publicVariable

1.34

LALocalGEGlobal

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Description

Description:

Reliably broadcasts missionNamespace variable and its current value to all computers (server/client).
Variables broadcast with publicVariable during a mission will be available to JIP clients with the value they held at the time.
Such variables are persistent and sent to the JIP client before the first batch of client-side Event Scripts (such as init.sqf) is run.

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Using publicVariable too frequently and/or with a lot of data can cause other aspects of the game to experience bandwidth problems.

The following Data Types are supported:

Type	Number	Boolean	Object	Group	String	Text	Array	Code	Nothing (nil)
Since		1.34	1.34	1.34	-wrong parameter ("Arma") defined!-1.00	-wrong parameter ("Arma") defined!-1.00	-wrong parameter ("Arma") defined!-1.09	-wrong parameter ("Arma") defined!-1.09	1.26

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It is not possible (and illogical) to transfer a local entity reference, such as scripts, displays or local objects.
Also, note that Team Member is not supported.

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

publicVariable varName

Parameters:

varName: String - the global variable's Identifier

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

TAG_MyPublicVariable = 0; TAG_MyPublicVariable = 1; publicVariable "TAG_MyPublicVariable"; // other clients will receive the "TAG_MyPublicVariable" variable with a 1 value TAG_MyPublicVariable = 2; // needs to be broadcast again - synchronisation is not automatic

Example 2:

JIP example: if (isNil "TAG_CurrentTarget") then // has the variable already been set and broadcast? { TAG_CurrentTarget = objNull; // if not, set it on the local machine }; player doTarget TAG_CurrentTarget;

Additional Information

See also:

Multiplayer ScriptingInitialization OrderaddPublicVariableEventHandlerpublicVariableClientpublicVariableServerGlobal VariableEvent ScriptsJoin In Progress

Notes

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Notes

Posted on 12 April, 2008

Icemotoboy

Be sure to place your variable name in quotation marks. This may sound awfully simple, but many times I have forgotten to do this, and it has resulted in no end of headaches for me.