Bad argument @ 'triggerServerEvent' [Expected element at argument 2, got nil]

[thund3rbird23]

Why can't find the player?

--- client ---

registerEvent("healSuccess", root, function(player)
    triggerServerEvent("s_medicS:healPlayer", player, player)
end)

--- server ---
 

registerEvent("s_medicS:healPlayer", root, function(targetPlayer)
healPlayer(targetPlayer)
end)

healPlayer function:
 

function healPlayer(playerElement)
	if isElement(playerElement) then
		setElementHealth(playerElement, 100)
		setElementData(playerElement, "isPlayerDeath", false)
		setElementData(playerElement, "bulletDamages", false)
		setElementData(playerElement, "bloodLevel", 100)
		setElementData(playerElement, "deathReason", false)
		setElementData(playerElement, "customDeath", false)
	end
end

 

[Furzy]

what is this ''registerEvent'' ?' 

 

change player to source

 

Edited September 17, 2019 by Furzy

[thund3rbird23]

9 minutes ago, Furzy said:

what is this ''registerEvent'' ?' 

 

change player to source

 

I want to heal the clicked element (player) not myself.

[thund3rbird23]

The "registerEvent" is:
 

function registerEvent(event, element, xfunction)
    addEvent(event, true)
    addEventHandler(event, element, xfunction)
end

 

[Furzy]

6 hours ago, thund3rbird23 said:

Why can't find the player?

--- client ---

registerEvent("healSuccess", root, function(player)
    triggerServerEvent("s_medicS:healPlayer", player, player)
end)

--- server ---
 

registerEvent("s_medicS:healPlayer", root, function(targetPlayer)
healPlayer(targetPlayer)
end)

healPlayer function:
 

function healPlayer(playerElement)
	if isElement(playerElement) then
		setElementHealth(playerElement, 100)
		setElementData(playerElement, "isPlayerDeath", false)
		setElementData(playerElement, "bulletDamages", false)
		setElementData(playerElement, "bloodLevel", 100)
		setElementData(playerElement, "deathReason", false)
		setElementData(playerElement, "customDeath", false)
	end
end

 

if is targetPlayer  then u should use that, no?

[thund3rbird23]

7 hours ago, Furzy said:

if is targetPlayer  then u should use that, no?

No. I'm triggering the function from another client.Lua:

triggerEvent("s_medicC:playerHeal", sourcePlayer, sourcePlayer)

That's triggering this:
 

addEvent("s_medicC:playerHeal", true)
addEventHandler("s_medicC:playerHeal", getRootElement(),
	function (sourcePlayer)
    if sourcePlayer then
        if not isPedDead(sourcePlayer) then
            exports.s_minigames:startMinigame("balance", "healSuccess", "healFailed", 1, 10000)
        else
            outputChatBox("The player is dead.")
        end
    end
end)

So if the player is not dead, then start's a minigame. If the minigame is success then I triggering this server event:
 

registerEvent("healSuccess", root, function(sourcePlayer)
    triggerServerEvent("s_medicS:healPlayer", sourcePlayer, sourcePlayer) -- already tried thePlayer, targetPlayer, player, sourcePlayer none of them working
end)

 

[IIYAMA]

2 hours ago, thund3rbird23 said:

So if the player is not dead, then start's a minigame.

You go from your code.

To the

Minigame code

And back to

Your code

 

But currently your target player, is not passed in to the minigame. See:

exports.s_minigames:startMinigame("balance", "healSuccess", "healFailed", 1, 10000)

There is no sourcePlayer included in to the export.

 

Which means it is not available there and also not available to where you want to re-use that specific player.

 

So what you need to figure out is the syntax of this export function and if it allows you to add your own data to it.

If not, then you need to modify it, so that it does: Yes We Can.

 

 

 

[thund3rbird23]

7 minutes ago, IIYAMA said:

You go from your code.

To the

Minigame code

And back to

Your code

 

But currently your target player, is not passed in to the minigame. See:

exports.s_minigames:startMinigame("balance", "healSuccess", "healFailed", 1, 10000)

There is no sourcePlayer included in to the export.

 

Which means it is not available there and also not available to where you want to re-use that specific player.

 

So what you need to figure out is the syntax of this export function and if it allows you to add your own data to it.

If not, then you need to modify it, so that it does: Yes We Can.

 

 

 

Okay, so the minigame function not contains the target player.
 

function startMinigame(gameType, successEvent, failEvent, ...)
	stopMinigame()

	local args = {...}
	minigameData = {}

	if gameType == "buttons" then
		minigameData.buttons = {}
		minigameData.spawnedButtons = 0

		minigameData.renderTarget = dxCreateRenderTarget(622, 55, true)
		minigameData.RobotoFont = dxCreateFont("files/Roboto.ttf", 12, false, "antialiased")

		minigameData.speed = args[1] or 0.15
		minigameData.endSpeed = (args[2] or 0.2) - minigameData.speed
		minigameData.density = args[3] or 105
		minigameData.maxButtonNum = args[4] or 75

		minigameData.interpolateSpeedSet = false
		minigameData.currentBtn = false
		minigameData.btnInKey = false
		minigameData.failCount = 0
		minigameData.successCount = 0
		minigameData.lastRing = false

		minigameData.spawnNextButtonTimer = setTimer(spawnNextButton, 2000, 1)
	elseif gameType == "balance" then
		minigameData.difficulty = args[1] or 1
		minigameData.accelerationMultipler = 0.5
		minigameData.startGame = getTickCount() + 1000
		minigameData.direction = false
		minigameData.lastKey = false
		minigameData.currentX = 10
		minigameData.acceleration = 0.3
		minigameData.endGameTime = args[2] or 10000

		if math.random(10) <= 5 then
			minigameData.currentX = minigameData.currentX * -1
			minigameData.acceleration = minigameData.acceleration * -1
		end
	end

	if successEvent then
		minigameData.successEvent = successEvent
	end

	if failEvent then
		minigameData.failEvent = failEvent
	end

	minigameState = gameType
end

Example: 

startMinigame("balance", "successPlayerHelpup", "failedPlayerHelpup", 1, 10000)

So, how can I add the targer player arg?

[IIYAMA]

1 hour ago, thund3rbird23 said:

So, how can I add the targer player arg?

This is a bit complex.

 

Note:

... = leftover parameter that doesn't have variables to store in. Doesn't matter how much arguments you pass in to the function.

---

function functionName (parameter1, parameter2)

end

---

functionName(argument1, argument2) -- calling the function

 

 

 

There are the first 3 parameters:(line 1)

(gameType, successEvent, failEvent, ...)

 

This table(arguments) will collect all leftover parameters: (line 4)

local args = {...}

After: gameType, successEvent, failEvent

 

 

 

From those leftover parameters, until the 4e are used for something. (line 17)

minigameData.maxButtonNum = args[4] or 75

 

If we want to be able to save everything after parameter 4. We can use the select function.

print(select(5,"arg1","arg2","arg3","arg4","arg5","arg6","arg7","arg8","arg9","arg10"))

Run this code here, to see how it works: https://www.Lua.org/cgi-bin/demo

 

 

So what you need to do, is modifying it, so that it saves data in the minigameData.

The function select, will select from a specific index (5) it's item and all items that come after that.

minigameData.customData = {select(5, ...)}

Add it for example on line 10.

 

In your code:

startMinigame("balance", "successPlayerHelpup", "failedPlayerHelpup", 1, 10000, nil, nil, playerSource, "you can add here something else", "etc...")

Arguments

1. "balance",

2. "successPlayerHelpup",

3: "failedPlayerHelpup"

...

4 | 1: 1

5 | 2: 10000

6 | 3: nil

7 | 4: nil

8 | 5: playerSource < saving from here.

9 | 6: more?

 

---

 

The thing left to do, is sending it with the triggerClientEvent. But that code is not visible for me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 18, 2019 by IIYAMA

[thund3rbird23]

17 minutes ago, IIYAMA said:

 

The thing left to do, is sending it with the triggerClientEvent. But that code is not visible for me.

What do you mean sending it with the triggerClientEvent? everything in client side. Except the s_medicS:healPlayer function

 

function healPlayer(playerElement)
	if isElement(playerElement) then
		setElementHealth(playerElement, 100)
		setElementData(playerElement, "isPlayerDeath", false)
		setElementData(playerElement, "bulletDamages", false)
		setElementData(playerElement, "bloodLevel", 100)
		setElementData(playerElement, "deathReason", false)
		setElementData(playerElement, "customDeath", false)
	end
end

 

[IIYAMA]

15 minutes ago, thund3rbird23 said:

What do you mean sending it with the triggerClientEvent? everything in client side. Except the s_medicS:healPlayer function

Correction. Trigger the event on clientside.
 

This successEvent.

minigameData.successEvent = successEvent

 

Which is not triggering anything in the code you posted.

 

Edited September 18, 2019 by IIYAMA

[thund3rbird23]

12 minutes ago, IIYAMA said:

Correction. Trigger the event on clientside.
 

This successEvent.

minigameData.successEvent = successEvent

 

Which is not triggering anything in the code you posted.

 

if args[1] == "success" then
			if minigameData.successEvent then
				triggerEvent(minigameData.successEvent, localPlayer)
			end
		else
			if minigameData.failEvent then
				triggerEvent(minigameData.failEvent, localPlayer)
			end
		end

Maybe that?

[IIYAMA]

8 minutes ago, thund3rbird23 said:

Maybe that?

Yup.

 

 

		if args[1] == "success" then
			if minigameData.successEvent then
				triggerEvent(minigameData.successEvent, localPlayer, unpack(minigameData.customData))
			end
		else
			if minigameData.failEvent then
				triggerEvent(minigameData.failEvent, localPlayer, unpack(minigameData.customData))
			end
		end

 

 

From saving

minigameData.customData = {select(5, ...)}

 

to loading + unpacking as arguments.

unpack(minigameData.customData)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 18, 2019 by IIYAMA