getVariable returning <null>

[bumyplum 10]

I'm attempting to create a custom leader board with points i assign to players, how ever it just returns <null>.
 

private _arr = [];
    _pScore = {
        _playerPoints = _x getVariable "Players_Points";
        _playerName = name _x;
        _points = format["%1 - %2", _playerPoints, _playerName];
        _arr pushBack _points;
    }forEach playableUnits;

 

    {
        _Leaderboard_GUI_LB lbAdd _x;
    } forEach _arr;

 

how ever it adds them to the listbox and their names work fine just it doesn't seem to get the variable "Players_Points" and returns null.


_getStats = player getVariable "Players_Points";
 _updateStats = _getStats + 10;
player setVariable["Players_Points", _updateStats];

(locally this is how the points are applied to a player)

[Grumpy Old Man 3540]

3 hours ago, bumyplum said:

I'm attempting to create a custom leader board with points i assign to players, how ever it just returns <null>.
 

private _arr = [];
    _pScore = {
        _playerPoints = _x getVariable "Players_Points";
        _playerName = name _x;
        _points = format["%1 - %2", _playerPoints, _playerName];
        _arr pushBack _points;
    }forEach playableUnits;

 

    {
        _Leaderboard_GUI_LB lbAdd _x;
    } forEach _arr;

 

how ever it adds them to the listbox and their names work fine just it doesn't seem to get the variable "Players_Points" and returns null.


_getStats = player getVariable "Players_Points";
 _updateStats = _getStats + 10;
player setVariable["Players_Points", _updateStats];

(locally this is how the points are applied to a player)

That's because your "Players_Points" is undefined, most likely, try this:

_playerPoints = _x getVariable ["Players_Points",0];

Will return 0 if the player doesn't have the variable set, otherwise it will return the proper points.

 

Cheers

[engima 327]

In SP or MP? If MP, then you should use the alternative syntax of setVariable to broadcast the variable to all other machines.

 

unit setVariable [var, value, true];

 

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVariable

[bumyplum 10]

1 minute ago, engima said:

In SP or MP? If MP, then you should use the alternative syntax of setVariable to broadcast the variable to all other machines.

 

unit setVariable [var, value, true];

 

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVariable

MP sandbox

[bumyplum 10]

18 minutes ago, Grumpy Old Man said:

That's because your "Players_Points" is undefined, most likely, try this:

_playerPoints = _x getVariable ["Players_Points",0];

Will return 0 if the player doesn't have the variable set, otherwise it will return the proper points.

 

Cheers

I've attempted this and even if they do have points then it just adds 0 for them

[stanhope 409]

Is the machine on which you're doing the servariable the same as the one you're doing the getvariable on?  If not add "true" as a 3rd param to setVariable to make it global. 

[Grumpy Old Man 3540]

3 hours ago, stanhope said:

Is the machine on which you're doing the servariable the same as the one you're doing the getvariable on?  If not add "true" as a 3rd param to setVariable to make it global. 

Alternatively one could handle stuff like this entirely on server and only broadcast points when needed.

 

Cheers

[bumyplum 10]

6 hours ago, stanhope said:

Is the machine on which you're doing the servariable the same as the one you're doing the getvariable on?  If not add "true" as a 3rd param to setVariable to make it global. 

The player gets points by capturing a flag and ever x amount of time the player gets x amount of points,
i've changed how the points are added to the player to  //  player setVariable["Players_Points",  0, "true"];

which is executed locally on them self, how ever when trying to make a scoreboard it just adds my points as 0 as well as other players 



I've also attempted 

_namePlayer = format["%1_points", name player];
missionNamespace setVariable [_namePlayer , 100, "true"];

// for giving points


 

    private _arr = [];
    _pScore = {

        _namePlayer = format["%1_points", name _x];
        _getVarPoints = missionNamespace getVariable [_namePlayer, 0];
        _playerName = name _x;
        _points = format["%1 - %2", _getVarPoints, _playerName];
        _arr pushBack _points;

    }forEach playableUnits;

    {
        _Leaderboard_GUI_LB lbAdd _x;
    } forEach _arr;


// for adding to the list box

how ever it shows my points correctly just doesn't display other players it just displays 0 even if they have points

 

[stanhope 409]

1 hour ago, bumyplum said:

missionNamespace setVariable [_namePlayer , 100, "true"];

true as in the boolean true, not the string true.  https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVariable

[bumyplum 10]

1 minute ago, stanhope said:

true as in the boolean true, not the string true.  https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVariable

i tried both and neither worked i believe