Logging custom message on entity touch

[hlstriker]

Is there a way for me to log a custom message when a player touches an entity?

[Dexter]

Sure.. easiest and quickest way I can think of is

some_thing = info_ff_script:new(
{
    -- your stuff here w/e blah
    touchflags = {AllowFlags.kOnlyPlayers,AllowFlags.kBlue, AllowFlags.kRed, AllowFlags.kYellow, AllowFlags.kGreen}
})

function some_thing:touch( touch_ent )
    if IsPlayer( touch_ent ) then
        ConsoleToAll("A player  touched my info script!")
    end
end

Naturally that will send the message to everyone. You can cast the player if you need info from it

[squeek.]

I think he means server logs.

Plus, ConsoleToAll() only sends the message to the server's console.

You're looking for LogLuaEvent()

Originally Posted by AfterShock

SERVER LOGGING: added valve-standard LUA triggered logs. use like this:

LogLuaEvent(int victimID, int attackerID, string eventname)
LogLuaEvent(int victimID, int attackerID, string eventname, string key0, string value0)
LogLuaEvent(int victimID, int attackerID, string eventname, string key0, string value0, string key0, string value0, string key1, string value1)
LogLuaEvent(int victimID, int attackerID, string eventname, string key0, string value0, string key0, string value0, string key1, string value1, string key2, string value2)

e.g.

LogLuaEvent(0, player:GetId(), "flag_touch", "flag_name", flag:GetName())

outputs

L 09/18/2008 - 00:50:33: "AfterShock<1><STEAM_ID_LAN><#FF_TEAM_BLUE>" triggered "flag_touch" (flag_name "yellow_flag")

For world triggered stuff just called with ID 0 for both players

e.g.

LogLuaEvent(0, 0, "flag_returned", "flag_name", flag:GetName());

outputs

L 09/18/2008 - 00:58:58: World triggered "flag_returned" (flag_name "green_flag")

There are some examples in base_teamplay.lua:

LogLuaEvent(player:GetId(), 0, "flag_dropped", "flag_name", flag:GetName(), "player_origin", (string.format("%0.2f",player:GetOrigin().x) .. ", " .. string.format("%0.2f",player:GetOrigin().y) .. ", " .. string.format("%0.1f",player:GetOrigin().z) ));

[Dexter]

ohhh. I'm retarded. Very nice and easy

[hlstriker]

Alright, thanks

Also, how does the LUA know what entity in the map to use?

some_thing = info_ff_script:new(
{
-- your stuff here w/e blah
touchflags = {AllowFlags.kOnlyPlayers,AllowFlags.kBlue, AllowFlags.kRed, AllowFlags.kYellow, AllowFlags.kGreen}
})

Is this creating the entity itself or is it only creating a hook to the entity?

[Crazycarl]

It's a hook. The entity has to be in the map already so that players can interact with it. These are usuallyan info_ff_script or trigger_ff_script, but any named trigger can be used.

[hlstriker]

I might be missing something but I'm still confused on how to specify which entity to hook

[squeek.]

Originally Posted by hlstriker

I might be missing something but I'm still confused on how to specify which entity to hook

some_thing = info_ff_script:new({})

Will hook ALL entities named "some_thing" (even non-info_ff_script entities). You can't really discriminate between entities of the same name within lua.

EDIT: What exactly are you trying to do?

[hlstriker]

I was thinking 'some_thing' was a variable but I guess that really doesn't make sense when I look at the prototype :S

I'm making a speed run plugin for skill maps and need to detect when a player touches the start/end timers. Currently SourceMod can't hook touches for FF so I decided to use a hackish method and use LUA to log when a player touches the entity so I can hook the log in SourceMod

(I'll eventually need to figure out how to add a delay between client touches so it doesn't spam the log too.)

[hlstriker]

I got the entity touches working but now I'm having problems trying to create a delay between each touch.

You can see I'm just trying to use a simple bool array...
- When player spawns set players array index to true.
- When player touches ent, set array index to false, and AddSchedule.
- AddSchedules function resets players array index to true.

How can I do this?

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Delay for touching the timer so it doesn't constantly spam the player
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local bCanTouchTimer[] -- How do I make an array?

function sr_delay_reset(player)
	bCanTouchTimer[player] = true
end

function player_spawn(player)
	bCanTouchTimer[player] = true
end


-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Start Timer
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sr_start_timer = info_ff_script:new({
	model = "models/items/ball/ball.mdl",
	touchflags = {AllowFlags.kOnlyPlayers, AllowFlags.kBlue, AllowFlags.kRed, AllowFlags.kYellow, AllowFlags.kGreen}
})

function sr_start_timer:precache( )
	PrecacheModel(self.model)
end

function sr_start_timer:touch(touch_entity)
	if IsPlayer(touch_entity) then
		local player = CastToPlayer(touch_entity)
		
		-- Check the delay
		if bCanTouchTimer[player] then
			RemoveHudItem(player, "touched_start")
			AddSchedule("sr_touch_delay", 2, sr_delay_reset, player)
			bCanTouchTimer[player] = false
		end
	end
end

[squeek.]

Try using player:GetId() for the index of the array.

And you make an array using:

local bCanTouchTimer = {}

[hlstriker]

Thanks it's working perfect now