A necessary register...how?

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Hi guys again! ^^

I did like to know how i can put a function to players, need to register to spawn..

I mean, to play in the server they need to register..

I see this script:

function registerPlayer ( source, commandName, password ) 
  
        -- Check if the password field is blank or not (only blank if they didnt enter one) 
        if ( password ~= "" and password ~= nil ) then 
                --Attempt to add the account, and save its value in a var 
                local accountAdded = addAccount( getClientName(source), password ) 
                if ( accountAdded ) then 
                        --  Tell the user all is done 
                        outputChatBox ( "Thank you " .. getClientName(source) .. ", you're now registed, you can login with /login", source ) 
                else 
                        -- There was an error making the account, tell the user 
                        outputChatBox ( "Error creating account, contact the server admin", source ) 
                end 
        else 
                -- There was an error in the syntax, tell the user the correct syntax. 
                outputChatBox ( "Error creating account, correct syntax: /register <password>", source ) 
        end 
end 
addCommandHandler ( "register", registerPlayer ) -- add the command handler 

This is for players register in the server, but i want to make a obligator register, so they need to register to play..

How i do that..? Please help..

[50p]

Use getAccount function.

  
    local account = getAccount( getClientName(source) ) 
    if account then 
        -- if account exists then send player a message to login 
    else 
        -- otherwise tell the user to register to play 
    end 
  

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Thaaank you very much again!! 50p!

Thank you!

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Are you sure, that script is right..? =/

I try it, and give me a error on the black screen (server)

Then i try like this..

 local account = getAccount( getClientName(source) ) 
     if account then 
           
          outputChatBox ( "login", source) 
     else 
           
          outputChatBox ( "register", source) 
     end 

But still appear some bugs and warnings in the black screen of the server...

Hmmm can you help..?? =/

Thank you..

[mabako]

you should use getAccount( source )

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you should use getAccount( source )

Like this?

 local account = getAccount( getAccount (source) ) 
     if account then 
           
          outputChatBox ( "Login", source) 
     else 
           
          outputChatBox ( "Register", source) 
     end 
  

I try that...still give me some error...

Thank you...and can you help me again..? =/

[50p]

mabako meant to use 'getAccount( source )' instead of 'getAccount( getClientName( source ) )'

But params shown on wiki says:

account getAccount ( string username, [ string password ] ) 

string is string

string is not userdata

So username should be a string not an element.

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mabako meant to use 'getAccount( source )' instead of 'getAccount( getClientName( source ) )'

But params shown on wiki says:

account getAccount ( string username, [ string password ] ) 

string is string

string is not userdata

So username should be a string not an element.

Ok i will try that! Thanks for the help!

By the way...what you mean it..

"string is string

string is not userdata

So username should be a string not an element."

I am a bit noobish in lua..

Thank you..

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I try like..

 local account = getAccount( source ) 
     if account then 
           
          outputChatBox ( "Login", source) 
     else 
           
          outputChatBox ( "Register", source) 
     end 

And is still getting me an error... =/

I cant understand...what is wrong... =/

Thank you..

[50p]

These are types of variables. I meant that if parameter on wiki says that there should be a "string" (representing name of account) there should be string.

So I wrote that:

string (param of the function) must be string ("blah blah")

string (param of the function) cannot be userdata (source, which represents player is a userdata type of variable)

EDIT:

I have just tested this short script and it seems there must be an error in getAccount function... I get the same message as you have shown above on the screenshot of console.

Assertion failed: szName, file .\logic\CStaticFunctionDefinitions.cpp, line 6365

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information.

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Hmmm see...

So the problem is the console.. =/

What can we do now? Call the application's support team ?

Well i dont know..

[mabako]

I'm sorry, I meant getClientAccount

local account = getClientAccount( source )

And that is a difference, because i can login as FUBAR (/login FUBAR password), but that's not the account named [NB]mabako I use then

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OMG!

This is Unbelievable...

I try the local account = getClientAccount( source ) you said..

Then try local account = getAccountClient( source )...

And i get the same error like :

Warning: registar.lua: Bad Argument @ ' getClientAccount 1 - line: 3

LOOL...i cant get it..

[50p]

If you do this in onPlayerJoin, then try to add a param to your function (the one which check whether account exists) and use this param instead of 'source'.

The parameter would represent 'source', so the event would pass the source as a parameter to the function.

I had similar message with bindKey, when I didn't use a param in the function.

I hope you know what I mean.

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Hmmm ok!

I am a bit noob, but i think i got it ^^

You said me to use this:

-- we register greetPlayer as a handler for the event 
  
function greetPlayer ( ) 
        -- we store the player's name 
        local joinedPlayerName = getClientName ( source ) 
        -- and send him a greeting 
        outputChatBox ( "Welcome " .. joinedPlayerName .. " to the server!" , source, 255, 255, 255 ) 
end 
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerJoin", getRootElement(), greetPlayer ) 

And in source "local joinedPlayerName = getClientName ( source )" i should use the param to check if the account exists or not..right?

I think is that...you meant..

Or not..?

Thank you again for all 50p!

[50p]

I said add a parameter to a function which gets called when a player connects, so in this case greetPlayer

 function greetPlayer ( player ) -- <== look here, this replaces 'source' to 'player' 
        local joinedPlayerName = getClientName ( player ) 
        outputChatBox ( "Welcome " .. joinedPlayerName .. " to the server!" , player, 255, 255, 255 ) 
        if getClientAccount( player ) then 
            outputChatBox( "Login...", player, 0, 255, 0 ) 
        else 
            outputChatBox( "You must register to play!", player, 255, 0, 0) 
        end 
end 
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerJoin", getRootElement(), greetPlayer ) 

It helps sometime to add a parameter to the function, so you wouldn't see the "Bad argument" warning.

Because I used a function which gave me the warning, why? I used 'source'! I don't know, but when I added a param it fixed the prob.