How to send a Server side variable to the client?

[ARitz Cracker]

Example:

if SERVER then
self.Variable = 9000
else
draw.SimpleText("The power level is over"..self.Variable.."!!!".Variable, "default", 0, -15, Color(255,0,0,100), TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER, TEXT_ALIGN_TOP)
end

Obviously that wouldn't work

The Variable HAS to be server side though.
So i'm wondering if there's a way to send the server-side variable to the client.

Thanks in advance!

[LauScript]

usermessages, look them up on the wiki.

[ARitz Cracker]

Did not work....

[lorde banana]

[QUOTE=LegoGuy;33140473]Did not work....[/QUOTE]

show us the code

[ARitz Cracker]

[QUOTE=Banana Lord.;33141066]show us the code[/QUOTE]

Actually The function is called, but the HUD don't react to the chaining vars

Relevant code
[Lua]
if CLIENT then
function SWEP.ScreenUpdate( um, self )
self.CFireMode1 = um:ReadShort()
self.CFireMode2 = um:ReadFloat()
Msg("Screen Updated\n")
end
usermessage.Hook( "swep.FireMode", SWEP.ScreenUpdate, SWEP )
function SWEP.ScreenUpdateO( um, self )
self.LightsCanFire = um:ReadShort()
Msg("Leds Can Fire\n")
end
usermessage.Hook( "swep.LightsCanFire", SWEP.ScreenUpdateO, SWEP )

function SWEP:Think()
self.VElements["Charge"].draw_func = function( weapon )
-- x = side | y = up/down | right = pos | left = neg | up = neg | down = pos |
draw.SimpleText("Primary: "..self.CFireMode1, "default", 0, -15, Color(255,0,0,100), TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER, TEXT_ALIGN_TOP)
draw.SimpleText("Secondary: "..self.CFireMode2, "default", 0, -5, Color(255,0,0,100), TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER, TEXT_ALIGN_TOP)
end
if self.Lights <= CurTime() then
self.VElements["Led3"].color = Color(0, 0, math.random(-1,1)*255, 255)
self.VElements["Led4"].color = Color(0, 0, math.random(-1,1)*255, 255)
self.VElements["Led5"].color = Color(0, 0, math.random(-1,1)*255, 255)
self.Lights = CurTime() + .1
end
if self.LightsCanFire >= CurTime() then
self.VElements["Led1"].color = Color(0, 0, 0, 255)
self.VElements["Led2"].color = Color(255, 0, 0, 255)
else
self.VElements["Led1"].color = Color(0, 255, 0, 255)
self.VElements["Led2"].color = Color(0, 0, 0, 255)
end
end

end
--------Rest is Server-side---------------------------
function SWEP:Think()
if self.ScreenUpdate <= CurTime() then
umsg.Start( "swep.FireMode" )
umsg.Float( self.SecondaryFireMode )
umsg.Short( self.PrimaryFireMode )
umsg.End()
self.ScreenUpdate = CurTime() + 1
end
end
------------------------------------------------------
--The following just happenes in different parts of the code (all server-side)
umsg.Start( "swep.LightsCanFire" )
umsg.Short( CurTime() + 1 ) --The Delay is different depending on where this bit of code is
umsg.End()
[/lua]

A orange 'Screen Updated' Does show up in the console every second the game is not paused.
And 'Leds Can Fire' Does show when the function is being called.

[LauScript]

okay.. lol.

don't update the damn firemode every think, especially with a usermessage. so something like this

-------
-- Serverside
-------


-- Make sure you pass only a string.
function SWEP:SetFireMode( strMode )
	umsg.Start( "swepfModeUpdate", self.Owner );
		umsg.String( strMode );
	umsg.End();
end

---------
-- clientside
---------

usermessage.Hook( "swepfModeUpdate", function(um)
	local fmode = um:ReadString();
	SWEP.fMode = fmode;
end);

set it once, it doesn't need to be drawn every second.
and please, indent your code..

[ARitz Cracker]

[QUOTE=LauScript;33141718]okay.. lol.
--stuff--
[/QUOTE]

OK, I don't think you understand. The fire-mode, and what the SWEP does depending on the firemode, is server-side. I would like the NUMBER of the fire-mode to be shown on the 'self.VElements["Charge"]' thing

[editline]5th November 2011[/editline]

And the firemode was updated every second, and it was DRAWN at every tick

...Just so you know.

[LauScript]

why would you update the firemode every second, even when it hasn't changed. does that make sense to you? network it [b]once[/b] when it's changed, put that in a clientside var on the swep or something and then have it draw that var.

also what?.. it's pretty obvious why it's not drawing..

[b]self.VElements["Charge"].draw_func = function( weapon )[/b]

 function SWEP:Think() 
        self.VElements["Charge"].draw_func = function( weapon )
            -- x = side | y = up/down | right = pos | left = neg | up = neg | down = pos | 
            draw.SimpleText("Primary: "..self.CFireMode1, "default", 0, -15, Color(255,0,0,100), TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER, TEXT_ALIGN_TOP)
            draw.SimpleText("Secondary: "..self.CFireMode2, "default", 0, -5, Color(255,0,0,100), TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER, TEXT_ALIGN_TOP)
        end
        if self.Lights <= CurTime() then
            self.VElements["Led3"].color = Color(0, 0, math.random(-1,1)*255, 255)
            self.VElements["Led4"].color = Color(0, 0, math.random(-1,1)*255, 255)
            self.VElements["Led5"].color = Color(0, 0, math.random(-1,1)*255, 255)
            self.Lights = CurTime() + .1
        end
        if self.LightsCanFire >= CurTime() then
            self.VElements["Led1"].color = Color(0, 0, 0, 255)
            self.VElements["Led2"].color = Color(255, 0, 0, 255)
        else
            self.VElements["Led1"].color = Color(0, 255, 0, 255)
            self.VElements["Led2"].color = Color(0, 0, 0, 255)
        end
    end

not to be an ass but you're the one who clearly doesn't understand.

[ARitz Cracker]

[QUOTE=LauScript;33142020]why would you update the firemode every second, even when it hasn't changed. does that make sense to you? network it [b]once[/b] when it's changed, put that in a clientside var on the swep or something and then have it draw that var.

also what?.. it's pretty obvious why it's not drawing..

[b]self.VElements["Charge"].draw_func = function( weapon )[/b]

--Stuff--

not to be an ass but you're the one who clearly doesn't understand.[/QUOTE]

It is drawing.
[filename]
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14940709/looks-drawn-to-me.jpg[/IMG]
The problem is it never updates.

[editline]5th November 2011[/editline]

(the var is set to 0 in the init function to prevent lua spam.

[editline]5th November 2011[/editline]

FIX'D! FINALLY FIGURED SOMETHING OUT!

[editline]5th November 2011[/editline]

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