Okay, so this time, the code for the ultimate is different... Instead of running 1 event, it will run 2... 2 you say? Yes 2... whenever the user preses/holds down the +ultimate key (it's + now not !)... it will fire the event: def player_ultimate_on(event_var): On the other hand, when the user lets go of the key, it runs the event: def player_ultimate_off(event_var): Now, what's the advantage of this? Well for starters, You can delay a command, then get how long the key has been held down, so you can 'charge' up ultimates now... phat_wizard cam up with the good idea that when you hold down the key, you will be frozen, then when you let go, you'll be flung where you are looking, the force dependant on how long you held the key. (like sonics spin attack)... Another example would be the ultimate would let you go invisible for the length you held the key, but you'd have a counter that would count down on how long you have got left... etc, the posibilities are endlless... Now, with these commands, I've also created a few extra commands....

GeSHi (python):
a = wcs.Command(userid)
a.SetCoolDown('Skill Name',Time length)
 

Now the advantage of this, is that you can now set a cooldown time on ANY skill... However, a skill that ISNT a ultimate, you'll have to retrieve whether the cooldown has been activated... For this, you use the command a.GetCoolDown

GeSHi (python):
a = wcs.Command(userid)
timelength = a.GetCoolDown('Skill Name')
if not timelength:
    es.msg('The skill no longer has a cooldown timer')
 

This enables you for more possibilities.. now, the correct way to run an ultimate event is as follows..

GeSHi (python):
def player_ultimate_on(event_var):
    es.msg('We have 3 events')
    es.msg('The first event is userid - %s'%event_var['useird'])
    # event_var['userid'] dislayes the userid
    es.msg('The second event is steamid - %s'%event_var['es_steamid'])
    # event_var['es_steamid'] displays the users steamid
    es.msg('The third event is username - %s'%event_var['es_username'])
    # event_var['es_username'] displays the users name
 
    # Whenever we run an ultimate command, we MUST use the SetCoolDown if we want to set a cooldown...
    a = wcs.Command(ev['userid'])
    a.SetCoolDown('My Ultimate Name',30)
 
    # Set a cooldown time of 30 for my My Race and My Ultimate Name...

now I'll show you a way to use delayed to your advantage, to get how long a persons held the key down

GeSHi (python):
players = {}
# Create a dictionary
 
def player_ultimate_on(event_var):
    user = wcs.Command(ev['userid'])
    user.SetCoolDown('Loop Counter',20)
    # Sets the cooldown timer to 20 seconds.
 
    players[ev['userid']] = 0
    # Sets a key in the dictionary to 0
    delay_name = 'delay_%s'%event_var['userid']
    # Format the delay name, so each delay is specific to the user running the command... for example, if userid was 3, it'd be delay_3
    gamethread.delayedname(1,delay_name,add_one,(delay_name,ev['userid']))
    # Delay the code for 1 second, with the name of delay_name, do the function add_one, and pass the variable delay_name and ev['userid']
 
def add_one(delay_name, userid):
    players[userid] += 1
    # Adds 1 to the current value of the users counter.. there is also -= *= and /=
    gamethread.delayedname(1,delay_name,add_one,(delay_name,userid))
    # Repeat the function 1 second later to add another counter
 
def player_ultimate_off(event_var):
    delay_name = 'delay_%s'%event_var['userid']
    # Again, we get the unique delay name
    gamethread.cancelDelayedD(delay_name)
    # Cancel the delay so it don't loop add_one again
    loop_counter = players[ev['userid']]
    # Gets the counter of length of time the user held down the key
    if loop_counter: # If the loop_counter is at least 1
        es.msg('You held down the key for %s seconds!'%loop_counter)
 

As you can see, I now hold how long (or how powerful etc) the loop counter is...Here we could do some math like distance = 20 * loop_counter so that the larger the loop_counter, the larger the distance... anything like that... Hope this helps you create races .

-freddukes

He has to.

Nvm, how to create normal ultimates?

Sounds nice and pretty, thx.