How to make spectators using teleporters

[Barbie]

I tried that spectators can use teleporters by pressing JUMP with the following code:

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class SpectatorSB extends CHSpectator;


exec function Jump(optional float F) {
local Teleporter CloseTeleporter;
local bool bTeleFound;

	bTeleFound = false;
	broadcastmessage("bPressedJump=" $ bPressedJump $ ", bCanTeleport=" $ bCanTeleport $ ", CurrentState=" $ InitialState);
	foreach RadiusActors(class'Teleporter', CloseTeleporter, class'PlayerPawn'.Default.CollisionRadius, Location)
	{
		broadcastmessage("CloseTeleporter=" $ CloseTeleporter $ ", PreTeleport=" $ PreTeleport(CloseTeleporter));
		// SetCollision(true, true, true);
		CloseTeleporter.Touch(self);
		bTeleFound = true;
		break;
	}
	if ( ! bTeleFound)
		broadcastmessage("No Teleporter around found");
}

defaultproperties {
	bCollideActors=false
	bBlockActors=false
	bBlockPlayers=false
	bCollideWorld=false
}

Although a teleporter is found nearby the spectator is not teleported and even the teleporter message (found/not found) is omitted sometimes. What's wrong here?

PS: The spectator class is set in function PlayerPawn Login() of the game class (class'MonsterHuntSB' in this case).

PPS: I got the following entries in server's log:

Log: Possessed PlayerPawn: SpectatorSB TestmapV2(SB).SpectatorSB0
ScriptLog: TestmapV2(SB).SpectatorSB0 invalid state

What's invalid?
PPPS: It appears only in client's log, not server's.

[Buggie]

You can break many maps with that, because many mappers use Event from destination point for actions. Not sure if erase/restore Event field even help for all cases.

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Automatically merged

https://github.com/Slipyx/UT99/blob/f2e ... n.uc#L3960

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auto state InvalidState
{
	event PlayerTick( float DeltaTime )
	{
		log(self$" invalid state");
		if ( bUpdatePosition )
			ClientUpdatePosition();

		PlayerMove(DeltaTime);
	}

Or state not replicated to client (if message appear only on client side) or state not set properly and used auto one.

[EvilGrins]

There are some maps that have teleports that spectators can use · https://unreal-games.livejournal.com/132579.html · although, the teleports are more like portals.

[OwYeaW]

this is how i got spectators to use teleporters: https://github.com/bunnytrack/OwYeaW-US ... or.uc#L168
though i believe, especially in MH maps, specs could trigger events. there should be a way to avoid that though

[Barbie]

this is how i got spectators to use teleporters

Looking around all x ms for a teleporter nearby and simulating its transport was in my mind, too.
I'm on it with the JUMP event atm but I still have issues with
1) finding the destination teleporter (in my test map a class'Teleporter' is found as destination but to a class'VisibleTeleporer' isn't)
2) setting Spectators' location with SetLocation() does not work.

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exec function Jump(optional float F) {
local Teleporter NearbyTeleporter, DestTeleporter;
local bool bTeleFound;

	bTeleFound = false;
	ClientMessage("bPressedJump=" $ bPressedJump $ ", bCanTeleport=" $ bCanTeleport $ ", CurrentState=" $ InitialState);
	foreach RadiusActors(class'Teleporter', NearbyTeleporter, class'PlayerPawn'.Default.CollisionRadius, Location)
	{
		ClientMessage("NearbyTeleporter=" $ NearbyTeleporter $ ", URL=" $ NearbyTeleporter.URL);
		bTeleFound = true;
		if (FindDestinationTeleporter(NearbyTeleporter, DestTeleporter))
		{
			ClientMessage("Setting location to" @ DestTeleporter.Location);
			if ( ! self.SetLocation(DestTeleporter.Location))
				ClientMessage("Setting location was not successful");
		}
		else
			ClientMessage("Teleport destination for" @ NearbyTeleporter @ "not found!");
	}
	if ( ! bTeleFound)
		ClientMessage("No Teleporter is close to you");
}



function bool FindDestinationTeleporter(Teleporter SrcTele, out Teleporter DestTele) {
/******************************************************************************
Searches Teleporter with the given *WhatTag* and returns TRUE if one ore more
were found. If multiple exist, a random one is returned. (See also code in stock
Teleporter.uc)
******************************************************************************/
local int i;

// for now use the first found matching teleporter:
	foreach AllActors(class'Teleporter', DestTele)
	{
		ClientMessage("checking" @ DestTele @ "with Tag=" $ DestTele.Tag);
		if (string(DestTele.tag) ~= SrcTele.URL && SrcTele != DestTele)
		{
			ClientMessage("found" @ DestTele);
			return DestTele != None;
		}
	}
return false;


	foreach AllActors(class'Teleporter', DestTele)
		if (string(DestTele.tag) ~= SrcTele.URL && SrcTele != DestTele)
			i++;
	i = rand(i);
	foreach AllActors(class'Teleporter', DestTele)
		if (string(DestTele.tag) ~= SrcTele.URL && SrcTele != DestTele && i-- == 0)
			break;
	return DestTele != None;
}

As I see your code respects visible teleporters only?