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sending pointer through send_skill #442082 06/10/14 14:41 06/10/14 14:41
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,823 Netherlands Reconnoiter OP Serious User
Reconnoiter OP Serious User Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,823 Netherlands	Hey, Is sending a pointer of an entity through send_skill a reliable way to get the pointer on the entity on e.g. clients? Like this?; Code: //server f ((connection & CONNECT_SERVER) \|\| connection == 0) { my.ENEMY = pointer_player[i]; send_skill(my.ENEMY,SEND_ALL); } ... //on both if (my.ENEMY != 0) pointer_enemy_player = my.ENEMY; I need to be sure, am doing the bug cleaning.

Re: sending pointer through send_skill [Re: Reconnoiter] #442085 06/10/14 15:24 06/10/14 15:24
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 4,225 Germany / Essen Uhrwerk Expert
Uhrwerk Expert Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 4,225 Germany / Essen	No. Think about what a pointer actually is and then think about how useful this information is on a different machine... Always learn from history, to be sure you make the same mistakes again...

Re: sending pointer through send_skill [Re: Uhrwerk] #442089 06/10/14 17:50 06/10/14 17:50
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,823 Netherlands Reconnoiter OP Serious User
Reconnoiter OP Serious User Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,823 Netherlands	Good to hear that actually, makes my debugging time shorter now I know that is a problem. -edit, forgot the handle thingy, it works good know. Ty Uhrwerk Last edited by Reconnoiter; 06/10/14 18:45.

Re: sending pointer through send_skill [Re: Reconnoiter] #450226 04/09/15 22:58 04/09/15 22:58
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EpsiloN User Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 968	I'm not sure if I understood you, but I think you misunderstood him A pointer is only valid on your machine. It points to a place in your memory. On another machine it has a different value (points to a different entity, or if you're !lucky! to the same entity). Instead, identify your entities by client_id and other custom ID methods... Extensive Multiplayer tutorial: http://mesetts.com/index.php?page=201

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