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[Mr. Maxilian]

Hi everyone!

I need to do one feature, but I don 't know how.

I need every player who enters the game to assign a certain number starting from 1. And I also need these numbers saved before the player comes out. If the player has left the game, then his number may be taken by another.

Help me, please.

[WorthlessCynomys]

So basically you need an ID system.

Simplest way: Set up an array and whenever a player joins run a cycle to find an empty spot in the table. First player enters, cycle runs, finds that the first spot in the array (which is 1) is empty, puts the player there. Next player will find the second spot. First player leaves, you empty this spot, and you're pretty much done.

[Mr. Maxilian]

2 minutes ago, WorthlessCynomys said:

So basically you need an ID system.

Simplest way: Set up an array and whenever a player joins run a cycle to find an empty spot in the table. First player enters, cycle runs, finds that the first spot in the array (which is 1) is empty, puts the player there. Next player will find the second spot. First player leaves, you empty this spot, and you're pretty much done.

How to write such a function?

[WorthlessCynomys]

-- SERVER-SIDE

local players = {}

addEventHandler("onPlayerJoin", root,
  function()
    for i = 1, #players+1, 1 do
      if getElementType(players[i]) != "player" then
        players[i] = source
        outputChatBox(i)
        break
      end
    end
  end
)

 

[IIYAMA]

@WorthlessCynomys

 

isElement -- instead of getElementType

 

[WorthlessCynomys]

2 minutes ago, IIYAMA said:

@WorthlessCynomys

 

isElement -- instead of getElementType

 

That's reasonable.