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RAYfighter · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 11:33 am Post subject: objon limits

Hi there,

(I tried to search down the forum for this question, but didnt find an answer)
Can I objon more than 1 objects in 1 command, aka *objon 1200,1201,1202 etc? And if so, what's the syntax and limits?

I want to use it for typing on the player's screen using letters images. The text should be 1liner, 50 chars long, updated regularly 1-2 times per hour. (on map object) How this could be done most effectively in the code?

thanks in advance

CypherJF · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 1:07 pm Post subject:

I'd imagine whatever the max length of a normal packet is; something around 512 bytes? Minus a header, so you should be safe with like a length of 480 bytes.. 'cept ya. That's my guess. :/
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Maverick · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 1:52 pm Post subject:

Muskrat · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 2:03 pm Post subject:

You should make a stock ticker while you're at it.

Try to find out about moving the lvz with a bot, I can't seem to find too good of an explanation of it.

Maverick · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 2:10 pm Post subject:

Mervbot already has that:

void clear_objects(); ==> Clears all objects set
void object_target(Player *p); ==> Set target of toggle_objects()
void toggle_objects(); ==> Toggle all objects set with queue_enable and queue_disable. This works with packets, not with *objset.
void queue_enable(int id); ==> Set a certain object into queue to be toggled on
void queue_disable(int id); ==> Set a certain object into queue to be toggled off

Cyan~Fire · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 2:12 pm Post subject:

Did he say MERVBot?
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Maverick · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 2:13 pm Post subject:

Muskrat · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 2:26 pm Post subject:

Yes, Mervbot.
And when I said moving objects I meant just that.
from clientprot.h

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// Continuum object modification
// c2s (Object modify) 0a <pid(2)> <subtype=36(1)> <array of modifiers>

enum _ObjectLayers
{
LAYER_BelowAll,
LAYER_AfterBackground,
LAYER_AfterTiles,
LAYER_AfterWeapons,
LAYER_AfterShips,
LAYER_AfterGauges,
LAYER_AfterChat,
LAYER_TopMost,
};

enum _ObjectModes
{
MODE_ShowAlways,
MODE_EnterZone,
MODE_EnterArena,
MODE_Kill,
MODE_Death,
MODE_ServerControlled,
};

typedef struct /* 11 by */
{
BYTE change_xy : 1; // what properties to change for this object
BYTE change_image : 1;
BYTE change_layer : 1;
BYTE change_time : 1;
BYTE change_mode : 1;
BYTE reserved : 3;

WORD mapobj : 1;
WORD id : 15;
WORD x, y; // for screen objects, upper 12 bits are value, lower 4 are relative to what corner
BYTE image;
BYTE layer;
WORD time : 12; // 1/10th seconds
WORD mode : 4; // 0=AlwaysOn 5=ServerControlled
} lvzObject;

D1st0rt · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 7:03 pm Post subject:

ASSS has a command, ?moveobject that can move lvzs around

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Muskrat · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 10:53 pm Post subject:

Duh. I wanna know how to do it with Mervbot.

Maverick · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:05 am Post subject:

Smong · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:55 am Post subject:

I think the max length for a chat message is approximately 240 characters.

Mr Ekted · Movie Geek Gender: Joined: Feb 09 2004 Posts: 1379 Offline

PowerBot handles the above mentioned object interface, but I only allow changing of x/y (not any of the other properties). The interface is too stupid to burden the bot coder with. I figure in extreme cases where you want to change the layer/mode/time of an object, you can just have multiple objects and turn them on/off normally. I suggest the PowerBot kind of interface for MERV:

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typedef struct Obj_
{
BYTE map_obj; // non-zero if object is a map object (not screen object)
WORD id; // object's id from LVZ file (object must exist)
BYTE xrel; // what is Obj.x relative to (screen objects only)
BYTE yrel; // what is Obj.y relative to (screen objects only)
short x; // object's new x position
short y; // object's new y position
} Obj;

void (*MoveObjects) (Player *pp, Obj *obj, int obj_count);

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Cerium · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 2:54 pm Post subject:

Whats the object count for?

And out of curiosity, why dont you specify that the map_obj value only be the high bit in the id?

Mr Ekted · Movie Geek Gender: Joined: Feb 09 2004 Posts: 1379 Offline

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I think this topic should get split. The original poster most likely intended to use a macro. Why did some people turn it into a moving lvz and bot thread?

D1st0rt · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:05 pm Post subject:

Because it's far more interesting

Muskrat · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:20 pm Post subject:

And I suggested that he use that method for his plugin, if he can find out about it.

Smong · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:12 pm Post subject:

-whack- this is lvz forum, he never mentioned a bot or a plugin.

Muskrat · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:50 pm Post subject:

Well I dont think hes going to be writing text on screen with lvz using *objset. :\ To write text he's going to need some sort of bot or module. Otherwise he'd just make 1 lvz of all the text.

Muskrat · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 10:05 pm Post subject:

I've tried to emulate most of the AS3 object modifying commands, haven't added changing to screenobjects yet.