Is there a QuickJoinGameRequest in SFS1 ?

[Rashomon]

I see there's a QuickJoinGameRequest in SFS2X. What about in SFS1?

[rjgtav]

Hi. No there isn't a QuickJoinGameRequest in SFS1x, you need to code your own

[Rashomon]

That's what I figured.

Can you give me a hand with getting the roomList?

I've searched the docs, and I can only find roomList used with the onRoomListUpdate event. How can I get the roomList on demand (through my own function)?

I'm currently using SmartFoxBits. I can't get the roomList from the RoomList component, either either. The roomList.rowCount shows the number of possible rooms that I can show in my list, NOT the number of rooms that are actually created.

I would prefer to work directly with SFS at this point. If you know how to get Bits to work, that will be a bonus.

[rjgtav]

Hi. You can use the roomList property of the SmartFoxClient class

When you receive the onRoomListUpdate event, the client automatically stores the roomList in that property.

[Rashomon]

Thanks. That's just what I was looking for.

The links you gave me were to AS2 code, and I'm using AS3. Once I knew what I was looking for, though, I was able to find the AS3 equivalent (smartFox.getAllRooms());

Here's a link to the AS3 API for others.

And here's my final code that works:

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showRooms_btn.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, onShowRooms);
function onShowRooms( evt:MouseEvent ):void
{
   var rooms:Array = smartFox.getAllRooms()
   for (var r:String in rooms)
   {
      var room:Room = rooms[r]
      trace("Room: " + room.getName())
   }
}   

Thanks a ton, rjgtav!!!!

[rjgtav]

You Welcome Oh, on future posts, please specify which scripting language are you using, that makes things easy

[Rashomon]

Will do.

One more thing. I'm trying to set a roomVariable when the game has started. I plan to cycle through the rooms in the roomList and check the isStarted roomVar to determine whether or not someone can join the game.

I'm setting the roomVar like so:

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var rVarsStart:Array = new Array();
rVarsStart.push({name:"isStarted", val:"true", persistent:true})
smartFox.setRoomVariables(rVarsStart);

I then check the roomVars from another client/user, like so:

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showRooms_btn.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, onShowRooms);
function onShowRooms( evt:MouseEvent ):void
{
   var rooms:Array = smartFox.getAllRooms()
   for (var r:String in rooms)
   {
      var room:Room = rooms[r]
      trace("Room: " + room.getName())

      trace("isStarted = " + room.getVariable("isStarted") as String);
      
      var roomVars:Array = room.getVariables()
      for (var v:String in roomVars)
         trace("Name:" + v + " | Value:" + roomVars[v])         
   }
}

Unfortunately, I cannot seem to access the room variables. Here's my output:

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Room: game1
isStarted = undefined
Room: Lobby
isStarted = undefined

If, however, I enter the room and then leave it, then I'm able to access the isStarted roomVar. What's going on? How can I access the roomVars in my roomList without actually entering the rooms?

[rjgtav]

Hi. You need to set the roomListVars property of the zone to true.
More information here

[Rashomon]

Sorry... It's me again.

I read the link you provided, and I found some examples where others set this tag, like here. However, I'm still getting "undefined" values.

Here's my zone config:

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<Zone name="myZone" roomListVars="true">
   <Rooms>
      <Room name="Lobby" maxUsers="50" isPrivate="false" isTemp="false" autoJoin="true"/>
   </Rooms>
   <Extensions>
      <extension name="myExtension"  className="myExtension.as" type="script" />
   </Extensions>         
   <DatabaseManager active="true">
   ... (a bunch of stuff deleted)
   </DatabaseManager>
</Zone>

What am I missing, here?

Could the problem be with the way I'm creating my game rooms?

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function createRoom( name:String, pwd:String, spec:Number ):void
{
   hideWindow( "newGameWindow" )
   var gameRoom:Object = new Object()
   gameRoom.name = name
   gameRoom.password = pwd
   gameRoom.maxUsers = 3
   gameRoom.maxSpectators = spec
   gameRoom.isGame = true
   gameRoom.isTemp = true
   var xt:Object = {}
   xt.name = "myGame"
   xt.script = "myExtension.as"
   gameRoom.extension = xt
   smartFox.createRoom( gameRoom )
}

While we're at it, is this a good approach? Is it also possible to just completely remove the room from the roomList? If so, would that cause problems later on, by not being able to find the room?

[rjgtav]

Hum... do the variables appear on the adminTool (when in the client it shows undefined?

Also, do you test this with 2 clients (one sets the variable and the other tries to get)?

Finally, the persistent=true just lets the variable there until the user that created it disconnects from the server, so to make a variable to stay until the room gets deleted, you have to create it on the server side, set persistent to true and set its owner to null.

More info here.

[Rashomon]

I'm making progress. It works... sort of.

The variable was (and still is) appearing in the adminTool.

I am testing with 4 clients. Three to create a full game, and one to check the room vars from the lobby.

Following your link, I removed my client-side code where I was setting my isStarted roomVar.

I added code to my server-side extension to create the isStarted roomVar. I'm using priv:false, persistent:true, and passing null as the owner, like so:

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function startGame()
{
   gameStarted = true
   
   var room = _server.getCurrentRoom()
   trace("Extension is running in room: " + room.getName())
   trace("Users in this room: " + room.getUserCount())
   
   var rVars = []
   rVars.push( {name:"isStarted", val:"true", priv:false, persistent:true} )
   _server.setRoomVariables(room, null, rVars)
   
   var res = {}
   res._cmd = "start"
   
   res.p1 = {id:p1id, name:users[p1id].getName()}
   res.p2 = {id:p2id, name:users[p2id].getName()}
   res.p3 = {id:p3id, name:users[p3id].getName()}
   
   _server.sendResponse(res, currentRoomId, null, users)
}

I say this "sort of works", because my "lobby" client can correctly read the room variables if the game has started before it enters the zone. If, however, the client is already in the lobby, and THEN a game starts, the lobby client does not get the room vars. I tried calling smartFox.getRoomList() before trying to pull the roomVars, but no luck.

Do you have any idea what's going on with the lobby/game order?

[rjgtav]

Hi. Yes when a variable updates on another room you don't receive the update. And I think the roomList method only works at the login time.

Usually, is advisable for you to create your own startGame method, so when a game starts, you send an extension response to the players in the lobby saying that that game has started, so they can remove it from the room list.

I think there's no other way to achieve this, can't remember now.

[Rashomon]

you send an extension response to the players in the lobby saying that that game has started, so they can remove it from the room list.

How do you remove a room from the roomList? I can only find getRoomList and onRoomListUpdate.

[rjgtav]

Hi. I was referring to removing the room from the list where you show the rooms available to join, not from the SmartFoxClient's roomList, as you can't do that.