Player ids.

[Jumba']

Hi,

I've been trying to figure out a way to assign a unique id to each player, but I can't seem to get it right. I've tried everything I could think of, but I either get duplicate id's, or the old id's don't get removed, etc.

This is the one I'm using right now, which doesn't work.. But I'm sure there's a way smaller/easier way to do this, but I can't figure it out.

The problem with it is that it does't take out all the old id's from the 'availableID' table.

I don't need the whole script already written, just instructions on how I can make it shorter (and maybe without having to use the availableID table?) and I'll try to do it myself.

function Init ()
i = 1
while i < getMaxPlayers() do
table.insert ( availableID, i, true )
	i = i + 1
end
for k, player in ipairs ( getElementsByType ( "player" ) ) do
	assignPlayerID ( player )
end	
end
 
function assignPlayerID ( player )
local s_id = 1
while ( isIDAvailable ( s_id ) == false ) do
	s_id = s_id + 1
end
setElementData ( player, "ID", s_id )
table.insert ( availableID, s_id, false )
end		
 
function isIDAvailable ( id )
if ( availableID[id] ) then
return true
else
return false
end
end	
 
function onLeave ()
local id = getElementData ( source, "ID" )
table.insert ( availableID, id, true )
removeElementData ( source, "ID" )	
end

[Jumba']

Hi,

I've been trying to figure out a way to assign a unique id to each player, but I can't seem to get it right. I've tried everything I could think of, but I either get duplicate id's, or the old id's don't get removed, etc.

This is the one I'm using right now, which doesn't work.. But I'm sure there's a way smaller/easier way to do this, but I can't figure it out.

The problem with it is that it does't take out all the old id's from the 'availableID' table.

I don't need the whole script already written, just instructions on how I can make it shorter (and maybe without having to use the availableID table?) and I'll try to do it myself.

function Init ()
i = 1
while i < getMaxPlayers() do
table.insert ( availableID, i, true )
	i = i + 1
end
for k, player in ipairs ( getElementsByType ( "player" ) ) do
	assignPlayerID ( player )
end	
end
 
function assignPlayerID ( player )
local s_id = 1
while ( isIDAvailable ( s_id ) == false ) do
	s_id = s_id + 1
end
setElementData ( player, "ID", s_id )
table.insert ( availableID, s_id, false )
end		
 
function isIDAvailable ( id )
if ( availableID[id] ) then
return true
else
return false
end
end	
 
function onLeave ()
local id = getElementData ( source, "ID" )
table.insert ( availableID, id, true )
removeElementData ( source, "ID" )	
end

[eAi]

Well,

function isIDAvailable ( id )
if ( availableID[id] ) then
return true
else
return false
end
end

could just be:

function isIDAvailable ( id )
return availableID[id]
end

What doesn't work with the code you've given?

[eAi]

Well,

function isIDAvailable ( id )
if ( availableID[id] ) then
return true
else
return false
end
end

could just be:

function isIDAvailable ( id )
return availableID[id]
end

What doesn't work with the code you've given?

[Jumba']

Well,

function isIDAvailable ( id )
if ( availableID[id] ) then
return true
else
return false
end
end

could just be:

function isIDAvailable ( id )
return availableID[id]
end

*facepalm*

What doesn't work with the code you've given?

The thing is, when a player disconnects I want the the script to set his id as available, but, here's an example of how the table is at this moment, with only me ingame.

1 false
2 false
3 true
4 false
5 true
6 false
7 true
8 false
9 true
10 true
11 true
12 true
13 true
14 true
15 true
16 true
17 true
18 true
19 true
20 true
21 true
22 true
23 true
24 true
25 true
26 true
27 true
28 true
29 true
30 true
31 true
32 true
33 true
34 true
35 true
36 true
37 true
38 true
39 true

1. The table gets larger

2. Some id's are set to 'false' for some reason.

[Jumba']

Well,

function isIDAvailable ( id )
if ( availableID[id] ) then
return true
else
return false
end
end

could just be:

function isIDAvailable ( id )
return availableID[id]
end

*facepalm*

What doesn't work with the code you've given?

The thing is, when a player disconnects I want the the script to set his id as available, but, here's an example of how the table is at this moment, with only me ingame.

1 false2 false3 true4 false5 true6 false7 true8 false9 true10 true11 true12 true13 true14 true15 true16 true17 true18 true19 true20 true21 true22 true23 true24 true25 true26 true27 true28 true29 true30 true31 true32 true33 true34 true35 true36 true37 true38 true39 true

1. The table gets larger

2. Some id's are set to 'false' for some reason.

[50p]

Because you insert new variable into the table every time you assign new ID. You should use:

-- Instead of:
table.insert ( availableID, s_id, false )
-- Use this:
availableID[ s_id ] = false;

[50p]

Because you insert new variable into the table every time you assign new ID. You should use:

-- Instead of:
table.insert ( availableID, s_id, false )
-- Use this:
availableID[ s_id ] = false;

[Jumba']

Because you insert new variable into the table every time you assign new ID. You should use:

-- Instead of:
table.insert ( availableID, s_id, false )
-- Use this:
availableID[ s_id ] = false;

Aaah, that explains it. Thanks! =D

[Jumba']

Because you insert new variable into the table every time you assign new ID. You should use:

-- Instead of:
table.insert ( availableID, s_id, false )
-- Use this:
availableID[ s_id ] = false;

Aaah, that explains it. Thanks! =D