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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04-24-2016, 03:52 AM
#38
xKasper
I am error
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
Thanks man help alot!
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