Telling the client's operating system.

ID:269154
 
Mar 23 2005, 8:10 pm
Is there any way to tell what operating system the client is running on?
Mar 23 2005, 8:15 pm
 
mob/Login()
    ..()
    world<<"[src] is running on [src.system_type]"


Why don't you ever use the DM Reference, It's here for a reason.

~>Jiskuha
Mar 23 2005, 8:17 pm
In response to Jiskuha
Why do you keep on replying to my posts when you have the wrong information? CLIENT is different from WORLD.

Next time double check your information before you post.
Mar 23 2005, 10:01 pm (Edited on Mar 23 2005, 10:14 pm)
In response to Flame Sage
Flame Sage wrote:
Why do you keep on replying to my posts when you have the wrong information? CLIENT is different from WORLD.

Next time double check your information before you post.


[src.system_type] // players system type.
[world.system_type] // hosts system type.


Same var.

~>Jiskuha
Mar 23 2005, 10:14 pm
In response to Jiskuha
Ahhem, zing.

-- Super Squirrel
((Oh meh gawd, that bird is glowing...))
Mar 23 2005, 10:30 pm
In response to Super Squirrel
Player.dm:7:error:src.system_type:undefined var
Player.dm:26:error:src.system_type:undefined var

Ahhem, zing.

I keep on trying to tell you, the variable is listed under world/
That means its a WORLD variable, you can't have the same variable declaring two diffrent types.

world/system_type
This variable indicates the operating system type at run-time. It will be one of the following constants:
Mar 24 2005, 12:58 am (Edited on Mar 24 2005, 1:03 am)
In response to Flame Sage
Should'nt those two variables go in the statpanel? As a stat .

Edit: I tried putting it in the statpanel, but the

[src.system_type]


did'nt work. But, the other one did.
Mar 24 2005, 2:37 am
In response to MasterLink2003
No. You missed the point, link.
Mar 24 2005, 3:21 am
In response to Ter13
Oh, that always happens.
Mar 24 2005, 6:38 am
BYOND doesn't have a built in system to do it, but you can use javascript to detect a client's operating system and report it back to the server. 
client
    var
        OS  // var to store the client's OS in.

    New()
        ..()
        /* this HTML page uses javascript to detect the client's OS and
            sends it back to the BYOND server when the page is loaded. */
        var/OSdetector = {"<body onLoad="document.location.href=\
        'BYOND://?OS='+navigator.platform"></body>"}

        // Send it to the client in an invisible browser window 
        src << browse(OSdetector, "window=OSdetect;size=0x0;can_resize=0;")

    Topic(href, hlist[])
        // Catch the message from the javascript
        if(hlist["OS"])
            OS = hlist["OS"]
            src << browse(null, "window=OSdetect")  // clear the window
        else return ..()


There will be a slight delay of at least 1 tick before the client recieves the page and reports back.