Script limiting aircraft types (including multilingual messages)

[FG28_Kodiak]

Regarding messages script it looks like a RU message would be shown to everyone if using sendChatMessageTo(-1, ru, ...)

sendChatMessageTo(-1, void, ...) shows international message to RU users. Ideally I would like to separate messages to RU and international users completely if possible.

Ok my fault , have forgotten to handle different languages if send on all.

Corrected version:

    private void sendScreenMessageTo(int army, string playerlanguage, string msg, object[] parms)
    {
        if (army != -1)
        {
            //Singleplayer (for Testing)
            if (GamePlay.gpRemotePlayers() == null || GamePlay.gpRemotePlayers().Length <= 0)
            {
                if (GamePlay.gpPlayer() != null && GamePlay.gpPlayer().Army() == army && GamePlay.gpPlayer().LanguageName().Equals(playerlanguage))
                    GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter(null, msg, parms);

            }
            else // Multiplayer
            {
                List<Player> Players = new List<Player>();

                foreach (Player p in GamePlay.gpRemotePlayers())
                {
                    if (p.Army() == army && p.LanguageName().Equals(playerlanguage))
                        Players.Add(p);
                }
                GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter(Players.ToArray(), msg, parms);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            List<Player> Players = new List<Player>();

            foreach (Player p in GamePlay.gpRemotePlayers())
            {
                if (p.LanguageName().Equals(playerlanguage))
                    Players.Add(p);
            }
            GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter(Players.ToArray(), msg, parms);
        }   
    }


    private void sendChatMessageTo(int army, string playerlanguage, string msg, object[] parms)
    {
        if (army != -1)
        {
            //Singleplayer (for Testing)
            if (GamePlay.gpRemotePlayers() == null || GamePlay.gpRemotePlayers().Length <= 0)
            {
                if (GamePlay.gpPlayer() != null && GamePlay.gpPlayer().Army() == army && GamePlay.gpPlayer().LanguageName().Equals(playerlanguage))
                    GamePlay.gpLogServer(null, msg, parms);
            }
            else // Multiplayer
            {
                List<Player> Players = new List<Player>();

                foreach (Player p in GamePlay.gpRemotePlayers())
                {
                    if (p.Army() == army && p.LanguageName().Equals(playerlanguage))
                        Players.Add(p);
                }
                GamePlay.gpLogServer(Players.ToArray(), msg, parms);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            List<Player> Players = new List<Player>();

            foreach (Player p in GamePlay.gpRemotePlayers())
            {
                if (p.LanguageName().Equals(playerlanguage))
                    Players.Add(p);
            }
            GamePlay.gpLogServer(Players.ToArray(), msg, parms);
        }
    }

Kodiak, when you have time I would like to ask you for advice how to calculate number of enemy fighter and bomber planes. Ideally I see aircraft limiting script as follows:

Declare percentages for limited aircraft types = X%.
OnPlaceEnter recalculate number of human-controlled enemy fighter and bomber planes (enmyFgtrs & enmyBmbrs) - this is the difficult part
Set curTeamBalance = (friendlyFgtrs + friendlyBmbrs/2) / (enmyFgtrs + enmyBmbrs/2)
Check if
if curTeamBalance > allowedTeamBalance then deny a limited aircraft (with RU and international message).
else Set e.g.

Nothing difficult .
Should the script calculate all in game planes too, or only the player controlled? So it should be possible to disable KI Starts if many Players are online.

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by FG28_Kodiak

Should the script calculate all in game planes too, or only the player controlled? So it should be possible to disable KI Starts if many Players are online.

IMO it is reasonable to balance player controlled planes only.
Sorry did not get what you mean by KI Starts? If you mean AI, I do not want to limit AI flights.

Thank you very much again.

[FG28_Kodiak]

German KünstlicheInteligenz = English ArtificialIntelligence
just a little language mismatch

[FG28_Kodiak]

I see a little problem
How to handle if one side don't have human pilots. Then your formula tries a division by zero and this will results in an error.

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by FG28_Kodiak

I see a little problem
How to handle if one side don't have human pilots. Then your formula tries a division by zero and this will results in an error.

Maybe it is possible to check if human pilots > 0 first.

Or maybe divide (1 + friendlyFgtrs + friendlyBmbrs/2) / (1+ enmyFgtrs + enmyBmbrs/2). It will do.

Or we can deny premium planes at all if say other side has less than 2 human players.

edit
What I do not know is how to handle other side players which are still in the menu and not flying. Can they be taken into account? If yes, probably 80% of them should be accounted as fighters and 20% as bombers if you do not mind. But it is not very important I think.

[Ataros]

It looks I am in trouble with my script here too.

Again it works for hosted server killing my engine when required but does not work on dedicated server.

First I used this line as you can see above in my message

 (actor as AiAircraft).hitNamed(part.NamedDamageTypes.Eng0TotalFailure);

It did not work online on a dedicated server.

Then I tried to modify actor-damaging script to destroy player plane. The same thing happens. On a dedicated server this script damages abondoned aircrat but my modified methods do not work. But work on hosted server (when I am the server).

OnPlaceEnter check where damagePlayerGroup((actor as AiAircraft)) does not work on a dedi.

        //checks limited aircraft

        showTestMsg(player);

        if (actor != null && actor is AiAircraft)
        {
            windowOfOp = 10;
            switch ((actor as AiAircraft).InternalTypeName())
            {
                case "bob:Aircraft.Bf-109E-4":
                    {
                        current109s++;
                        showTestMsg(player);

                        // !!! test !!!
                        if (current109s > allowed109s) // || current109s > 1) //  !!! test !!!
                        {
                            damagePlayerGroup((actor as AiAircraft));
                            Timeout(12, () =>
                            {
                                msgTooManyAircraft(player);
                                showTestMsg(player);
                            });  

                        }                    
                            break;
                    }

Methods (my methods are in the end)

 #region Destroy Actors Methods
    // by TheEnlightenedFlorist http://www.airwarfare.com/sow/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=43&id=539&Itemid=54
        
    private bool isAiControlledPlane(AiAircraft aircraft)
    {
        if (aircraft == null)
            return false;
 
        //check if a player is in any of the "places"
        for (int i = 0; i < aircraft.Places(); i++)
            if (aircraft.Player(i) != null)
                return false;
 
        return true;
    }
 
    private void destroyPlane(AiAircraft aircraft)
    {
        if (aircraft != null && isAiControlledPlane(aircraft))
            aircraft.Destroy();
    }
 
    private void damageAiControlledPlane(AiActor actorMain)
    {
        foreach (AiActor actor in actorMain.Group().GetItems())
        {
            if (actor == null || !(actor is AiAircraft))
                return;
 
            AiAircraft aircraft = (actor as AiAircraft);
 
            if (!isAiControlledPlane(aircraft))
                return;
 
            if (aircraft == null)
                return;
 
            aircraft.hitNamed(part.NamedDamageTypes.ControlsElevatorDisabled);
            aircraft.hitNamed(part.NamedDamageTypes.ControlsAileronsDisabled);
            aircraft.hitNamed(part.NamedDamageTypes.ControlsRudderDisabled);
            aircraft.hitNamed(part.NamedDamageTypes.FuelPumpFailure);
            int iNumOfEngines = (aircraft.Group() as AiAirGroup).aircraftEnginesNum();
            for (int i = 0; i < iNumOfEngines; i++)
            {
                aircraft.hitNamed((part.NamedDamageTypes)Enum.Parse(typeof(part.NamedDamageTypes), "Eng" + i.ToString() + "TotalFailure"));
            }
 
 
            Timeout(240, () =>
            { destroyPlane(aircraft); }
                );
        }
    }
    // Ataros method
    private void destroyPlayerPlane(AiAircraft aircraft)
    {
        if (aircraft != null)
            aircraft.Destroy();
    }

    private void damagePlayerGroup(AiActor actorMain)
    {
        foreach (AiActor actor in actorMain.Group().GetItems())
        {
            if (actor == null ) // || !(actor is AiAircraft))
                return;

            AiAircraft aircraft = (actor as AiAircraft);

            if (!isAiControlledPlane(aircraft))
            {
                if (aircraft != null)
                {
                    aircraft.hitNamed(part.NamedDamageTypes.ControlsElevatorDisabled);
                    aircraft.hitNamed(part.NamedDamageTypes.ControlsAileronsDisabled);
                    aircraft.hitNamed(part.NamedDamageTypes.ControlsRudderDisabled);
                    aircraft.hitNamed(part.NamedDamageTypes.FuelPumpFailure);
                    int iNumOfEngines = (aircraft.Group() as AiAirGroup).aircraftEnginesNum();
                    for (int i = 0; i < iNumOfEngines; i++)
                    {
                        aircraft.hitNamed((part.NamedDamageTypes)Enum.Parse(typeof(part.NamedDamageTypes), "Eng" + i.ToString() + "TotalFailure"));
                    }

                    //Timeout(60, () =>
                    //     { destroyPlayerPlane(aircraft); }
                    //    );
                }
            }
        }
    }

    #endregion

Sure it must be something basic that I can not see with my eyes. Attached a complete script.

[FG28_Kodiak]

Its a bug in dedi. As Workaround i use in my penalty script:

private void DoDamageToAirplane(AiAircraft aircraft)
    {
        if (!aircraft.IsAirborne())
        {
            // plane on ground Undercarriage cut off
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.WingL0);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.WingL1);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.WingL2);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.WingL3);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.WingL4);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.WingL5);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.WingL6);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.WingL7);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.WingR0);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.WingR1);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.WingR2);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.WingR3);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.WingR4);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.WingR5);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.WingR6);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.WingR7);
        }
        else
        {
            // plane in Air Tail cut off
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.Tail0);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.Tail1);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.Tail2);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.Tail3);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.Tail4);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.Tail5);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.Tail6);
            aircraft.cutLimb(part.LimbNames.Tail7);
        }
    }

Its not the best solution but it works on dedi, sometimes you get a index out of bound error in console, it depends on aircrafttype you use, not figuered out at the moment , normaly you must test every aircraft which parts could be damaged, but its not a critical error.

At the moment i working on a script, which remove and add planes (on the fly) to the birthplaces, so its no longer nessesary to damage 'overused' planes. But in the moment its in a early stage.