Lua way to click ready button/hide engine ready button

[Licho]

I would like control over client ready state from lua.

I would like this for ingame faction selector.

[zwzsg]

Spring.SendCommands("forcestart")

But I suppose you want finer control.

[Licho]

This will set individual player ready?

[SeanHeron]

Obviously not. But I guess you could add your own level/variable of "ready"ness, and then "forcestart" the game when that variable is "true" for all players... (and handle that variable through your own GUI, etc.)

But I reckon that sort of hacking is not what you're looking for either. You say you want to use for ingame faction selection - so basiclly if a players done selecting a faction, he should auto-ready, is that the thought?

In general I think this would be a good feature to have.

[jK]

Already told him in chat but there is a way to do so via the GameSetup callin:

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bool CLuaHandle::GameSetup(const string& state, bool& ready,
                           const map<int, string>& playerStates)
{
	if (!CheckModUICtrl()) {
		return false;
	}
	LUA_CALL_IN_CHECK(L);
	lua_checkstack(L, 5);
	static const LuaHashString cmdStr("GameSetup");
	if (!PushUnsyncedCallIn(L, cmdStr)) {
		return false;
	}

	lua_pushsstring(L, state);

	lua_pushboolean(L, ready);

	lua_newtable(L);
	map<int, string>::const_iterator it;
	for (it = playerStates.begin(); it != playerStates.end(); ++it) {
		lua_pushnumber(L, it->first);
		lua_pushsstring(L, it->second);
		lua_rawset(L, -3);
	}

	// call the routine
	if (!RunCallInUnsynced(cmdStr, 3, 2)) {
		return false;
	}

	if (lua_isboolean(L, -2)) {
		if (lua_toboolean(L, -2)) {
			if (lua_isboolean(L, -1)) {
				ready = lua_toboolean(L, -1);
			}
			lua_pop(L, 2);
			return true;
		}
	}
	lua_pop(L, 2);
	return false;
}

[Licho]

But this does not seem to allow you to change ready state, or does it? Game setup appears to only get playuer list and their ready states.

[jK]

the return value toggles the ready state

[Licho]

I will check engine how often its called - if its possible to make button and then pass the click through gamesetup callin.

[Jools]

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bool CLuaHandle::GameSetup(const string& state, bool& ready,
                           const map<int, string>& playerStates)

Maybe I mix the callin with a callout, but how do I use that function? Do I need to know all those 4 params, string ready, bool ready, map, string playerstates?

Or can I use it without arguments to just retrieve the playerstates?