Networking

WITH CLIENT · WITH PLAYER

WITH CLIENT

Run one of the script’s functions on the clients. In a single-player game it runs here.

WITH CLIENT task
with_client(task)

Also documents: args, sync

Parameters

• task AS FUNCTION - A FUNCTION of the script’s, by its name.

After !!

• args(values…) - What the function is called with.
• sync(on = TRUE) - Wait until it has run there.

Example

SCREEN 320, 240
FUNCTION greet(name)
    PRINT "hello " + name
END FUNCTION
// On every client; in a single-player game, here
WITH CLIENT greet !! args("ada") sync

Notes

It’s also the function with_client, for when you want what it gives back.

WITH PLAYER

Run one of the script’s functions on player slot’s server. In a single-player game it runs here.

WITH PLAYER slot, task
with_player(slot, task)

Also documents: args, sync

Parameters

• slot AS NUMBER
• task AS FUNCTION - A FUNCTION of the script’s, by its name.

After !!

• args(values…) - What the function is called with.
• sync(on = TRUE) - Wait until it has run there.

Example

SCREEN 320, 240
FUNCTION award(points)
    me.score = points
    PRINT "awarded", points
END FUNCTION
// On player 1's server; in a single-player game, here
WITH PLAYER 1, award !! args(50) sync

Notes

It’s also the function with_player, for when you want what it gives back.