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I think this tutorial will be useful for many people. Especially for the new "coders". I added this spawn location save to my own RPG Gamemode. So it's working, don't worry.
Tutorial:
Step 0.
We will have to define dini, so we can use it.
Add this line at the top of your script, below #include <a_samp> :
Done? Head to step 1.
Step 1.
Let's use the public function public OnPlayerDisconnect(playerid, reason).
Find that function. CTRL+F.
If you found it, we can continue.
First we will have to define some things.
Add this at the top of the public function:
Step 2.
Now we will have to make clear what pname is. And we will have to make sure a file will be created to save the data.
Add this below the line we added at Step 1.
Step 3.
We made the "script" clear it will have to load/use a file called "playername.ini" for the data. But it doesn't know if that file exists yet. If it exists, it will save the data. If it doesn't exist, it won't save the data. So, let's make it add the file if it doesn't exist.
Add this below the lines we added at Step 2.
PAUSE
Let's check the script.
This is what you currently have:
If everything is right, head to Step 4.
Step 4.
We will have to get the player position of the player.
We can do this by adding this line below dini_create(file);
Add this line below dini_create(file);:
Done? Go to Step 5.
Don't worry about the
"return 1;
}".
Step 5.
Now we will have to make it set the X,Y,Z position in the "username.ini" file.
We can do that by adding this below the line we added at Step 4.
This will set the X, Y, and Z position of the player.
Now we are done with the public function OnPlayerDisconnect.
We are not done with the script! We still have to make the player spawn at the saved location.
PAUSE
This is how the function should look like!
Is everything right?
Head to Step 6.
Step 6.
We will have to use the public function "OnPlayerSpawn(playerid)".
For some of you this function exists, for some of you it doesn't.
Let's find this function. CTRL + F then type "OnPlayerSpawn". If you can't find it, add it manually:
If you have this function, add this line below the bracket "{".
We will have to define some things, again. I will not explain these lines one by one, we already used them at the OnPlayerDisconnect function.
Done? head to Step 7.
Step 7.
This will be new for you.
We will have to make the script look for the lines "posX, posY, posZ".
We can do that by adding these lines below the liens we added at Step 6.
Done? Head to Step 8.
Step 8.
Okay, the script checked for these lines. Now we will have to make the player spawn at the coordinates we saved.
Add this line below the latest line we added at Step 7.
We are ALMOST done.
We're done with the script, but we still have to do something.
This is how the script should look like:
Now, go to Step 9.
Step 9.
The file wants to create at the folder "SavePos". But that folder doesn't exist. So we will have to add it manually.
Go to your scriptfiles folder (Default: C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\Samp Server\scriptfiles).
Then add a new folder called:
SavePos.
Now we are done!
Thank you and good luck.
Questions? Problems? bugs? Post them here.
Tutorial:
Step 0.
We will have to define dini, so we can use it.
Add this line at the top of your script, below #include <a_samp> :
Code:
#include <dini>Step 1.
Let's use the public function public OnPlayerDisconnect(playerid, reason).
Find that function. CTRL+F.
If you found it, we can continue.
First we will have to define some things.
Add this at the top of the public function:
Code:
new file[128], pname[MAX_PLAYER_NAME];
new Float:x, Float:y, Float:z;Step 2.
Now we will have to make clear what pname is. And we will have to make sure a file will be created to save the data.
Add this below the line we added at Step 1.
Code:
GetPlayerName(playerid, pname, sizeof(pname));
format(file, sizeof(file), "[URL="file://\\SavePos\\%s.ini"]\\SavePos\\%s.ini[/URL]", pname);Step 3.
We made the "script" clear it will have to load/use a file called "playername.ini" for the data. But it doesn't know if that file exists yet. If it exists, it will save the data. If it doesn't exist, it won't save the data. So, let's make it add the file if it doesn't exist.
Add this below the lines we added at Step 2.
Code:
if(!dini_Exists(file))
dini_Create(file);PAUSE
Let's check the script.
This is what you currently have:
Code:
public OnPlayerDisconnect(playerid, reason)
{
public OnPlayerDisconnect(playerid, reason)
{
new file[128], pname[MAX_PLAYER_NAME];
new Float:x, Float:y, Float:z;
GetPlayerName(playerid, pname, sizeof(pname));
format(file, sizeof(file), "[URL="file://\\SavePos\\%s.ini"]\\SavePos\\%s.ini[/URL]", pname);
if(!dini_Exists(file))
dini_Create(file);
return 1;
}If everything is right, head to Step 4.
Step 4.
We will have to get the player position of the player.
We can do this by adding this line below dini_create(file);
Add this line below dini_create(file);:
Code:
GetPlayerPos(playerid, x, y, z);Don't worry about the
"return 1;
}".
Step 5.
Now we will have to make it set the X,Y,Z position in the "username.ini" file.
We can do that by adding this below the line we added at Step 4.
Code:
dini_FloatSet(file, "posX", x);
dini_FloatSet(file, "posY", y);
dini_FloatSet(file, "posZ", z);Now we are done with the public function OnPlayerDisconnect.
We are not done with the script! We still have to make the player spawn at the saved location.
PAUSE
This is how the function should look like!
Code:
public OnPlayerDisconnect(playerid, reason)
{
new file[128], pname[MAX_PLAYER_NAME];
new Float:x, Float:y, Float:z;
GetPlayerName(playerid, pname, sizeof(pname));
format(file, sizeof(file), "[URL="file://\\SavePos\\%s.ini"]\\SavePos\\%s.ini[/URL]", pname);
if(!dini_Exists(file))
dini_Create(file);
GetPlayerPos(playerid, x, y, z);
dini_FloatSet(file, "posX", x);
dini_FloatSet(file, "posY", y);
dini_FloatSet(file, "posZ", z);
return 1;
}Is everything right?
Head to Step 6.
Step 6.
We will have to use the public function "OnPlayerSpawn(playerid)".
For some of you this function exists, for some of you it doesn't.
Let's find this function. CTRL + F then type "OnPlayerSpawn". If you can't find it, add it manually:
Code:
public OnPlayerSpawn(playerid)
{
return 1;
}If you have this function, add this line below the bracket "{".
We will have to define some things, again. I will not explain these lines one by one, we already used them at the OnPlayerDisconnect function.
Code:
new file[128], pname[MAX_PLAYER_NAME];
new Float:x, Float:y, Float:z;
GetPlayerName(playerid, pname, sizeof(pname));
format(file, sizeof(file), "[URL="file://\\SavePos\\%s.ini"]\\SavePos\\%s.ini[/URL]", pname);Done? head to Step 7.
Step 7.
This will be new for you.
We will have to make the script look for the lines "posX, posY, posZ".
We can do that by adding these lines below the liens we added at Step 6.
Code:
x = dini_Float(file, "posX");
y = dini_Float(file, "posY");
z = dini_Float(file, "posZ");Step 8.
Okay, the script checked for these lines. Now we will have to make the player spawn at the coordinates we saved.
Add this line below the latest line we added at Step 7.
Code:
SetPlayerPos(playerid, x, y, z);We are ALMOST done.
We're done with the script, but we still have to do something.
This is how the script should look like:
Code:
public OnPlayerDisconnect(playerid, reason)
{
new file[128], pname[MAX_PLAYER_NAME];
new Float:x, Float:y, Float:z;
GetPlayerName(playerid, pname, sizeof(pname));
format(file, sizeof(file), "[URL="file://\\SavePos\\%s.ini"]\\SavePos\\%s.ini[/URL]", pname);
if(!dini_Exists(file))
dini_Create(file);
GetPlayerPos(playerid, x, y, z);
dini_FloatSet(file, "posX", x);
dini_FloatSet(file, "posY", y);
dini_FloatSet(file, "posZ", z);
return 1;
}
public OnPlayerSpawn(playerid)
{
new file[128], pname[MAX_PLAYER_NAME];
new Float:x, Float:y, Float:z;
GetPlayerName(playerid, pname, sizeof(pname));
format(file, sizeof(file), "[URL="file://\\SavePos\\%s.ini"]\\SavePos\\%s.ini[/URL]", pname);
x = dini_Float(file, "posX");
y = dini_Float(file, "posY");
z = dini_Float(file, "posZ");
SetPlayerPos(playerid, x, y, z);
return 1;
}Now, go to Step 9.
Step 9.
The file wants to create at the folder "SavePos". But that folder doesn't exist. So we will have to add it manually.
Go to your scriptfiles folder (Default: C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\Samp Server\scriptfiles).
Then add a new folder called:
SavePos.
Now we are done!
Thank you and good luck.
Questions? Problems? bugs? Post them here.
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Pretty easy to follow, and useful.
