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[Thazager]

This tutorial uses a button to add mobs to the area. It spawns 4 monkeytoks at the character position. We had 300 mobs spawned in a minute to test features. You can easily change the spawn rate.

From the basic window tutorial
Make basic window here. This is a base window and will be used in many of my Tutorials. It uses the GUI pics from textures that all engines have. This can be skipped if you have the basic window already from another tutorial.

Make basic button here. This will also be used in many of my tutorials.

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In the DOM, create a new (client side) class
name = TMP_Mobs
archtype = guicontrol
add a parent to the class, TMP_Window

click open script

In new (client side) script TMP_Mobs

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// create mob window
shared function Start()
  var win = getMobsClass()
  if win <> None
    DestroyNode( win )
  .
  win = CreateNodeFromPrototype("TMP_Mobs")
  win.build = true
  MiscUtils:centerWindow(win)
.

// which button chosen
method onMouseClick(args references Class GUIMouseEvent)
  target as NodeRef of Class GUIControl = args.source
  when target.name
    is "mobButton"
//      call server E_NPCClassMethods:CreateMobs()   // after server script is made, uncomment this line
    .
  .
.

//=================================================================================================
function getMobsClass() as NodeRef of Class TMP_Mobs
  return FindGUIControlByName(None, "game.TMP_Mobs")
.


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In new (XML) script TMP_Mobs

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<createControlType inheritFrom='TMP_Window' class='TMP_Mobs' type='TMP_Mobs' description='' treePath='' name="TMP_Mobs">
  <size x="150" y="50"/>
  <set name="TMP_Mobs.BGpanel">
    <size x="142" y="42"/>
  </set>
  <_label name="title" text="Monkeytoks" dropShadowAlpha="1" justification="CENTER">
    <defaultStatePresentation>
      <color r="1" g="0" b="0"/>
    </defaultStatePresentation>
    <autoCenter horizontal="true"/>
  </_label>
  <tmp_button name="mobButton">
    <position x="45" y="25"/>
    <size x="60"/>
    <autoCenter horizontal="true"/>
    <set name='TMP_Mobs.mobButton.text' attribute='text' value="Make 4"/>
  </tmp_button>
</createControlType>
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In (server side) E_NPCClassMethods add:

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// player called - make mobs
untrusted function CreateMobs()
  acct as NodeRef of Class E_playerAccount = SYSTEM.REMOTE.client
  char as NodeRef of Class E_playerCharacter = acct.GetMyChar()
  $CHAT.ChatWorld( "game", char.name+" is making Mobs" )

  loop i from 1 to 4
    var npc = $NPC._CreateSimpleHECharacter( "monkeytok", false )
    npc._UpdatePosition(char.GetPosition())
  .
.

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In (client side) script E_PlayerAccountClassMethods under the chatwindow

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        TMP_MobsClassMethods:Start()

Created using info from $NPC in the wiki   (link wont function properly with $ in it)

[Voarsh]

This tutorial uses a button to add mobs to the area. It spawns 4 monkeytoks at the character position. We had 300 mobs spawned in a minute to test features. You can easily change the spawn rate.

In your client side button script, in your method onMouseClick() add:

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      is "MobButton"
        acct as NodeRef of Class E_playerAccount = GetAccountID()
        call server E_NPCClassMethods:CreateMobs(acct)
      .


In server side E_NPCClassMethods add:

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// test function
untrusted function CreateMobs( accountID as ID )
  acct as NodeRef of Class E_playerAccount = accountID
  char as NodeRef of Class E_playerCharacter = acct.GetMyChar()

  loop i from 1 to 4
    var npc = $NPC._CreateSimpleHECharacter( "monkeytok", false )
    npc._UpdatePosition(char.GetPosition())
  .
  $CHAT.ChatPlayer( acct, "", "making Mobs" )
.

Created using info from $NPC in the wiki   (link wont function properly with $ in it)

Hi, I wasn't able to find onMouseClick().
Can you be more specific? What Client script?
Thanks

[Thazager]

added MobButton in the above tutorial.

[H3R013]

i got up to the part where u make the TMP_Mobs and it gives errors when i try to compile it >>

how do i fix it ?

[H3R013]

ok so i ignored those errors and did the rest and tried to compile them but it gave this >>

how to fix it ?

[Thazager]

Ok, each error is depending on the other section of code to be working.

To start, in TMP_Mobs client side script, comment out the "call server" line using //

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//      call server E_NPCClassMethods:CreateMobs()

this will allow the client side script to compile, which in turn will allow the server side script to compile.

Then remove the comments for the line above.

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      call server E_NPCClassMethods:CreateMobs()

and compile the client side code again.


Adding the parent TMP_Window to the class TMP_Mobs, will allow the use of win.build to work.  (as long as you have already made the TMP_Window)

[H3R013]

i tried doing that both ways with or without that line and it keeps giving these errors either way >>

How do i fix it ?

[Thazager]

sorry for long time off.

In order for the "build" to work in code below TMP_Mobs needs to be defined as a guicontrol in the DOM.

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shared function Start()
  var win = getMobsClass()
  if win <> None
    DestroyNode( win )
  .
  win = CreateNodeFromPrototype("TMP_Mobs")
  win.build = true
  MiscUtils:centerWindow(win)
.


One way to do that is by:

Adding the parent TMP_Window to the class TMP_Mobs, will allow the use of win.build to work.  (as long as you have already made the TMP_Window)

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To call Start from E_playerAccountClassMethods, the code needs to compile.  Without that working the function is not seen by other scripts.

One way to get that to compile is to comment out the last 2 lines
//  win.build =true
//  MiscUtils:centerWindow(win)

this will allow the compile.