The most nooby stupid question

[TimJ]

The one thing i havnt really done in scripting is spawning players and its just not working out for me. Heres the code:

function greetPlayer ( ) 
         
        local joinedPlayerName = getClientName ( source ) 
  
        outputChatBox ( "Welcome, " .. joinedPlayerName .. " please login or register." , source, 255, 255, 255 ) 
  
        spawnPlayer ( playerValue, 0.0, 0.0, 5.0, 90.0, 0 ) 
  
end 
  
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerJoin", getRootElement(), greetPlayer ) 
  

it just says bad argument on the spawn player line.

Any help will be much appreciated

[Mr.Hankey]

where is playerValue definied? use source instead

[TimJ]

I dont know why it said player value in there lol, but i changed it to Source and still the same problem :

[11:11:48] WARNING: playerjoin.lua: Bad argument @ 'spawnPlayer' - Line: 8 

[[UVA]Bart]

function greetPlayer (source ) 
         
        local joinedPlayerName = getClientName ( source ) 
  
        outputChatBox ( "Welcome, " .. joinedPlayerName .. " please login or register." , source, 255, 255, 255 ) 
  
        spawnPlayer ( source, 0.0, 0.0, 5.0, 90.0, 0 ) 
  
end 
  
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerJoin", getRootElement(), greetPlayer ) 

[TimJ]

Sorry, just realised i had "Source" not "source" that was stupid of me... oh well ill use this post when i run in to my next problem. Thanks for all your time.

[TimJ]

OK, i've hit my next problem. Heres the new code:

function greetPlayer ( ) 
         
        local joinedPlayerName = getClientName ( source ) 
  
         
        outputChatBox ( "Welcome, " .. joinedPlayerName .. " please login or register." , source, 255, 255, 255 ) 
  
  
  
  
end 
  
  
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerJoin", getRootElement(), greetPlayer ) 
  
function spawnMe () 
  
fadeCamera ( source, true, 1.0, 0, 0, 0 ) 
bindKey ( source, "1", "down", spawn1 ) 
  
end 
  
addEventHandler("onClientLogin",getRootElement(),spawnMe) 
  
  
  
function spawn1 () 
  
spawnPlayer ( source, 0.0, 0.0, 5.0, 90.0, 0 ) 
  
end 
  

It's telling me theres a bad argument on the spawn player again, but this is the same as it was when it worked and they spawned straight when they logged in

WARNING: playerjoin.lua: Bad argument @ 'spawnPlayer' - Line:28 

[darkdreamingdan]

bindKey handler functions dont have a source. It does however have some default parameters attached to the handler function:

function spawn1 (player,key,keyState) 
    spawnPlayer ( player, 0.0, 0.0, 5.0, 90.0, 0 ) 
end 

[TimJ]

Thanks it works perfectly now

[TimJ]

I have yet another problem with binds, this time its unbind problem:

function onSpawn ( source ) 
unbindKey ( source, "1", "down", spawn1 ) 
  
end 
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerSpawn", getRootElement(), onSpawn ) 

it gives me bad argument...

(by the way this is in the same file as the other stuff)

[50p]

DO NOT USE source AS A PARAMETER!!!

MTA made it so complicated for noobs -.-'

What does "source" mean? Does it mean "player"? Does it mean "vehicle"? NO! It's a "secret" variable that is passed to a function when events occur. If it's "onPlayer..." then source will be "player", when it's "onVehicle..." then source will be "vehicle". Why do you use "source" in argument list of function? You should use other variable names... if you expect there to be a player call it player, if vehicle, call it vehicle, etc...

Keep away from source in argument list!

[jkub]

thePlayer = getLocalPlayer()[/code ] ??? can that replace source?

[50p]

Don't really know what you mean...

[[DKR]silverfang]

thePlayer = getLocalPlayer()[/code ] ??? can that replace source?

getLocalPlayer() only works in client side scripts...