quakec cvar change

[mh]

stuffcmd(foo, "sv_foo\n");

forgive me while I vomit....

*vomits*

try localcmd("sv_foo\n"); instead. It'll probably work more reliably.

Won't silence the prints though.
You should use grep/find-in-files for that instead. "'%s' changed to '%s'\n" will probably turf something up.

<rant>
It always bemuses me why "stuffcmd" is seen as being the way to do anything through QC. There's already a perfectly good "cvar_set" builtin; you don't need stuffcmd at all here. True, it'll only work on the server, but this is a server cvar anyway.

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cvar_set ("sv_maxspeed", "250");

There's also a perfectly good "cvar" builtin that you can use to get the original value, so that you can restore it properly when you're finished having your evil ways with it.

Would people please stop recommending "stuffcmd" unless you're absolutely certain that it's the only way?
</rant>

[behind_you]

In the Cvar_Set function, this is the block of code that you need to remove:

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 if (var->server && changed)
 {
  if (sv.active)
   SV_BroadcastPrintf (""%s" changed to "%s"\n", var->name, var->string);
 }

Thanks a million. Compiling code now.

Btw stuffcmd and localcmd. Is the dfference that local affects only the client who changed the cvar and stuff affects everyone no matter what? Correct me if im mistaken

[behind_you]

<rant>
It always bemuses me why "stuffcmd" is seen as being the way to do anything through QC. There's already a perfectly good "cvar_set" builtin; you don't need stuffcmd at all here. True, it'll only work on the server, but this is a server cvar anyway.

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cvar_set ("sv_maxspeed", "250");

There's also a perfectly good "cvar" builtin that you can use to get the original value, so that you can restore it properly when you're finished having your evil ways with it.

Would people please stop recommending "stuffcmd" unless you're absolutely certain that it's the only way?
</rant>

Hold the phone. Used cvar_set and got a warning: 'type mismatch on parm 0. Expected string, found entity'. Never got this with stuff cmd. Localcmd gave me 4 warnings similar to cvar_set.

[mh]

stuffcmd lets you specify a specific client to send the command to whereas localcmd executes the command locally on the server (Quake has a client/server architecture which you'd need to become familiar with for anything more detailed to make sense). The differences really only apply to multiplayer games, but you should be aware of them.

[mh]

<rant>
It always bemuses me why "stuffcmd" is seen as being the way to do anything through QC. There's already a perfectly good "cvar_set" builtin; you don't need stuffcmd at all here. True, it'll only work on the server, but this is a server cvar anyway.

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cvar_set ("sv_maxspeed", "250");

There's also a perfectly good "cvar" builtin that you can use to get the original value, so that you can restore it properly when you're finished having your evil ways with it.

Would people please stop recommending "stuffcmd" unless you're absolutely certain that it's the only way?
</rant>

Hold the phone. Used cvar_set and got a warning: 'type mismatch on parm 0. Expected string, found entity'. Never got this with stuff cmd. Localcmd gave me 4 warnings similar to cvar_set.

That's likely because you just replaced the text "stuffcmd" with "cvar_set", as in:

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cvar_set (self, "sv_maxspeed 250\n");

It doesn't work that way; if you want to set the value of sv_maxspeed to 250 you need this:

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cvar_set ("sv_maxspeed", "250");

Don't worry that 250 is a string here, the engine will convert it behind the scenes.

[behind_you]

hahahahaa......oops

[mh]

You should see some of the mistakes I've made in the past...

[behind_you]

You should see some of the mistakes I've made in the past...

Probably not as bad as i am now! Im a mess...

[Ranger366]

stuffcmd lets you specify a specific client to send the command to whereas localcmd executes the command locally on the server (Quake has a client/server architecture which you'd need to become familiar with for anything more detailed to make sense). The differences really only apply to multiplayer games, but you should be aware of them.

Whoa, sorry forgot that its serverside urgh.
Im feeling bad now.
I apologise for that.

I thought he could use stuffcmd because he is doing a SinglePlayer shooter.

[mh]

I thought he could use stuffcmd because he is doing a SinglePlayer shooter.

Well he can, but he really should use cvar_set to set a cvar.

[Ranger366]

Anyway, he learned 3 more commands!
Congratulations!

[behind_you]

well, did some comparison testing

Theyre the same, but cvar_set takes effect a tiny bit faster than the others. Im now making the player slow down when crouched. I tried rapidly ducking and 'un'ducking and stuffcmd didnt restore the speed AKA i was standing but moving at crouching speed. Cvar_set didnt do this. But its a very small time difference. Thank u very much!!!

[Spike]

is there no .float maxspeed; field?... or is that my imagination?