I had a problem with this cog a while back but now I have it cornered and working somewhat correctly.

While I was testing it alone it looked like it worked fine.. but when I went to actually implement with one of my friends I discovered that no matter who touches the switch it prints my name where it should place the name of the player that touched the switch:

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activated:

playsoundpos(beep, SurfaceCenter (printswitch), 1, -1, -1, 0);

If(status==1) Return;
status=1;

jkStringClear();
jkStringConcatUNIString(unistring0);
jkStringConcatSpace();
jkStringConcatPlayerName(player);
jkStringConcatSpace();
jkStringConcatUNIString(unistring1);
jkStringOutput(-3, -1);
SetTimer(delay);
Return;
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I am guessing it has to do with identifying who "player" is. Little help?

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Jedi Master Labri

add player = GetSenderRef(); after the activated message

Yeah he's right. It just assumed that you wanted it to think you hit the switch. Oops. lol

Almost there..
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activated:
player = GetSenderRef();
playsoundpos(beep, SurfaceCenter (printswitch), 1, -1, -1, 0);

If(status==1) Return;
status=1;

jkStringClear();
jkStringConcatUNIString(unistring0);
jkStringConcatSpace();
jkStringConcatPlayerName(player);
jkStringConcatSpace();
jkStringConcatUNIString(unistring1);
jkStringOutput(-3, -1);
SetTimer(delay);
Return;
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Now when I press the switch I get:

Part1 (Space). Part2

Now I dont get any name at all
Any suggestions?

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"That's the Force for you... So much power, so many holes to fall into."


Jedi Master Labri

[This message has been edited by Jedi Master Labri (edited June 15, 2001).]

do you have player defined in the symbols?

You might be better having the cog run locally on each machine.

Add 'flags=0x240' above the symbols section of your cog. This will make the cog run locally and unsynced. Since all your cog does is broadcast a message, this will work well.

Now on to your code:




Raynar

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