Return player object from server

[Midnighters 152]

Hello all, I'm curious as to grab a player / unit's object from the server.

I want to refrain from doing:

{
	if(_x == player) then
	{
		//etc
	};
} forEach allPlayers;

any good solutions to this? 

[davidoss 552]

{

   if(isPlayer _x) then { /*etc*/ };

} forEach allPlayers;

 

[Midnighters 152]

6 hours ago, davidoss said:

{

   if(isPlayer _x) then { /*etc*/ };

} forEach allPlayers;

 

I guess I didn't put much thought into my example, but is there really not a cleaner way of doing so?

[MKD3 27]

No, player is local to the client. You have to select them just like any other object.

[pierremgi 4853]

Really?

If you are using allPlayers , I can't imagine you're picking some AIs by the way. isPlayer is useless here.

Player will return the local player on client or hosted server (once game started locally, more exactly).

 

Remark: playableUnits is a false friend.

For MP usage, it returns the same as switchableUnits in SP, i.e. the red circled, checked as playable, units in 3den... IF you don't disable AIs in lobby. If AIs are disabled, playableUnits is just the same as allPlayers and should be named "playedUnits" in this case. This is important because in such case, variable name (and code in init field) of the unit is nil before JIP.  If bob is a disabled AI in lobby, bob simply doesn't exist before JIP and any attempt to script with bob variable will return an error.

[Midnighters 152]

On 1/30/2018 at 8:15 AM, pierremgi said:

Really?

If you are using allPlayers , I can't imagine you're picking some AIs by the way. isPlayer is useless here.

Player will return the local player on client or hosted server (once game started locally, more exactly).

 

Remark: playableUnits is a false friend.

For MP usage, it returns the same as switchableUnits in SP, i.e. the red circled, checked as playable, units in 3den... IF you don't disable AIs in lobby. If AIs are disabled, playableUnits is just the same as allPlayers and should be named "playedUnits" in this case. This is important because in such case, variable name (and code in init field) of the unit is nil before JIP.  If bob is a disabled AI in lobby, bob simply doesn't exist before JIP and any attempt to script with bob variable will return an error.

No I was never using allPlayers, just throwing an example. Thanks for your feedback though

[Midnighters 152]

On 1/30/2018 at 1:24 AM, MKD3-FHI said:

No, player is local to the client. You have to select them just like any other object.

Was curious if there was a more streamlined process.

[pierremgi 4853]

33 minutes ago, Midnighters said:

Was curious if there was a more streamlined process.

Yes. Saying what you intend to obtain, "grabbing a player". allPlayers and isPlayer work fine on dedicated, but not player. Difficult?

[Midnighters 152]

Just now, pierremgi said:

Yes. Saying what you intend to obtain, "grabbing a player". allPlayers and isPlayer work fine on dedicated, but not player. Difficult?

Not in the slightest, I was just hoping for something better than that. It's already written so.

[pierremgi 4853]

better than what???

[Midnighters 152]

Just now, pierremgi said:

better than what???

{


} forEach playableUnits;
//etc

 

[pierremgi 4853]

working on server:

{ } forEach playableUnits;   // an array with playable units if AI aren't disabled in lobby. Forget if they are, or refresh in a loop to catch JIP

allPlayers   // an array with actual players. Same as above, refresh in a loop for JIP

selectRandom allPlayers : one player grabbed at random (with the actual allPlayers)

getPlayerUID _unit = _someId  // a specific player

 

owner

 

 

[Midnighters 152]

Yes, there is no confusion. Thanks for your feedback pierre