Too many info changes

[GangsterAngel]

dose anyone know a way to stop this error for certan CVARS?

since some of my menus work of CVARS. and the values dont update correctly.

[razorace]

This error shouldn't be occuring at all. It's value is probably getting changed too often for some reason.

[GangsterAngel]

yes, thats the problem, for like the bank menu, if the slider for how much credits you want to withdraw is moved , it skips it sometimes, cuz the value it uses to see how much credits you want to withdraw changes too rapid...

[razorace]

mmm, it's probably based on the nature of the cvar you're looking at. I've never heard of this error before so I'm not really sure how to help. What is the exact error message?

[GangsterAngel]

Warning: Too many info changes, last info ignored

 

Cvar: "JKG_Deposit"

 

{ &JKG_Deposit, "JKG_Deposit",		"0",		CVAR_USERINFO | CVAR_ROM },

 

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/6399/jkgbankmenu0mi.jpg

[GangsterAngel]

BTW, it needs to be USERINFO so the server can get the value.

 

char *s;
s = Info_ValueForKey( userinfo, "JKG_Deposit" );

[razorace]

ah, well, my guess is that you need to have a client-only cvar that acts as a buffer between the "real" cvar and your menu slider. And then when you press the "deposit" button, the code then updates the "real" cvar based on the current value in your client-only cvar.

[MDN14]

or couldnt you make it so you can type in the ammount and then when the player clicks submit or deposit or whatever then it sends the info to the cvar?

[CerberuS_21]

Yeah, doing what razorace proposed is your best choice

 

Each time a USERINFO cvar is being updated, an updated userinfo string is being sent from client to server. If that happens too frequently within a certain timeframe the server just refuses some of the userinfo updates and gives that error message.

 

It's also noticable in basejka (Siege). If you change class quickly a couple of times in a row you'll get that error as well.

[MDN14]

or if you change skins a few times quickly even in ffa mode

[ensiform]

funny thing with this warning is it doesnt exist in q3, jamp, or in the quake 3 full-engine sdk. (looking in the hex edit or in notepad)

[GangsterAngel]

new problem now lads, the "REAL" and "FAKE" cvar dosent update before the Deposit is done.

 

for example , i goto deposit 900 .

 

it sets JKG_Deposit , to JKG_TempDeposit ( 900 )

then deposits JKG_Deposit , but it dosent update quick enough and thinks its 0 .

 

then if i goto deposit 1200 after trying 900 , it will deposit 900 . cuz it hasent updated quick enough...

 

 

UI_Script

 

else if (Q_stricmp(name, "JKG_UpdateCvars") == 0) 
	{
		char	TempString[512];

		trap_Cvar_VariableStringBuffer( "JKG_TempDeposit", TempString, sizeof(TempString) );

	trap_Cvar_Set ( "JKG_Deposit", TempString /*trap_Cvar_VariableValue("JKG_TempDeposit")*/ );

	}

	else if (Q_stricmp(name, "JKG_UpdateTempCvars") == 0) 
	{
					char	TempString[512];

		trap_Cvar_VariableStringBuffer( "JKG_Deposit", TempString, sizeof(TempString) );

	trap_Cvar_Set ( "JKG_TempDeposit", TempString /*trap_Cvar_VariableValue("JKG_Deposit") */);

	}

 

 

Menu:

 

//===================================================//
//============     BANK MENU     ====================//
//===================================================//
menuDef  
{
	name					"ingame_bank"
	visible					0
	fullscreen				0
	outOfBoundsClick							// this closes the window if it gets a click out of the rectangle
	rect					10 100 180 180
	focusColor				1 1 1 1
	style					1
	border					1
	onESC
	{

			close			all
	}
	onClose
	{

	}

	onOpen
	{
UiScript "JKG_UpdateTempCvars"
show deposit_bar
	}

 

Deposit button ( menu )

 

	itemDef 
	{
		name				dpstbutton
		group				none
		rect				20 80 160 20
		type				ITEM_TYPE_BUTTON
		text				Deposit
		textalign			ITEM_ALIGN_LEFT		
		textalignx			4
		textaligny			12    
		font				4
		textscale			1
		forecolor			1 .682 0 1
		visible			1
		ownerdraw			UI_CHAT_TACTICAL
		action
		{
		uiScript "JKG_UpdateCvars"
		exec "JKG_DepositCash Deposit"
		close all
		}
	}

 

 

.. so it is setup right.

any ideas?

[GangsterAngel]

all i can think of is adding a delay on doing the Deposit command. but im not 100% that would work ALL the time.. what do you guys think?

 

if i just made it deposit 1 seccond after the Deposit command is callled. think it would work for evryone?

[razorace]

can you directly alter the cvar using .integer on the UI side? That should fix the update speed issue.

[razorace]

funny thing with this warning is it doesnt exist in q3, jamp, or in the quake 3 full-engine sdk. (looking in the hex edit or in notepad)

 

hmmm, I think it's a JKA only sort of issue that was added to prevent people from lagging the server by spamming changes. I could have sworn that the actual warning/check is in the .dll code.

[GangsterAngel]

i dont THINK i can edit a clientside CVAR directly via .integer , and if you can, i have no idea how.

 

ive gone with the 1 seccond wait for now. and it works fine for me... on all menus..

the "JKG_Deposit" is used for more than the bank menu, EG, Passwording homes. and its all working good. just a seccond delay now thats all.

 

thanx for the idea Ace.

[ensiform]

you should be able too... ie: try cg_autoswitch.[intellisense will show the popup window for what u can do]