK_COOLDOWN

Can you explain why it's an optimization, please ?

I don't know who this "Haw552" character is, but I'll answer for him. If it's used more than once in the script, the data only appears in memory once. If you use the define, the memory is allocated for each time it's referenced.

**Arkshine**

Thanks for your answer, Hawk552.