As soon as level.onTimeLimit is reached, any reference whatsoever to "self" instantly creates an error of overrun string in call to va() claiming that self is undefined (struct is not an entity). Even just a simple self.iprintlnbold() triggers it.

Any idea why self becomes undefined?

edited on Jun. 6, 2016 08:26 am by mortifer

It would be easier to see the actual method in question. Just post the chunk of code that you are having trouble with.

I mean, literally just that 1 line of code in that function.

onTimeLimit() {
    self iprintlnbold("time limit reached");
}

ANY single line that refers to the self entity will error claiming that self is not an entity.

edited on Jun. 6, 2016 08:43 am by mortifer

What is 'self' in that function? Where is the function being called from? What is the function being called on?

What the function is being called on will define 'self'.

Basically, post all of your code.

There isn't really anything else to post. It is literally JUST that. In main there is level.onTimeLimit = ::onTimeLimit; and that simple iprintlnbold. That all by itself causes the error and claims that self is not an entity.

What are you expecting 'self' to be?

Somewhere in _globallogic.gsc or the gametype .gsc there should be a line that looks something like this:

[[level.onTimeLimit]]();

'self' will be undefined in the onTimeLimit() function since it was not called on anything. If you want to print something to all players then just do:

onTimeLimit() {
	iprintlnbold("time limit reached");
}

If iPrintln or iPrintlnBold is not called on anything then it will print to all players.


Here's an example where 'self' will be defined:

bleh()
{
	players = getentarray("player", "classname");
	for(i=0;i<players.size;i++)
		players[i] doStuff(); // doStuff() was called on players[i], which is a player
}

doStuff()
{
	self suicide(); // self is the player
}

Oops clicked quote to edit and ended up with 2 posts xd

I love replying and then finding out the forums page had an error and failed to post my long reply! ;)


All I have done is taken the dm.gsc from my custom pml220 mod. In it it makes all the callbacks from globallogic.

    maps\mp\gametypes\_globallogic::init();
    maps\mp\gametypes\_callbacksetup::SetupCallbacks();
    maps\mp\gametypes\_globallogic::SetupCallbacks();
    level.onStartGameType = ::onStartGameType;
    level.onSpawnPlayer = ::onSpawnPlayer;
    level.onPlayerKilled = ::onPlayerKilled;
    level.onTimeLimit = ::onTimeLimit;
    level.onScoreLimit = ::onScoreLimit;
    level.onEndGame = ::onEndGame;

onTimeLimit() {
    // remove the line below and the script works perfectly
    self iprintlnbold("time limit reached"); // error claiming "self" is not an entity<br />
<br />
    winner = undefined;
    if (level.teamBased) {
        if (game["teamScores"]["allies"] == game["teamScores"]["axis"]) winner = "tie";
        else if (game["teamScores"]["axis"] > game["teamScores"]["allies"]) winner = "axis";
        else winner = "allies";
    } else winner = maps\mp\gametypes\_globallogic::getHighestScoringPlayer();
    makeDvarServerInfo("ui_text_endreason", game["strings"]["time_limit_reached"]);
    setDvar("ui_text_endreason", game["strings"]["time_limit_reached"]);
    thread maps\mp\gametypes\_globallogic::endGame(winner, game["strings"]["time_limit_reached"]);
}

I came across this because at the top of onTimeLimit() I added a final call for a custom killcam script I made. It works 100% except for when attempting to call it at the top of onTimeLimit(). If I put it back there, it errors on the first line referencing "self" claiming same as the iprintlnbold().

edited on Jun. 6, 2016 05:51 pm by mortifer

edited on Jun. 6, 2016 05:51 pm by mortifer

Simply remove "self" in the beginning and it should work.

onTimeLimit() 
{ 
       iprintlnbold("time limit reached"); 
      // code 
}

The iprintlnbold is just a debug attempt. A few posts back I mentioned that this is for a final killcam with pml220. The player killed data is being stored and I need to be able to access that later at the end of the match. Is there something wrong with storing it as level instead of self since self appears to get deallocated?