Player Persistent Variables still initializing...
Hello everyone, I'm encountering a frustrating issue while using Persistent Player Variables (PPVs). I have created three Number PPVs (let's call them A, B, and C), but only one of them is successfully loading its value. I am accessing these variables using the standard synchronous method (this.world.persistentStorage.getPlayerVariable(...)). The following line of code, called in my Script 1, consistently generates the warning, and returns the default value (0): const recoilMultiplier = 1 + this.props.multiplierSnap * this.world.persistentStorage.getPlayerVariable(this.player, PersistentVariables_Data.playerPersistentVariables.number.recoilMultiplier); Warning Message: Player persistent variables still initializing... Returning empty state In my Script 2 (which runs successfully later in the game cycle), I access the other two variables: const knockbackMultiplier = 1 + this.props.multiplierSnap * this.world.persistentStorage.getPlayerVariable(shooter, PersistentVariables_Data.playerPersistentVariables.number.knockbackMultiplier); const resistanceMultiplier = 1 - this.props.multiplierSnap * this.world.persistentStorage.getPlayerVariable(player, PersistentVariables_Data.playerPersistentVariables.number.resistanceMultiplier); Variable A (knockbackMultiplier) is loading correctly. No warning. Variable B (resistanceMultiplier) is generating the same warning message. I created all three PPVs (A, B, and C) the exact same way at the same time in the World Editor. They are all defined as Number PPVs. I don't understand why two of them are throwing the still initializing warning while the third one works perfectly, despite all being called using the same mechanism. Has anyone experienced this specific issue where two out of three PPVs are stuck in the "initializing" state? Could this be related to a null initial value or a server-side cache lock specific to my user profile for these variables? Any insight would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.
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Cause of laggy worlds and kicking players out
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Global Cross World Storage
Hello! I'm working on various scripts to learn the capabilities of the Horizon Desktop editor. I haven't found any information on cross-world, cross-player "global" storage that I can reference in my world. For example, let's say I want to build a system where users could "vote" for Option A or Option B, and at the end of the week, the Option with the most votes wins, and some text is updated. I cannot use player-specific storage for their votes, nor to store the total votes Option A has received across users, and across instances of the world. I'm also not sure how an instantiated class on a Script could keep that state across users either, since (my understanding is) all scripts that are attached to entities are run client-side. Am I missing something? What kind of strategy could I use to manage something like that? I feel like I've seen gizmos and other tools in worlds that can independently manage their own leaderboards outside of the "leaderboard" tool.Can't get or set VariableGroup variables
Hello! I am extremely new to development (using the Desktop Editor), and I wanted to try a quick world that just enables a button that, when pressed, updates a player's score using NetworkBroadcastEvents and Variable Groups. Here's what I've got: A VariableGroup called `PlayerAttributes` with `test` and `localScore` Which I then try to reference in a Typescript file: // names of the variable group and persistent variable containing player data const varGroupName: string = "PlayerAttributes"; const varName: string = "localScore"; // Set as a Number const varKey: string = `${varGroupName}:${varName}`; export type ButtonPressedType = { player: Player } class ScoreManager extends hz.Component<typeof ScoreManager> { static propsDefinition = {}; start() { this.connectNetworkBroadcastEvent(NetworkEvents.buttonPressed, (data: ButtonPressedType) => { console.log('Button pressed by player', data.player.id); const curScore = Number(this.world.persistentStorage.getPlayerVariable(data.player, 'PlayerAttributes:localScore')); console.log('Current score:', curScore) this.world.persistentStorage.setPlayerVariable(data.player, 'PlayerAttributes:localScore', curScore + 1) console.log('Player', data.player.id, 'score:', curScore + 1) }) } } hz.Component.register(ScoreManager); But every time I send the network event, I get the following: Can't set value for PlayerAttributes:localScore. PlayerAttributes:localScore was deleted or never existed. Go to Systems tab in creation UI to confirm. What am I doing wrong?
