Fourth Meter

[icantevenname]

I wanna give a character I'm working on a fourth meter that pretty much functions as an ammo meter that slowly regenerates on its own. I'm sure I can work out everything else on my own, but the first step's a doozy. Any help?

[Thomas Die]

Netvars to send data to the client so your badge shows your stats
--my summary

inst.name = net_ushortint(self.inst.GUID, "name", "namedirty" )
--net_ushortint is the typical use of stats

--"name" is the name of the netvariable
--"namesdirty" is an Event which is called whenever this is changed

inst.name:set(amount beign set too)
-- inst.name:set(number) [same as] inst.name = number

inst.name:value()
--getting the value of the net_variable 

Next is badges, these are the little icons which we use to display the amounts
you put the below in a lua file called by itself in scripts\widgets

local Badge = require "widgets/badge" -- badge template to be used 

local badgename  = Class(Badge, function(self, owner)
    Badge._ctor(self, art, owner, { 174 / 255, 21 / 255, 21 / 255, 1 }, "status_health") -- status health = texture --  { 174 / 255, 21 / 255, 21 / 255, 1 } = colour in an rbg format 
    self.owner = owner
    self.num.max = max_value
    self.num.current = self.num.max

    owner:ListenForEvent("namedirty",function(owner,data)

        self.num.current = inst.name:value()
        self.percent = inst.name:value()  / self.num.max
    end)     

    self:StartUpdating() -- does uhhhhhgh something
end)

function badgename:OnUpdate(dt) -- every time it updates i guess
    self.num:SetString(tostring(math.floor(self.num.current)))
    self.anim:GetAnimState():SetPercent("anim", 1 - self.percent) 
end

return badgename

and to put it into modmain so it hits your character

 

badgename  = require "widgets/badgename"
AddClassPostConstruct("widgets/statusdisplays", function(self)
if self.owner.prefab ~= 'your character' then
     return
end

self.name = self:AddChild(badgename(self.owner))
self.name:SetPosition(62, 35, 0)

end)

 

Edited July 20, 2021 by Thomas Die

[GearBull]

I've got an error:
in badgename.lua in 4th line: variable 'art' is not declared

[Thomas Die]

probably replace with "status_health"

[GearBull]

now "status_health" is not declared

[Thomas Die]

Yknow just replace with 'nil' if it doesn't exist it can not not say it doesn't exist.

[icantevenname]

Is there a template for the badge, or do I make it myself?

[Thomas Die]

In terms of code or art, if you're talking about code i explained prior
for art just use text tool to extract an existing image or use ktool krane to extract and replace, like i did for the custom badges.

 

[icantevenname]

The Netvars confuse me. I get their purpose, but what I don't get is where to put them. In the modmain? Modinfo? In their own file and folder?

[Thomas Die]

Before anything server related

For a player file inside common_postinit

[icantevenname]

In 

inst.name = net_ushortint(self.inst.GUID, "name", "namedirty" )

it says that the self ain't declared. I put it in my character's common_postinit. Was that the right place?

[Thomas Die]

Oh sorry put just inst maybe instead of self.inst

[icantevenname]

Now it says that

inst.name:set(100)

is nil. Did I do it wrong? I tried to set the value as 100 and I got the same error.

[Monti18]

I just saw your thread from the other post, so I just thought I will hopefully give you an answer.

If you post the code that you have, I can try to find the error.

Normally this is pretty easy to do, Thomas Die already gave you most you need to know, so let's find the last error

 

[icantevenname]

10 hours ago, Monti18 said:

I just saw your thread from the other post, so I just thought I will hopefully give you an answer.

If you post the code that you have, I can try to find the error.

Normally this is pretty easy to do, Thomas Die already gave you most you need to know, so let's find the last error

 

If you need more info, just let me know.

[Monti18]

I would need the common post init code to see what is wrong

[icantevenname]

40 minutes ago, Monti18 said:

I would need the common post init code to see what is wrong

Oh.

inst.name = net_ushortint(inst.GUID, "sptnink", "sptninkdirty" )
	 --net_ushortint is the typical use of stats

	 --"name" is the name of the netvariable
	 --"namesdirty" is an Event which is called whenever this is changed

	 inst.sptnink:set(100)
	 -- inst.name:set(number) [same as] inst.name = number

	 inst.sptnink:value()
	 --getting the value of the net_variable 

The error points out the "inst.sptnink:set(100)" line. But I felt that including the rest of the badge info would help.

Edited August 31, 2021 by icantevenname

[Monti18]

Well you defined your netvar as inst.name but then you use inst.sptnink, which is nil as you didn't define it.

Change 

inst.name = net_ushortint(inst.GUID, "sptnink", "sptninkdirty" )

to

 

inst.sptnink= net_ushortint(inst.GUID, "sptnink", "sptninkdirty" )

and it should work

[icantevenname]

Ah. Thought that was one of those things that'll make everything fall apart when changed.

But now it says that "art" ain't declared.

local sptninkbadge  = Class(Badge, function(self, owner)
    Badge._ctor(self, art, owner, { 174 / 255, 21 / 255, 21 / 255, 1 }, "inkmeter_inky") -- status health = texture --  { 174 / 255, 21 / 255, 21 / 255, 1 } = colour in an rbg format 
    self.owner = owner
    self.num.max = max_value
    self.num.current = self.num.max

    owner:ListenForEvent("sptninkdirty",function(owner,data)

        self.num.current = inst.name:value()
        self.percent = inst.name:value()  / self.num.max
    end)     

    self:StartUpdating() -- does uhhhhhgh something
end)

An' I've tried to change "inkmeter_inky" back to "status_health" and "nil" as Mr. Die suggested, but art's still ain't declared.

[Monti18]

You declare the class as a badge with the function with the arguments self and owner. 

Then, in this function, you declare Badge._ctor with the arguments self,art and owner. But as the function is in the previous function, there is no art argument there. So the thing to remove the error is to just delete the art argument, as it doesn't help you with anything.

[icantevenname]

So I did do that, but then an error happened in the badge lua. Does that mean my mod's badge code is too wonky? Should I provide the rest of my badge's lua?

[Monti18]

Oh sorry I made an error, had a look again at badge.lua.

You can either replace the art with nil or with the animation that you have for your badge. I think you will also need to get rid of the inkmeter_inky argument as you don't have it probably at this moment. The easiest is to just enter nil so like this:

Badge._ctor(self, nil, owner, { 174 / 255, 21 / 255, 21 / 255, 1 }) -- status health = texture --  { 174 / 255, 21 / 255, 21 / 255, 1 } = colour in an rbg format 

 

[icantevenname]

1 hour ago, Monti18 said:

Oh sorry I made an error, had a look again at badge.lua.

You can either replace the art with nil or with the animation that you have for your badge. I think you will also need to get rid of the inkmeter_inky argument as you don't have it probably at this moment. The easiest is to just enter nil so like this:

Badge._ctor(self, nil, owner, { 174 / 255, 21 / 255, 21 / 255, 1 }) -- status health = texture --  { 174 / 255, 21 / 255, 21 / 255, 1 } = colour in an rbg format 

 

Okay, a few things...

It does work now!

But I needed to give a number to "self.num.max".

I already do have "inkmeter_inky" made.

But hey, it shows up! I just need to know how to make it regen over time and lower when using a weapon. I'm sure I can figure the rest out from there.

Edited September 1, 2021 by icantevenname

[Monti18]

You will need a bit more to make an updating badge.

I don't think you need self.num.max, I don't even know if it's declared somewhere. You can do this with the self:SetPercent function.

Depending on what your badge should do, you can either make your own SetPercent function or use the one that is already defined.

Then, you need to tell the badge what it should do when you tell him StartUpdating(). This will run the function OnUpdate I think each frame.

So let's say you just use the SetPercent function that is already defined.

Then you add in your widget file after self:StartUpdating() this code snippet:

function self:OnUpdate(dt)
	    if self.owner ~= nil and self.owner.sptnink ~= nil then
    		local val = self.owner.sptnink:value()
		self:SetPercent(val,100) --100 is just an example, enter the max value that your badge should have.
	end
end

Now the badge will update itself automatically, so now you will only need to change the value of netvar to make it work.

You will need to make your own SetPercent function if you want to make it compatible with combined status or some other things.

For regen over time, use a periodic task that increases the meter and for the weapon, I don't know if you want it to only only decrease when using it, in this case you can use SetOnAttack on the weapon and apply it to the owner, otherwise you will need to check if you have a weapon equipped with a periodic task.

 

Edited September 2, 2021 by Monti18

[icantevenname]

Yes, I do want sptnink to deplete on use. I also kinda wanna have it so that if the character using the weapon has not enough or no sptnink, then they end up using the weapon as a blunt instrument.