Can anybody help me to understand THE FU***NG element tree

[GrainHHH]

lets pick up the addEventHandler function.

I've read all that crap that wiki offers me about element tree and other related thing but i still can't really understand when i need to use, lets say,  the root or the rootElement.

i understand that if i want to create a guiWindow that will pop up when player connects my server i need to do smt like --> addEvenHandler("onPlayerJoin",  root, function() 

end) 

but i have no idea what root really makes and why i use it beside the fact that this event fires up when player connects.

so, please, if you really understand it, help me)

thank yoy in advance, 

[HassoN]

Taking your example of

 

addEvenHandler("onPlayerJoin",  root, function()

It will trigger whenever a player connects because you used 'root'. But if you for example replace root with a specific player it only trigger when THAT player connects.

An example:

addEventHandler("onPlayerJoin", getPlayerFromName("HassoN"),
  function()
    outputChatBox("HASSON IS HERE", root)
    end)

The outputChatBox will only be triggered if a player called HassoN joins.

Got it?

Edited July 16, 2019 by HassoN

[Rockyz]

36 minutes ago, HassoN said:

Taking your example of

 

addEvenHandler("onPlayerJoin",  root, function()

It will trigger whenever a player connects because you used 'root'. But if you for example replace root with a specific player it only trigger when THAT player connects.

An example:

addEventHandler("onPlayerJoin", getPlayerFromName("HassoN"),
  function()
    outputChatBox("HASSON IS HERE", root)
    end)


The outputChatBox will only be triggered if a player called HassoN joins.

Got it?

Your example is wrong

[HassoN]

17 minutes ago, #,xiRocKyz said:

Your example is wrong

Ugh yea that's true. I've tried it with onPlayerChat and it worked so I thought it could work with onPlayerJoin as well. Thanks for the correction tho