In a previous post I was trying to make a game room not be listed in the list of game rooms if the game was currently in play. I tried to do this by attaching a variable to the room called isInPlay, but was later informed that this would not work because it was not really possible and unwise to ...

how do i write that? From in the API? I can't just put it in the flash movie? this doesnt work:

uid = user.getId()
trace("uid: "+uid)

how do I write this properly?

i'm pretty sure this isn't right...this is in flash to get the unique id number assigned to each user.

Sorry for all the beginners questions...

Is there a simple code I can put somewhere to get the unique ID of the user?

Jason

hmmmm...so i would have to get PRO to do this then right? in my admin tool it says I can't access this feature with basic. If I do this is it easy? Is there a work around?

could i rename the room "(game in progress) game room"? then use a substring to not let the player enter into the room if the ...

you mean like this? on my trace action below, i'm still getting undefined. I think it has to do with the way I'm trying to create the "isInPlay" variable in the create room code. I just don't know how to get the syntax down.


smartfox.onRoomListUpdate = function(roomList:Object) {
roomList_lb ...

I'm trying to make the game room display window in the lobby only display games that are not in the middle of being played. right now, any person can join a game in progress and i do not want this. i was thinking that perhaps i could make a room variable when i create the room called isInPlay and ...

thanks Carl. That probably is a better way to deal with avatars. It seams that you've answered my main question which is whether sendObject is just quirky or whether my code is just bad...it seams you think it can be quirky.

This also happens when I have my avatars in my turn based game doing moves ...

I'm new to sfs and I really love it and think its a great program. Like all programs though, it seems to have its odd quirks that I'm trying to figure out. Getting an understanding of a programs quirks is always harder than learning the code.

I've noticed that once in a while:

smartfox.sendObject ...

so if i buy the shockwaveserver hosting, and just upload the tutorials, they should work with zero configuration right?

i had one complaint and one question this whole time and i finally got some help. thank you lapo.

i didn't realize shockwaveserver existed, and beyond that i had no idea how to do the "server side hacking" that you speak of and i was under the impression that there was no way around this. that's ...

Oh, ok, thanx for the clarification about SFS actually using Rhino. I'll probably settle for Python then.

Oh and Starvingeyes, SmartFoxServer is not a game maker. It's here to help in the development of a multiplayer game by saving you the time it would have taken to code a server-client ...

You have to understand, you cant just google "install smartfoxserver on a website" nothing comes up. Step by step ...what do we do????


Not trying to go against anybody's interests here but, sincerely I would much rather see the SmartFoxServer team concentrate on completing the documentation of ...

Anybody in the New York City area want to teach a freelancer how to do this from start to finish? ~$400/day?

Jason Oda
starvingeyes.com
starvingeyes advergaming

how do i change the ip address of my client? what's a client in this case?

Jason