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Lynx - Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:29 am
Post subject: Using Watch Damage

I'm attempting to log the amount of times a player has been hit by a certain type of bullet, bomb or mine. The best way I can think of doing this is to use Watchdamage, however I was just wondering how much strain that would put on the server - for example, if 30 players were having their damage watched, and tracked? Would problems could I expect, if any, or are there any other solutions that better fit my requirements?

Thanks.

Cheese - Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:20 pm
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almost zero strain on the server, but it doubles bandwidth

you can also just watch position energy for changes, but its far less reliable

Lynx - Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:46 am
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Thanks for the reply.

I've also noticed that watchdamage.h has no python comments. Does this mean that I'll have to either edit the header to allow python manipulation/code the module in C, or is there some reason why watchdamage has no python comments?

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#define I_WATCHDAMAGE "watchdamage-1"

typedef struct Iwatchdamage
{
INTERFACE_HEAD_DECL

int (*AddWatch)(Player *p, Player *target);
/* adds a watch from player on target */

void (*RemoveWatch)(Player *p, Player *target);
/* removes a watch from player on target */

void (*ClearWatch)(Player *p, int himtoo);
/* removes watches on player, both to and from, including modules */

void (*ModuleWatch)(Player *p, int on);
/* toggles if a module wants to watch player */

int (*WatchCount)(Player *p);
/* tells how many are watching this player, including modules */
} Iwatchdamage;

Thanks

Dr Brain - Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:33 am
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Yes, you'll have to edit the header. You can submit your modifications as a patch to the bitbucket bug tracker if you want to see it integrated with the core.