Post: Overflow Fix
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11-02-2014, 11:38 PM
#1
TheFallen
Former Dark Night
An easy to implement way of preventing any string overflows.
Introduction
Make sure to read the entire thread before attempting to use otherwise there may be issues with it not working properly.
Usage
First get the source from You must login or register to view this content.. You are going to need everything in here so do not try to edit it or remove things as it will most likely cause issues. To use this you must first call initOverflowFix() once in onPlayerSpawned(). You must only call this once for each player otherwise there will be problems.
onPlayerSpawned()
{
self endon("disconnect");
level endon( "game_ended" );
// YOU MUST HAVE THIS
isFirstSpawn = true;
for(;
{
self waittill("spawned_player");
// YOU MUST HAVE THIS
// only runs once when the player spawns for the first time
if(isFirstSpawn)
{
initOverFlowFix();
isFirstSpawn = false;
}
}
}
Creating Text
When creating text make sure to use my createText function or if you would rather use your own you must have these three lines at the bottom just before the return statement:
// textElem is the name of the object you defined with createFontString()
// view my createText function for an example
textElem.type = "text";
addTextTableEntry(textElem, getStringId(text));
textElem setSafeText(self, text);
You must do this for every text element you use otherwise it will result in an overflow.
Setting Text
When setting text make sure to call setSafeText(<player>, <text>
instead of setText(<text>. If you do not do this it will result in an overflow. To use setSafeText() you must call it like so:
// textElement is the text element you wish to set text for. This is the object you would normally call setText() on.
// self is the player object you wish to set text for. If you don't know what this is just use self.
textElement setSafeText(self, "text");
Destroying Text
When destroying text you must call clear(<player>
instead of destroy(). Clear takes one argument and that is the player that the text element belongs to. If you don't know what I mean by that just use self.
textElement clear(self);
Simple Example by Exelo
You can view an example of how to use this You must login or register to view this content..
Real Menu Examples
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11-15-2014, 05:14 AM
#14
Turk_Warrior
League Champion
Originally posted by TheFallen
Overflow Fix
An easy to implement way of preventing any string overflows.
Introduction
Make sure to read the entire thread before attempting to use otherwise there may be issues with it not working properly.
Usage
First get the source from You must login or register to view this content.. You are going to need everything in here so do not try to edit it or remove things as it will most likely cause issues. To use this you must first call initOverflowFix() once in onPlayerSpawned(). You must only call this once for each player otherwise there will be problems.
Creating Text
When creating text make sure to use my createText function or if you would rather use your own you must have these three lines at the bottom just before the return statement:
You must do this for every text element you use otherwise it will result in an overflow.
Setting Text
When setting text make sure to call setSafeText(<player>, <text> instead of setText(<text>. If you do not do this it will result in an overflow. To use setSafeText() you must call it like so:
Destroying Text
When destroying text you must call clear(<player> instead of destroy(). Clear takes one argument and that is the player that the text element belongs to. If you don't know what I mean by that just use self.
Simple Example by Exelo
You can view an example of how to use this You must login or register to view this content..
Real Menu Examples
An easy to implement way of preventing any string overflows.
Introduction
Make sure to read the entire thread before attempting to use otherwise there may be issues with it not working properly.
Usage
First get the source from You must login or register to view this content.. You are going to need everything in here so do not try to edit it or remove things as it will most likely cause issues. To use this you must first call initOverflowFix() once in onPlayerSpawned(). You must only call this once for each player otherwise there will be problems.
onPlayerSpawned()
{
self endon("disconnect");
level endon( "game_ended" );
// YOU MUST HAVE THIS
isFirstSpawn = true;
for(;
{
self waittill("spawned_player");
// YOU MUST HAVE THIS
// only runs once when the player spawns for the first time
if(isFirstSpawn)
{
initOverFlowFix();
isFirstSpawn = false;
}
}
}
Creating Text
When creating text make sure to use my createText function or if you would rather use your own you must have these three lines at the bottom just before the return statement:
// textElem is the name of the object you defined with createFontString()
// view my createText function for an example
textElem.type = "text";
addTextTableEntry(textElem, getStringId(text));
textElem setSafeText(self, text);
You must do this for every text element you use otherwise it will result in an overflow.
Setting Text
When setting text make sure to call setSafeText(<player>, <text>
instead of setText(<text>. If you do not do this it will result in an overflow. To use setSafeText() you must call it like so:
// textElement is the text element you wish to set text for. This is the object you would normally call setText() on.
// self is the player object you wish to set text for. If you don't know what this is just use self.
textElement setSafeText(self, "text");
Destroying Text
When destroying text you must call clear(<player>
instead of destroy(). Clear takes one argument and that is the player that the text element belongs to. If you don't know what I mean by that just use self.
textElement clear(self);
Simple Example by Exelo
You can view an example of how to use this You must login or register to view this content..
Real Menu Examples
i just put the overflow fix in it worked no errors but i cant verify my friends
when i die i lose the mod menu why lol
11-16-2014, 04:48 AM
#15
Bigmoneyhustlin
Can’t trickshot me!
nice thread man...
can someone here plz tell me if my problem is like the overflow problem?
never had overflow problem but mine is basic base and works great.
only thing is didnt know if the script can cause of lag cuz of pre verified names or sloppy code or like this a code repeat....
with this code from thread it sure looks like my pre varified list should be like this 2 prevent problems cuz if i host games without gsc
it shows 4 bars 4 everyone but with gsc only verified players 4 bar and most others have 3 bar connection
can someone here plz tell me if my problem is like the overflow problem?
never had overflow problem but mine is basic base and works great.
only thing is didnt know if the script can cause of lag cuz of pre verified names or sloppy code or like this a code repeat....
with this code from thread it sure looks like my pre varified list should be like this 2 prevent problems cuz if i host games without gsc
it shows 4 bars 4 everyone but with gsc only verified players 4 bar and most others have 3 bar connection
01-29-2015, 09:46 PM
#19
alexjones1009
Bounty hunter
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