precacheString(variable)

[Loveboy]

Hello Guys!

I want to preache a string, what is defined as a variable for a text.
I have got there problems and that won't be precached.

As first I call the thread where the text will be showed:



text(&"Test");


Then I wrote the function:



text(text)
{
self.texthud = newHudElem();
self.texthud.alignx = "center";
self.texthud.aligny = "middle";
self.texthud.x = 320;
self.texthud.y = 240;
self.texthud.fontscale = 2.0;
self.texthud.alpha = 0;
self.texthud setText(text); // HERE THE TEXT WHAT IS AS A VARIABLE DEFINED

//self iprintlnbold("text spawned");
}


But if I want to precache it on my script (called from startGametype()) then it just won't show the text:



precacheStuffs()
{
precacheString(text); //here is the text undefined, so no idea how I can precache it perfect
}


I already looked up if the text bugs, but there is no problem

Can somebody help me please and say how I can precache the variable (text)?

[kung foo man]

The "normal" way is like:



precacheAll() {
game["someTextA"] = &"some text for your hud A ";
game["someTextB"] = &"some text for your hud B";
game["someTextC"] = &"some text for your hud C";
precacheString(game["someTextA"]);
precacheString(game["someTextB"]);
precacheString(game["someTextC"]);
}

self.someHudA setText(game["someTextA"]);
self.someHudB setText(game["someTextB"]);
self.someHudC setText(game["someTextC"]);


Also it's just misleading to name the paramater as the function ala text(text). Meaningful names are important or your scripts are preventable hard to make sense of.

[Loveboy]

Yes, but it's a longer way, I just wanna do a short way to do a text (like iprintln[bold]).
If it's possible to do my way, then it would be nice and much easier :D

So just text(&"Mytext");

Edit: I will report you if I found a result

[Tally]

Hello Guys!

I want to preache a string, what is defined as a variable for a text.
I have got there problems and that won't be precached.

As first I call the thread where the text will be showed:



text(&"Test");


Then I wrote the function:



text(text)
{
self.texthud = newHudElem();
self.texthud.alignx = "center";
self.texthud.aligny = "middle";
self.texthud.x = 320;
self.texthud.y = 240;
self.texthud.fontscale = 2.0;
self.texthud.alpha = 0;
self.texthud setText(text); // HERE THE TEXT WHAT IS AS A VARIABLE DEFINED

//self iprintlnbold("text spawned");
}


But if I want to precache it on my script (called from startGametype()) then it just won't show the text:



precacheStuffs()
{
precacheString(text); //here is the text undefined, so no idea how I can precache it perfect
}


I already looked up if the text bugs, but there is no problem

Can somebody help me please and say how I can precache the variable (text)?

You are calling a level hud element on a client. Maybe that's why it wont work:


self.textHud = newClientHudElem( self );

[Loveboy]

Can't I use maybe something else (not .label or setText()) for setting a text without precaching?

[Tally]

Can't I use maybe something else (not .label or setText()) for setting a text without precaching?

You cannot use text in a hud element without precaching it. You can in iprintln()/iprintlnbold(), but not in a hud element.

[Loveboy]

And that's why I asked here, I just wanted something like iprintln()/iprintlnbold(), but I think it's hard scripted

[IzNoGoD]

hud setplayernamestring(player); is possible.

I've heard something about setmapnamestring() too, but i cannot confirm/deny anything. (you didnt hear it from me)

[Tally]

hud setplayernamestring(player); is possible.

I've heard something about setmapnamestring() too, but i cannot confirm/deny anything. (you didnt hear it from me)

setmapnamestring() is a COD4 function. As is setgametypestring().

[Mitch]

setmapnamestring() is a COD4 function. As is setgametypestring().

Both function should work in CoD2 too.