Hi, all. I've been lurking here for a while, but something's recently
come up in my code that prompted me to post. I've looked through my entire
backlog of hlcoders messages (almost 3000 at this point), searched the SDK
wiki and the Steam Forums, and even did a brief google for this, and still
I haven't found anything close to an answer.
In my mod, I've got a base class, something like:
// --- server ---
class CBaseClass : public CBaseEntity
{
public:
DECLARE_CLASS( CBaseClass, CBaseEntity );
DECLARE_SERVERCLASS();
private:
CNetworkVar( int, m_index );
};
IMPLEMENT_SERVERCLASS_ST( CBaseClass, DT_BaseClass )
SendPropInt( SENDINFO( m_index ), 10, SPROP_UNSIGNED ),
END_SEND_TABLE()
// --- client ---
class C_BaseClass : public C_BaseEntity
{
public:
DECLARE_CLASS( C_BaseClass, C_BaseEntity );
DECLARE_CLIENTCLASS();
int m_index; // couldn't get this to work under private:
};
IMPLEMENT_CLIENTCLASS_DT( C_BaseClass, DT_BaseClass, CBaseClass )
RecvPropInt( RECVINFO( m_index ) ),
END_RECV_TABLE()
So far, so good, right? Follows the wiki, Valve's code, etc. Compiles
with no errors. Load up the mod, and it works as expected.
Now, here's the fun part. If I derive a class from my base class, like
so:
// --- server ---
class CDerivedClass : public CBaseClass
{
public:
DECLARE_CLASS( CDerivedClass, CBaseClass );
DECLARE_SERVERCLASS();
private:
CNetworkVar( int, m_something );
};
IMPLEMENT_SERVERCLASS_ST( CDerivedClass, DT_DerivedClass )
SendPropInt( SENDINFO( m_something ), 10, SPROP_UNSIGNED ),
END_SEND_TABLE()
// --- client ---
class C_DerivedClass : public C_BaseClass
{
public:
DECLARE_CLASS( C_DerivedClass, C_BaseClass );
DECLARE_CLIENTCLASS();
int m_something;
};
IMPLEMENT_CLIENTCLASS_DT( C_DerivedClass, DT_DerivedClass, CDerivedClass )
RecvPropInt( RECVINFO( m_something ) ),
END_RECV_TABLE()
...the code compiles and runs just fine, but the client side of the
derived class *never* gets any updates when m_something is set. What blows
my mind is that I can cut and paste the code into the base class, and it
will behave exactly as it should. What the heck is going on here? There's
no indication that I can find in Valve's code or the wiki that I'm doing
anything wrong, or that more/different code is needed. Someone mentioned
CNetworkVarForDerived, but that doesn't seem to be the ideal solution,
since you're still declaring a variable in the base class, and I want
completely unique variables in some of the derived classes.
Any thoughts/suggestions? I'm at my wits' end here...
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