Alef/JIP – User

Work in progress

General

The server is already running a mission. At least has the mission.sqm processed. Instanced of object/vehicles are in the server address space.

Now, the JIP needs to download from the server the status and keep it updated.

mission.sqm can't be processed like the server does, because of the randomness of units/vehicles. What if server creates and object and the client not, or if the position is different? This should be an easy remember thing.

Client get data from server. Sickboy's page explains that.

OFPEC says mission.sqm/init fields are executed too.

JIP test

source

#define SPON_THIS_FILE init.sqf
#include "SPON\Core\core.inc.sqf"
#include "SPON\Core\macros\macros.inc.sqf"

["DEBUG_CLIENT",9999,true] call compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "SPON\Core\initCore.sqf";
// JIP test only. Put "p" as variable name in mission.sqm for JIP player.
#define  TEST( xx ) if (xx) then { s=#xx } else { s="not "+#xx };
#define PRINT( xx ) s=#xx+" = "+(xx);
#define PRINTF( xx ) s=#xx+" = "+format["%1",(xx)];
c=0;
waitUntil
{
    TEST( isNull p )
    SPON_TRACE_1( s, c );
    TEST( isNull player )
    SPON_TRACE_1( s, c );
    TEST( local p )
    SPON_TRACE_1( s, c );
    TEST( local player )
    SPON_TRACE_1( s, c );
    TEST( isPlayer p )
    SPON_TRACE_1( s, c );
    TEST( isPlayer player )
    SPON_TRACE_1( s, c );
    PRINT( name p )
    SPON_TRACE_1( s, c );
    PRINT( name player )
    SPON_TRACE_1( s, c );
    PRINTF( vehicle p )
    SPON_TRACE_1( s, c );
    PRINTF( vehicle player )
    SPON_TRACE_1( s, c );
    PRINTF( alive p )
    SPON_TRACE_1( s, c );
    PRINTF( alive player )
    SPON_TRACE_1( s, c );
    c=c+1;
    name player != "Error: No vehicle";
};

output (edited)

hosting game (p != player)

time

isNull

local

isPlayer

name

vehicle

alive

p

player

p

player

p

player

p

player

p

player

p

player

any

false

false

true

true

false

true

Roberto Duarte

alef

TODO

TODO

TODO

TODO

JIP

time

isNull

local

isPlayer

name

vehicle

alive

p

player

p

player

p

player

p

player

p

player

p

player

0

false

true

false

false

false

false

Roberto Duarte

Error: No vehicle

TODO

TODO

TODO

TODO

0.001

false

true

false

false

false

false

Roberto Duarte

Error: No vehicle

TODO

TODO

TODO

TODO

JIP, changed to sleep 1 second

time

isNull

local

isPlayer

name

vehicle

alive

p

player

p

player

p

player

p

player

p

player

p

player

0

false

true

false

false

false

false

Roberto Duarte

Error: No vehicle

TODO

TODO

TODO

TODO

1

false

false

true

true

true

true

alef (2)

alef (2)

TODO

TODO

TODO

TODO

JIP, monitored with SPON Core, waitUntil name player != "no veh"

time

isNull

local

isPlayer

name

vehicle

alive

p

player

p

player

p

player

p

player

p

player

p

player

0

false

true

false

false

false

false

Roberto Duarte

Error: No vehicle

p

<NULL-object>

true

false

c=1

false

true

false

false

false

false

Roberto Duarte

Error: No vehicle

p

<NULL-object>

true

false

c=2

false

true

false

false

false

false

Roberto Duarte

Error: No vehicle

p

<NULL-object>

true

false

c=3

false

false

true

true

true

true

alef (2)

alef (2)

p

p

true

true

comments

So what's happened?

ok, as we enter, player is null. so just waitUntil{!(isNull player)}, like XEH does.

• name p = Roberto Duarte ; name player = Error: No vehicle ;
  

name of unit p is the random created. No setIdentity in the mission: it would work looking in description.ext/CfgIdentities.
"name player" says there is no vehicle for it, because player is still null.
Maybe arma waits assigning a vehicle until Description.ext has been parsed.

• local p ; local player ;
• isPlayer p ; isPlayer player ;
• name p = alef (2) ; name player = alef (2) ;

Now the name of unit p has been assigned to the player's name. XEH does a waitUntil{local player} after checking for null. It could be possible that under heavy load (ACE bug #778), name is not assigned while player being local.

Call stack in ace tracking for #778

XEH: PostInit.sqf, time == 0
XEH:  isNull player
XEH:   waited for !(isNull player)
XEH:   waited for local player
time > 0
XEH:   waited for !isNull (group player)
XEH: ... { [] call _x } forEach _PostInits; -> XEH_PostInit_Once.sqf: register fUpdateUnits
XEH: { _x call SLX_XEH_init } forEach SLX_XEH_OBJECTS; // Run InitPosts
SLX_XEH_init=XEH\Init.sqf
config.cpp:h\Eventhandlers.hpp:
 Extended_InitPost_EventHandlers::CAManBase::ace_sys_tracking::
		init = "(_this select 0) call ace_sys_tracking_initMan";
		onRespawn = 1;
s/initMan.sqf: spawn s/loopGroup.sqf
s/loopGroup.sqf:      first time and every 10 or more seconds (very roughly)
s/loopGroup.sqf:35:   call { call ace_sys_tracking_fUpdateUnits }
s/fUpdateUnits.sqf: [_units] 
s/fUpdateUnits.sqf:  alive _x &&  "<null>" == _x getVariable "ace_sys_tracking_player"
s/fUpdateUnits.sqf:   _x setVariable ["ace_sys_tracking_name", name _x]