Answered Best way to call an Overflow Fix?

[The Dark Side]

I have mine as

if(self isHost() && level.isFirstSpawn == true;
{
    level.isFirstSpawn = false;
    overflowfix();
}

Should this be "thread overflowfix();", "level thread overflowfix();", or should i leave it as "overflowfix();"?

This is xTUL's overflow fix. Does it matter which way you call it? Which is the most stable and safe way?
(I know noob question, im just curious. )

 

[P!X]

use self thread or just thread

without "thread" it waits until the called function is done

example:

onPlayerSpawned()
{
    self endon("disconnect");
    self.isFirstSpawn = true;
    for(;;)
    {
        self waittill("spawned_player");
        if(self.isFirstSpawn==true)
        {
            if(self isHost())
            {
                self iprintln("YAY");//runs wait for done and move on
                self test();//runs wait for done and move on
                overflowfix();//runs wait for done but since there is a infinite "for" loop in the function it will wait forever
                self test();//doesnt run cause you forgot "thread" overflowfix()
            }
            self.isFirstSpawn = false;
        }
    }
}

ohh and dont use "level.isFirstSpawn" use "self.isFirstSpawn" to seperate it for every single player

 

[The Dark Side]

use self thread or just thread

without "thread" it waits until the called function is done

example:

onPlayerSpawned()
{
    self endon("disconnect");
    self.isFirstSpawn = true;
    for(;;)
    {
        self waittill("spawned_player");
        if(self.isFirstSpawn==true)
        {
            if(self isHost())
            {
                self iprintln("YAY");//runs wait for done and move on
                self test();//runs wait for done and move on
                overflowfix();//runs wait for done but since there is a infinite "for" loop in the function it will wait forever
                self test();//doesnt run cause you forgot "thread" overflowfix()
            }
            self.isFirstSpawn = false;
        }
    }
}

ohh and dont use "level.isFirstSpawn" use "self.isFirstSpawn" to seperate it for every single player

Extremely helpful. Will do.

 

[BullyWiiPlaza]

The best way is this something like this:

onPlayerSpawned()
{
    if(!isDefined(level.isFirstSpawn))
    {
        level.isFirstSpawn = false;
        level thread overFlowFix();
    }
}

Explanation:
The overflow fix has to be executed on spawn and not on connect because it would cause a server disconnected error. Then it should run when the first player spawns and not the host. I'm using the level entity to call the function with a thread because it's a function that works on the level and not the player entity (self) . It has to be threaded to not block the onPlayerSpawned() function. The variable level.isFirstSpawn makes sure that overFlowFix() will only be called once.