gamemode-controllers.md

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Controllers

Introduction

Controllers distribute events between instances and manage the living instances. For example, if the BaseMode.PlayerEnteredVehicle event is called, the BasePlayerController will trigger the BasePlayer.EnteredVehicle event. If a player disconnected, the BasePlayerController will destroy the instance of the disconnected player.

Creating Controllers

To create a controller, create a class which implements IController. There are some additional interfaces which can be implemented to add functionality to the controller:

• If the controller needs to register a type to the pooling system, it must implement the ITypeProvider interface.
• If the controller needs to register services to the game mode, it must implement the IGameServiceProvider interface.
• If the controller needs to listen to events in the game mode, it must implement the IEventListener interface.

class MyController : IController, IEventListener, ITypeProvider, IGameServiceProvider
{
    public virtual void RegisterEvents(BaseMode gameMode)
    {
        // TODO: Register your events
    }

    public virtual void RegisterTypes()
    {
        // TODO: Register your types
    }

    public virtual void RegisterServices(BaseMode gameMode, GameModeServiceContainer serviceContainer)
    {
        // TODO: Register your services
    }
}

Loading Controllers

To load a controller, override LoadControllers in your game mode and add them to the controllers collection.

protected override void LoadControllers(ControllerCollection controllers)
{
    // Load the default controllers first
    base.LoadControllers(controllers);
            
    controllers.Add(new MyController());
}

Overloading Controllers

To overload a controller, create a subclass of the controllers you are overloading and add it to the controllers collection using the ControllerCollection.Override method.

class MyPlayerController : BasePlayerController
{
    public override void RegisterTypes()
    {
        // Register your own player implementation instead of the default.
        MyPlayer.Register<MyPlayer>();
    }
}

protected override void LoadControllers(ControllerCollection controllers)
{
    // Load the default controllers first
    base.LoadControllers(controllers);
    
    // Override default controllers
    controllers.Override(new MyPlayerController());

    // Add you own controllers
    controllers.Add(new MyController());
}