Recording system - looking for help

Gary
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10 Jun 2014 05:54 #1

Gary

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Hey guys!

sorry for these stupid questions. but i don't know how to slow it
the first question is: how the recording system works. i want to make a more advanced recording system but i looked up the TDN but i found nothing about record the keyboard action. so how to do it?(i really need this)
the second question: how to delete a file by using torque script? i can't find it on TDN, too.

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11 Jun 2014 03:33 - 11 Jun 2014 03:35 #2

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Had to look into these two myself for quite a while. Some things are easier than others:

The recording system captures keypresses and "replays" all data coming from the game's connection. Not sure if this is multiplayer-friendly, haven't ever tried it. If you want to start recording, you call

Code:

recordDemo(%recordingFile, %missionFile);

before the server is created (normally this happens in PM_StartMission with $doRecordDemo, you can call it manually yourself if needed. Playing back a recording is just as simple, all you need to do is call

Code:

playDemo(%recordingFile);

Beyond that, any events that happen during the demo are replicated (mostly). The demo system is quite unstable at times, but unless you're trying to use random/time based events it should be fine.

Deleting a file (as far as I know) is not possible in this version of the Torque Engine. Torque 3D has a fileDelete method, but it doesn't exist in this version of the engine. Best you can do is to overwrite the file with blank text and leave a blank file in its place:

Code:

%f = new FileObject();
//If we can open the file
if (%f.openForWrite(%fileToErase)) {
	//Write blank
	%f.writeLine("");
}
//Clean up
%f.close();
%f.delete();

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12 Jun 2014 05:30 #3

Gary

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Thank you for that but i still have questions to ask.
How to captures keypresse by using Torque Scripts ? the aim to know how it works is that i want to make a more advanced recording/replay system which have Ghost Play mode and other functions. I had done a replay system but it is not enough for my mode :lol:

and... is there any code in titlegui.gui , productiongui.gui and presentsgui.gui ? if is, what's it for?
Could you help me about the question?
Thanks again~

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