centerprint help

[RooT]

hey wondering if anyone could help me, i want to centerprint a message but have it change depending on a variable, is this possible without just making if statements and every possible text variation?... let me word this better. my mod contains the ability to upgrade a class-type charactoristic (mage, robot, alien...) and you can upgrade with whichever you prefer to use at the time of upgrade. so when your experience points have reached the next level, and the menu comes up to choose the next ability you wouid like, the menu reflects your current upgrades and the next level of that upgrade.

ex:
local string skill1text, skill2text;
if (self.skill1 == 1)
{
sskill = "mage level 1: power to bargain with car dealers"
}
if (self.skill2 == 1)
{
sskill = "squirell level 1: climb trees"
}
if (self.skill2 == 2)
{
sskill = "squirell level 2: eat my nuts"
}
// then while the menu is open...
centerprint(self," MENU!\n" , skill1text , skill2text, "=====\n");
};

hope someone gets what im saying and has an answer that will make me happy
thanks-
root one

[Sajt]

If you're using FrikQCC or FTEQCC as compiler, you can open up defs.qc and replace the centerprint definition with:

void(entity client, string s, ...) centerprint = #73;

This will allow you to include up to 7 strings in a row in the centerprint command. (because builtin functions have a limit of 8 arguments)

If you're using an older compiler, replace centerprint in defs.qc with:

void(entity client, string s) centerprint = #73;
void(entity client, string s1, string s2) centerprint2 = #73;
void(entity client, string s1, string s2, string s3) centerprint3 = #73;
void(entity client, string s1, string s2, string s3, string s4) centerprint4 = #73;
void(entity client, string s1, string s2, string s3, string s4, string s5) centerprint5 = #73;
void(entity client, string s1, string s2, string s3, string s4, string s5, string s6) centerprint6 = #73;
void(entity client, string s1, string s2, string s3, string s4, string s5, string s6, string s7) centerprint7 = #73;

And use the appropriate one based on how many arguments you need.

If you need more than 7 different strings put together, there are further ways to do it, but they are hacky and will only be explained to you if you really need them

[Wazat]

Remember that you can only have 1 ftos in each print, or the last one will override all the ones before it. If you need more, I recommend you use Darkplaces because it has strcat and string zones to get around that problem.

[RooT]

wazat what do you mean i can only have one ftos? this wouldnt work?:
if (self.showtext)
{
local string t1, t2, t3;

t1 = ftos(self.inside);
t2 = ftos(self.3d);
t3 = ftos(self.rules);

centerprint5(self, "You know what?\n", t1, t2, t3);


that would work i thought?

[Wazat]

[RooT]