Forcing client

[[DKR]silverfang]

Right I want to force a player as the client for a script,

The script is a rules and FAQ window that shows when a player joins the server, with two buttons, "accept" and "decline" if accept is pressed then access to the server is granted, if decline is pressed then they are kicked from the server, displaying a message to server.

I want to add a function that when a staff member types "rules " in the console then the player will be shown the window again, but I don't know how to make it so that the 'targetPlayer' is the client.

Cheers in advance.

[robhol]

getPlayerFromNick("robhol");

[[DKR]silverfang]

getPlayerFromNick("robhol");

No that's just how to get the player from the name, not what I was asking, I have already used that function, I need to force the player - that is returned from that function - so that the client script is active for them.

Tell me if I'm not making much sense.

[robhol]

Add a remote triggerable event client-side, add a handler function that shows the GUI, trigger from server-side when necessary.

[[DKR]silverfang]

Add a remote triggerable event client-side, add a handler function that shows the GUI, trigger from server-side when necessary.

But wont that still be the person who typed the command?

[Gamesnert]

Make a custom event for showing the window. So for example:

... 
addEvent("forceClientToSeeRules",true) 
addEventHandler("forceClientToSeeRules",getRootElement(),showRulesWindow) 
... 

And then serverside:

function forceRules(somebody, commandName, player) 
    local player=getPlayerFromName(player) 
    triggerClientEvent(player,"forceClientToSeeRules",somebody) 
end 
addCommandHandler("rules",forceRules) 

Something like that. Since I'm pretty new, you might want to double-check the code. But for the biggest part, it should do the trick.

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Response to new post posted before mine: The way I did it, somebody is the source, and player is the target. So no in the case of my example.