Hi All!

I've got A7 pro, and I've been trying to get my multiplayer code to work. I got stumped when I tried to use on_server to call a function.

After I set up a server, and had a client connect to the server, somehow the on_server never worked. As a result, Locoweeds MP Tutorial didn't work for me, because the on_server never fired-off a function that send the server_says_start variable to the clients, so the clients could never get past that step.

However, when I edited the code so that I didn't need to check for server_says_start, the game proceeded on like normal. I could even call the function and send variables to and from the server by doing manual send_var() calls.

Hence, my conclusion is that on_server does not work. I haven't tried on_client yet but i will once I get to the right place in the tutorial.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

I don't think there's an on_server bug, but the current A7 version has indeed a bug in sending functions and actions to the server under lite-C - see bug list. However everything should work under C-Script.

You can look into the Pong multiplayer example for learning how to use the on_server event under lite-C.

Well, I took a look at the Pong multiplayer example, and it doesnt use on_server at all. It only uses on_client. So I'm still stuck...

Thanks for your input though...any idea when the multiplayer bugs will be resolved in Lite-C?

Thanks

I am having this EXACT problem. It seems on_server just isn't working at all. I am using A7 Commercial 7.06.

i think my on_server functio works fine. Maybe you have a slight bug somewhere else. try using the step by step debugging method just to make sure. Maybe the computer never makes it to the on_server line.

I'm Having the same problem ever since i switched to A7, Does anyone know if theres a way to fix it?

This still gives me problems, even in Loco's updated Lite-C code. I had to add a wait(-3) for the "people_connected" var to be sent. If I remove the wait, "people_connected" never gets updated on the client.

Code:

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function server_called() {
  if ((event_type == EVENT_JOIN) && (people_connected < MAX_CONNECTIONS)) {
    wait(-3); //I have no idea why this is necessary, but it is
    people_connected += 1; // another person connected
    send_var(people_connected);

---

There's really no reason to have to wait THREE seconds for anything, but try it and see if it makes a difference. I still think there's a bug here somewhere.

I just recently had the same problem.

I followed Zelek's idea about adding a wait and it worked.
So this is not a bug? r do we just have to wait for the client to fully connect or something?

Thanks,
Adoado

I seem to be having the same issue, although for my the wait still does not work