[PROFIT] Client strings concatenation

[mongreldogg]

Even if this thread name starts with [PROFIT] tag, i dont sure if i explain the most profitable way to get a result that i had by using the staff i tell about now.

If you have another better way, you are free to tell how to make better and it will be appreciative at least by me. By the way, this method seems like a lifehack

So, not just me met a problem with strings contatenation using strings codes.

For example:

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dlg_text("@1001" .. "@1002")

This function will return a dialog text that contains only first string and nothing after it could be shown.

The way to act well with this is to make 2 strings that has special value and 2 LUA functions for strings ripping.

Let's start from strings:

We must add 2 rows into stringresource and make a stringresource RDB patch into client (IMPORTANT! Another way you will have troubles with strings showing)

So here they are:

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INSERT INTO dbo.StringResource
VALUES('rip',0,1000000,'#@val1@##@val2@#')
INSERT INTO dbo.StringResource
VALUES('rip_end',0,1000001,'')

And lua functions:

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function rip(text)
return "\v@1000000\v#@val1@#\v" .. text .. "\v#@val2@#\v"
end

function rip_end()
return "@1000001\v"
end

How to use:

If we need to make a string that contains more than 1 client string, we must write it as in example:

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message( rip("@1001") .. rip("@1002") .. rip_end() )

Pay attention that rip_end() function must be always concatenated to a string after it.
These functions even makes a "rip" between client string and normal string that is written in a script.
Another examples:

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message(rip("Hello!") .. rip("@1001") .. rip_end() )
-- you must rip even simple string if it is before a client string
message(rip("@1001") .. rip(", Hello!") .. rip_end())

And now i can say something shitty but i'll explain how it works as how i understood that. Correct me if i'm wrong.

So, if we write a value that has a special format into a string:
#@value@#
it makes a kind of "string function" from a simple string and #@value@# becomes an "argument" for it.
And we are able to change something inside a client string by our script and even put one clent string into another.

So, how rip() function works.
It uses a string that has 2 "arguments".
First argument becomes a string that we want to put into a text. Second value becomes a value of the next rip() function and it makes a kind of cycle that must be always ended bu rip_end() function.
rip_end function ends a cycle by setting an empty value for the last "string argument" of the chain.

Tested it. Works. Feel free even with korean gameserver functionality.

Xijezu, please add it into collections.
Thanks for Thanksfarmer...
Cheers

[.Haze.]

Nice, good Work. Thank for profit.