0004007: New actor pointer that can return a player's camera view

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(0022243) Penguin (reporter) 2022-05-29 14:53	For server GetPlayerNumberForSpy() For client GetConsolePlayerNumberForSpy()

(0022262) Penguin (reporter) 2022-06-04 15:00	I made a mistake. This is correct. int GetPlayerSpyPN (int PN) { int SpyPN; SetActivator(CheckPlayerCamera(PN)); //TID assignment required SpyPN = PlayerNumber(); //TID assignment required SetActivatorToPlayer(PN); return SpyPN; }

(0022264) Kaminsky (developer) 2022-06-06 20:11	After some thought and also discussing it with Penguin on Discord, adding a new actor pointer (e.g. AAPTR_PLAYER_GETCAMERA) that returns the actor a player is currently looking from would be more useful, instead of adding one or two new ACS functions that can only return which player is being spied on. As such, this commit adds the new pointer in 3.2:'http://hg.osdn.net/view/zandronum/zandronum-stable/rev/cf213fe93126 [^]' I updated the ticket info to reflect on the new feature.

(0022512) Kaminsky (developer) 2022-12-01 15:23	I uploaded an example WAD to test AAPTR_PLAYER_GETCAMERA. Here's how it works. 1a. If you're spying on yourself, then the message "you are viewing yourself" is displayed on the screen. 1b. If you're spying on another player, then the message "you are viewing another player named {other player's name}." is displayed. 1c. If you're spying on another actor that isn't a player, then the message "you are viewing an actor with the name {actor's name}." is displayed. 2. If you want to change your view to a non-player actor to test 1c, then you can puke the script "ChangeCamera" while an actor is underneath your crosshair. If successful, your view will change complemented by the message "ChangeCamera: found actor with the name {actor's name}." Otherwise, you get the message "ChangeCamera: couldn't find actor."

(0022516) WaTaKiD (updater) 2022-12-01 17:38	using ZandroDev3.2-221030-0316windows-x86_64 with the example wad on windows and euroboros linux servers 1a 1b and 1c all work as a spectator at first, but after joining the game the text in the middle of the screen is permanently stuck as "you are viewing yourself" for that client even if going back to a spectator, but can be fixed by reconnecting

(0022517) Kaminsky (developer) 2022-12-01 18:07 edited on: 2022-12-01 18:08	I uploaded an updated example WAD that should fix the problem you mentioned. The original script would terminate when the client joined from spectators.

(0022519) WaTaKiD (updater) 2022-12-01 18:46	the updated example wad did the trick, things seem peachy now, ty

(0022520) Kaminsky (developer) 2022-12-01 18:50	Thanks for checking again, I'll mark this ticket as resolved.

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Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2022-05-29 07:58	Penguin	New Issue
2022-05-29 14:53	Penguin	Note Added: 0022243
2022-06-04 15:00	Penguin	Note Added: 0022262
2022-06-06 20:11	Kaminsky	Note Added: 0022264
2022-06-06 20:11	Kaminsky	Assigned To	=> Kaminsky
2022-06-06 20:11	Kaminsky	Status	new => needs testing
2022-06-06 20:11	Kaminsky	Product Version	=> 3.1
2022-06-06 20:11	Kaminsky	Target Version	=> 3.2
2022-06-06 20:11	Kaminsky	Summary	GetPlayerNumberForSpy() => New actor pointer that can return a player's camera view
2022-06-06 20:11	Kaminsky	Description Updated	View Revisions
2022-12-01 15:17	Kaminsky	File Added: 4007.wad
2022-12-01 15:23	Kaminsky	Note Added: 0022512
2022-12-01 17:38	WaTaKiD	Note Added: 0022516
2022-12-01 18:05	Kaminsky	File Added: 4007_v2.wad
2022-12-01 18:07	Kaminsky	Note Added: 0022517
2022-12-01 18:08	Kaminsky	Note Edited: 0022517	View Revisions
2022-12-01 18:46	WaTaKiD	Note Added: 0022519
2022-12-01 18:50	Kaminsky	Note Added: 0022520
2022-12-01 18:50	Kaminsky	Status	needs testing => resolved
2022-12-01 18:50	Kaminsky	Fixed in Version	=> 3.2
2022-12-01 18:50	Kaminsky	Resolution	open => fixed

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