Set string CVar

[Nash]

The latest mod-friendly CVar additions are awesome (thanks Randi!) but I was wondering if we could have an ACS function that sets the string of a CVar, since it's possible to define a string CVar in CVARINFO? :3

[randi]

Added in r4292. You might also be interested in r4293.

[Nash]

Yay thanks! <3

[randi]

Is r4295 also of interest to you?

[Nash]

YES YES YES YES :DDDDDDDDDDDDD

It's a pretty huge change though so further testing is needed... but it's for the best and I'm sure modders will really welcome this change. If I run into anything I'll report it ASAP!

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30/05/2013 Truly dynamic strings added to ACS, never forget

[Ed the Bat]

Does this mean Get functions for more string-based properties will be on the horizon? That would be cause for celebration in my book.

[randi]

Maybe?

[Jimmy]

Dynamic strings? Really? REALLY?

This is unexpected but awesome. I'm trying to think of what could possibly be done with it, and I suppose I should forum-search "dynamic strings" to take a look at what they've been desired for. What other new things could they theoretically be used for?

[Nash]

I guess http://zdoom.org/wiki/CheckActorProperty should be considered deprecated from now on... ?

[Graf Zahl]

Why? For actually checking a string value it's still a lot better than the Get* method.

[randi]

To expand on that answer, GetActorProperty has to first check if a string exists in the string table and add it if it doesn't before you even get a chance to compare it against something else. CheckActorProperty can just compare them directly without any of that extra work.