Algorithm

[#Paper]

I need a help to make an script...

I must make a Rank System:

The ranks haven't a limit. (Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 etc... etc...)

Every 500 kills you level up...

How i can make that algorithm? (I think that i need to make an algorithm)

[Citizen]

It's very simple: you have to make:

setElementData( thePlayer, "Level", theLevel )

setElementData( thePlayer, "Kills", theLevel )

setElementData( thePlayer, "xp", theXP )

Then in onPedWasted, you increase the Kills and xp of the attacker and call a function like levelUp( thePlayer ):

function levelUp( thePlayer ) 
    if getElementType( thePlayer ) == "player" then -- if the attacker is a player 
        local level = getElementData( thePlayer, "Level" ) 
        local xp = getElementData( thePlayer, "xp" ) 
        if xp >= 500 then -- if he kills 500 peds or more ( if there is a bug ^^) 
            setElementData( thePlayer "xp", 0 ) -- go back to 0 
            setElementData( thePlayer, "Level", level+1 )-- We increase his level 
            outputChatBox("You are now level "..getElementData( thePlayer, "Level" ).." !", thePlayer, 0, 180, 0 ) 
        end 
    end 
end 

Try to make your system now

[#Paper]

It's very simple: you have to make:

setElementData( thePlayer, "Level", theLevel )

setElementData( thePlayer, "Kills", theLevel )

setElementData( thePlayer, "xp", theXP )

Then in onPedWasted, you increase the Kills and xp of the attacker and call a function like levelUp( thePlayer ):

function levelUp( thePlayer ) 
    if getElementType( thePlayer ) == "player" then -- if the attacker is a player 
        local level = getElementData( thePlayer, "Level" ) 
        local xp = getElementData( thePlayer, "xp" ) 
        if xp >= 500 then -- if he kills 500 peds or more ( if there is a bug ^^) 
            setElementData( thePlayer "xp", 0 ) -- go back to 0 
            setElementData( thePlayer, "Level", level+1 )-- We increase his level 
            outputChatBox("You are now level "..getElementData( thePlayer, "Level" ).." !", thePlayer, 0, 180, 0 ) 
        end 
    end 
end 

Try to make your system now

I tryed to make that:

function checkKills() 
local players = getElementsByType ( "player" ) -- get a table of all the players in the server 
for theKey,thePlayer in ipairs(players) do -- use a generic for loop to step through each player 
local getKills = getElementData(thePlayer, "Kills") 
local getRank = getElementData(thePlayer, "Rank") 
local getRankNum = gettok ( getRank, 1, string.byte('Level ') ) 
if getKills % 500 == 0 then 
local rankToSet = getRankNum + 1 
setElementData(thePlayer, "Rank", "Level "..tonumber(rankToSet)) 
end 
end 
end 
setTimer(checkKills, 100, -1) 

I need a thing like this...

Errors:

gettok = Bad Argument

Line 7 = Can't do the operation...

[12p]

Okay... This is REALLY wrong, it's too much problem. There is an easy way to do that, that works client and server side.

function checkKills ( pl ) 
    if isElement ( pl ) and getElementType ( pl ) == "player" then --Check if "pl" is a player... 
         local k1 = getElementData ( pl, "kills" ) --Now get the kills 
         local a, b = math.modf ( k1 / 500 ) --math.modf returns INTEGER and DECIMAL... 
         if b == 0 and k1 ~= 0 then --If the DECIMAL is 0 and the kills are different from 0 (prevent a possible bug...) 
            setElementData ( pl, "rank", k1 / 500, true ) --Set the level (level is defined by the kills divided by 500: 500 = 1, 1,500 = 3, 500,000 = 1,000). 
         end 
    end 
end 

Then use some event handler attached to that. I don't know how you are supposed to set the element data that defines the kills but that is your problem

PS. Remember to set the data to accounts, too, to save stats

[#Paper]

Okay... This is REALLY wrong, it's too much problem. There is an easy way to do that, that works client and server side.

function checkKills ( pl ) 
    if isElement ( pl ) and getElementType ( pl ) == "player" then --Check if "pl" is a player... 
         local k1 = getElementData ( pl, "kills" ) --Now get the kills 
         local a, b = math.modf ( k1 / 500 ) --math.modf returns INTEGER and DECIMAL... 
         if b == 0 and k1 ~= 0 then --If the DECIMAL is 0 and the kills are different from 0 (prevent a possible bug...) 
            setElementData ( pl, "rank", k1 / 500, true ) --Set the level (level is defined by the kills divided by 500: 500 = 1, 1,500 = 3, 500,000 = 1,000). 
         end 
    end 
end 

Then use some event handler attached to that. I don't know how you are supposed to set the element data that defines the kills but that is your problem

PS. Remember to set the data to accounts, too, to save stats

Can you fix it?

function checkKills( ammo, thePlayer, weapon, bodypart ) 
local getKills = getElementData(thePlayer, "Kills") 
local getRank = getElementData(thePlayer, "Rank") 
local getRankNum = gettok ( getRank, 1, string.byte('Level ') ) 
if getKills % 500 == 0 then 
local rankToSet = getRankNum + 1 
setElementData(thePlayer, "Rank", "Level "..tonumber(rankToSet)) 
end 
end 
addEventHandler("onPedWasted", getRootElement(), checkKills) 

[Castillo]

Are you kidding us AcitanoX? you must use his code as he already said.