I had a question about scripting,my map has a gallows in it,which i made to kill a player if he or she steps where the rope and noose is,and it prints a message on screen.My question is - is there a way to print the players name that stepped into the trigger show on screen ?I have it working so it prints an on screen message,but would like it to say the players name that triggers it.Here is the working gsc file that i am useing,thanks in advance for your help!

main()
{
	thread message2();							// Thread to setup and respond to trigger
}



message2() 
{ 
	messagetrig = getent ("executed","targetname"); 		// Set messagetrig to point to the trigger entity
	messagetrig waittill ("trigger"); 					// Have the thread wait until the trigger is activated
	iprintlnbold (""); 	// Print on the user interface

	alert = getent ("grimreaper", "targetname");			// Set alert to point to the script_model which sets the origin for the sound
	alert playsound("farley");						// Play a non-looping sound with the alias runaway - defined in the soundaliases .CSV file	

	iprintlnbold ("^4A player has been sentenced to die at the gallows,may they rest in peace!"); 		// Print on the user interface

	wait (20);									// Pause for 20 seconds

	thread message2(); 							// Kick of the thread again - re-enables the trigger

} 

Yeah, no problem. Make a function that is true for the player if they step in the trigger, then announce the player's name that is now true for the function. Don't forget to have a "wait 1;" then "self.intrigger = false;" to make sure that they don't get announced again, and only one person will be announced at a time. The script for saying their name would be as follows:

iprintlnbold ("^4" + self.name + " has been sentenced to die at the gallows, may they rest in peace!"); 		// Print on the user interface

Try this as your entire function:

main()
{
	thread message2();							// Thread to setup and respond to trigger
}



message2() 
{ 
	messagetrig = getent ("executed","targetname"); 		// Set messagetrig to point to the trigger entity
	messagetrig waittill ("trigger"); 					// Have the thread wait until the trigger is activated

	alert = getent ("grimreaper", "targetname");			// Set alert to point to the script_model which sets the origin for the sound
	alert playsound("farley");						// Play a non-looping sound with the alias runaway - defined in the soundaliases .CSV file	

	iprintlnbold ("^4" + self.name + " has been sentenced to die at the gallows, may they rest in peace!"); 		// Print on the user interface

	wait (20);									// Pause for 20 seconds

	thread message2(); 							// Kick of the thread again - re-enables the trigger

} 

If that doesn't work, add me on XFire (uzumakibro93) or email me (uzumakibro93 at gmail dot com) and tell me, and I'll work on it.

P.S. By any chance, would you mind if we were to use this in our clan's map as well? We would add your name in the credits, etc, if you would map this for us!

Thanks for the reply Uzumakibro93!I tried that but it just printed that whole line,didnt print the players name.Thanks again for the reply!


Sure,no worries!

Hmm...It isn't recognizing what "self.name" is. Maybe it thinks it's a bit of text instead of a player's name...? I guess I'll come up with a script to define who is "self.pers".



Thanks man. I'll send it as soon as we are done messing with the main brushes. It will be all caulk and there are no models yet, I do everything in order (I.E. Skybox/settings, brushes (in caulk), entities, models, textures, scripts). ;) Cheers, Uzumakibro93

Try this:

messagetrig waittill ("trigger", user);
iprintlnbold ( user.name + "insert message here");

Use this:

main()
{
	noose = GetEnt( "executed", "targetname");
	noose thread NooseTrigger();
}

NooseTrigger() // This will work everytime a player touches the trigger
{
	while(1)
	{
		self waittill( "trigger", player );
		
		self PlayLocalSound( "farley" ); // Lets keep the sound local, since others don't need to hear it	
		iPrintLnBold( "^2" + player.name + "^3 has been sentenced to die at the gallows, may they rest in peace!" );
	}
}

edited on Apr. 8, 2010 07:08 am by Xylozi