Thread: Strange String replacement...

You have to #include <string> and refer to it as std::string or use a using declaration or directive.

could anyone convert my pseudocode to C++? thanks a lot...

I tryed... seams that I can't inclued that... if I do pop thousands of errors.

I'm changing a game, so seams that string is not used, and can't be used.

I think is C++... is Quake 2 Engine.

I'm trying to fix a bug in Quake 2, with the Quake 2 Engine.

if is really in C and not C++, please move this topic to the right place. thanks!

well, I know the cause of this bug and the solution, and I could fix with 2 easy ways, but I can't do it in this MOD because I don't have the MOD source where the exact line can't be changed, so override my fix in the original code (which I have the source) when loaded.

So I need to change in the harder way, changing the positions of the spawnpoints to a little higher when load the maps, and in this funcion below is where the entity list of the map is loaded:

Code:

/*
 =================
 CM_LoadEntityString
 =================
*/
static void CM_LoadEntityString (const byte *data, const lump_t *l){

   cm_numEntityChars = l->fileLen;
   if (cm_numEntityChars < 1)
      return;
   if (cm_numEntityChars > MAX_MAP_ENTSTRING)
      Com_Error(ERR_DROP, "CM_LoadMap: map '%s' has too large entity lump", cm_map);

   cm_entityString = Hunk_Alloc(cm_numEntityChars + 1);
   memcpy(cm_entityString, data + l->fileOfs, cm_numEntityChars);
}

than I need this:

Code:

/*
 =================
 CM_LoadEntityString
 =================
*/
static void CM_LoadEntityString (const byte *data, const lump_t *l){

   char   *game = Cvar_VariableString("fs_game"); 

   cm_numEntityChars = l->fileLen;
   if (cm_numEntityChars < 1)
      return;
   if (cm_numEntityChars > MAX_MAP_ENTSTRING)
      Com_Error(ERR_DROP, "CM_LoadMap: map '%s' has too large entity lump", cm_map);

   cm_entityString = Hunk_Alloc(cm_numEntityChars + 1);
   memcpy(cm_entityString, data + l->fileOfs, cm_numEntityChars);

   if (!Q_stricmp(game, "arena")){
      // do string manipulation over cm_entityString
   }
}

so will only do the change when the game is "arena" (which means the MOD arena), which is compiling and working...

now I need to make that pseudo-code that I created to make this work.

Code:

set working = 1;
while working == 1 {
   if "{" not found{
      set working = 0;
   else{
       subs = GetSubstring(String, first {, first });
      Str1 = GetSubstring (String[0], subs[0]);
      Str2 = GetSubstring (subs[size],String[size]);
      if found (info_player_deathmatch || info_player_start) in subs {
           find "origin" location;
         posA = find 3rd space after origin location;
         posB = find next " after posA;
         Subs1 = GetSubstring (subs[0],posA);
         Subs2 = GetSubstring (posB,subs[size]);
         num = GetSubstring (posA, posB);
         ToNumber(num) += 15;
           subs = Subs1 + num + Subs2;
         ReplaceAll (subs, {, [);
         ReplaceAll (subs, }, ]);
      }
   }
}
ReplaceAll (String, [, {);
ReplaceAll (String, ], });

than I started:

Code:

/*
 =================
 CM_LoadEntityString
 =================
*/
static void CM_LoadEntityString (const byte *data, const lump_t *l){

    char   *game = Cvar_VariableString("fs_game");
	int		working = 1;

	cm_numEntityChars = l->fileLen;
	if (cm_numEntityChars < 1)
		return;
	if (cm_numEntityChars > MAX_MAP_ENTSTRING)
		Com_Error(ERR_DROP, "CM_LoadMap: map '%s' has too large entity lump", cm_map);

	cm_entityString = Hunk_Alloc(cm_numEntityChars + 1);
	memcpy(cm_entityString, data + l->fileOfs, cm_numEntityChars);

	if (!Q_stricmp(game, "arena")){
      // do string manipulation over cm_entityString
	   while (working == 1){
		   if (cm_entityString.find_first_of("{"){
				working = 0;
		   }else{
		      // other stuff
		   }
	   }
	}
}

than I'm receiving this error:

Code:

qcommon\cmodel.c(508) : error C2224: left of '.find_first_of' must have struct/union type
qcommon\cmodel.c(508) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ')' before '{'

more info about this problem at this link

that's all! anyone could help with that?

here all functions available on Q2E

ok, I'm here now...

Code:

static void CM_LoadEntityString (const byte *data, const lump_t *l){

    char   *game = Cvar_VariableString("fs_game");
	int		working = 1;
	char		*p;

	cm_numEntityChars = l->fileLen;
	if (cm_numEntityChars < 1)
		return;
	if (cm_numEntityChars > MAX_MAP_ENTSTRING)
		Com_Error(ERR_DROP, "CM_LoadMap: map '%s' has too large entity lump", cm_map);

	cm_entityString = Hunk_Alloc(cm_numEntityChars + 1);
	memcpy(cm_entityString, data + l->fileOfs, cm_numEntityChars);

	if (!Q_stricmp(game, "arena")){
      // do string manipulation over cm_entityString
	   while (working == 1){
		   p = strchr(cm_entityString, '{');
		   if (!p){
				working = 0;
		   }else{
		   
		   
		   }
	   }
	}
}

seams that I need functions at string.h, I'm trying at google since I don't have the Visual Studio .NET documentation....

so it's C, sorry... please can you move to C programming? thanks!

exist any function that I sent a string, point A and point B, then returns a substring between these points?

I can't find!

thanks!

Heres one I just knocked up. It may not be the best way to do this, but it seems to work:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

#define str_size 100

void SubStr(char *str, char *str_bit, int start, int end)
{
    --start;
    for(int i=start; i<end; i++)
        str_bit[i-start]=str[i]; 
    
    str_bit[end-start]='\0';
}

int main()
{
    char quit='x';
    char str[str_size];
    char str_bit[str_size];
    int start=3, end=8;
    
    fgets(str, str_size, stdin);
     
    SubStr(&str[0], &str_bit[0], start, end); 
    
    printf("%s", str_bit);
    while((quit=getchar())!='\n');
}   

/* Test data: 1234567890
   Output: 345678 */

I was thinking in do something like this with strtok inside the loop:

Code:

SubString = strtok(String,'}');

correct me if I'm wrong, with that I'll have everything in the String until the first } char copied to that SubString variable.

than I can work with that substring, and create another variable that will save the new string, bla bla bla....

and when this line be executed again will copy from the next char after last char copied first, until the next }, and goes on...

so in each passage of the loop will copy each entity to that SubString... am I right?

remember, the string will always be like something like this:

Code:

{"classname" "worldspawn"}{"origin" "-256 248 16""classname" "info_player_deathmatch"}{"classname" "info_player_deathmatch""origin" "248 256 16"}{"origin" "248 -256 16""classname" "info_player_deathmatch"}{"classname" "info_player_deathmatch""origin" "-264 -256 16"}{"origin" "-176 -200 24""classname" "weapon_rocketlauncher"}{"classname" "weapon_rocketlauncher""origin" "-184 192 24"}{"origin" "168 184 24""classname" "weapon_rocketlauncher"}{"origin" "-184 -264 24""classname" "ammo_rockets"}{"classname" "ammo_rockets""origin" "192 -256 24"}{"origin" "184 128 24""classname" "ammo_rockets"}{"classname" "ammo_rockets""origin" "-184 128 24"}{"origin" "216 -192 24""classname" "weapon_rocketlauncher"}{"light" "400""origin" "-8 0 208""classname" "light"}

thanks again!