[Help] Name tag colors in Race Mode

[DjSt3rios]

Hello, im new here and i would like to ask something. In race resource, i changed the name tag colour, i made it to check the name color of the player, and put the same color in the tag.

It was like that:

local r,g,b = 255,255,255

and i changed it to this:

local r,g,b = getPlayerNametagColor ( player )

but its not working, can somebody help me?

[Try]

??????????????????

Sorry i dont understand

you need get player name color to put at name again?

[DjSt3rios]

Well in race name if ur name is #FF0000Test on the top of the car it appears as WHITE. Well, i want to make it red.

[TAPL]

make it red?

this will make it red

local r,g,b = 255,0,0

[karlis]

use

  
tocolor() 
  

[DjSt3rios]

I mean IF ur name is read.. i want to automatically check the name color of every player, and put the right color for every player. if ur name is red, i want the text to appear red, if ur name is green, i want the text to appear green, thats what i mean..

[karlis]

EDIT: here it is

  
--serverside! 
function process() 
  local players=getElementsByType("player") 
  for _,v in pairs(players) do 
    processPlayer(v) 
  end 
end 
  
function processPlayer(p) 
  local Player=source or p 
  local nick=getPlayerName(Player) 
  local colorcode=nick:match("^#%x%x%x%x%x%x") 
  if colorcode then 
    local red,blue,green=getColorFromString(colorcode) 
    setPlayerNametagColor(Player,red,blue,green) 
  end 
  setPlayerName(Player,nick:gsub("#%x%x%x%x%x%x","")) 
end 
addEventHandler("onResouceStart",getResourceRootElement(),process) 
addEventHandler("onPlayerJoin",getRootElement(),processPlayer) 
addEventHandler("onPlayerChangeNick",getRootElement(),processPlayer) 
  

Edited May 19, 2011 by Guest

[DjSt3rios]

Yes but i want the code to put the name color on the top of the car, not on TAB or sth.. it works fine in TAB, but i want a code to read the color of the name, and put it on the top of the car, because now its always white even if the player name is red for example..

[karlis]

setNametagColor does exactly that.

[DjSt3rios]

Well i dont think i need to do it like that. In Race it uses this:

dxDrawText (getPlayerName(player), sx, sy - offset, sx, sy - offset, tocolor(r,g,b,textalpha), textscale*NAMETAG_TEXTSIZE, "default", "center", "bottom", false, false, false )

so i need to use dxDrawText..

[karlis]

but i showed you how to get the r g b out of hex string, (need to be server side tough), use that, then transfer r g b to client, and then tocolor(r,g,b,255) for setting color.

but keep the gsub + setname at serverside script.

[DjSt3rios]

I tried to do it, but it didnt work

[Try]

Can i try?

I don't tested,

Try this:

function carcolor() 
function ( thePlayer ) 
    local r, g, b = getPlayerNametagColor ( thePlayer ) 
    setVehicleColor ( thePlayer , r, b, g, 0 ) 
end 
addCommandHandler ( "namecolor", carcolor ) 

Try

[DjSt3rios]

Well i tried something like this but its not working. Btw i want the name color to change, not vehicle. The name which is on the top of the car..

[karlis]

ok try this

add the script i showed before serverside, and then do this:

  
r,g,b=getPlayerNametagColor(player) 
dxDrawText (getPlayerName(player), sx, sy - offset, sx, sy - offset, tocolor(r,g,b,textalpha), textscale*NAMETAG_TEXTSIZE, "default", "center", "bottom", false, false, false ) 
  

[Try]

hmm you need car color be name color

function carcolor(thePlayer) 
local r = getVehicleColor(thePlayer) 
setPlayerName(thePlayer, r..getPlayerName(thePlayer)) 
end 
addCommandHandler("test",carcolor) 
  

___________

Sorry Guy i read what i writed at the other post and its wrong

Try:

function carcolor( thePlayer ) 
        local r, g, b = getPlayerNametagColor ( thePlayer ) 
        setVehicleColor ( thePlayer , r, b, g, 0 ) 
    end 
    addCommandHandler ( "namecolor", carcolor ) 

[karlis]

hmm you need car color be name color

function carcolor(thePlayer) 
local r = getVehicleColor(thePlayer) 
setPlayerName(thePlayer, r..getPlayerName(thePlayer)) 
end 
addCommandHandler("test",carcolor) 
  

___________

Sorry Guy i read what i writed at the other post and its wrong

Try:

function carcolor( thePlayer ) 
        local r, g, b = getPlayerNametagColor ( thePlayer ) 
        setVehicleColor ( thePlayer , r, b, g, 0 ) 
    end 
    addCommandHandler ( "namecolor", carcolor ) 

this makes zero sense, nor vehicle color id works on nicks, nor vehicles work on rgb(until 1.1).

and the fact is HE DIDNT EVEN ASK FOR VEHICLE COLOR

[DjSt3rios]

Hmm, now the color is light green, its not showing it properly any help?

[karlis]

Hmm, now the color is light green, its not showing it properly any help?

you used that code i made serverside, then put tag color to dxdrawtext?

[DjSt3rios]

in nametags.lua i put this:

r,g,b=getPlayerNametagColor(player)

and then it has this code:

dxDrawText (getPlayerName(player), sx, sy - offset, sx, sy - offset, tocolor(r,g,b,textalpha), textscale*NAMETAG_TEXTSIZE, "default", "center", "bottom", false, false, false )

and in the same file, in the end, i added this:

function process()

players=getElementsByType("player")

for _,v in pairs(players) do

processPlayer(v)

end

end

function processPlayer(p)

local Player=source or p

local nick=getPlayerName(Player)

local colorcode=nick:match("^#%x%x%x%x%x%x")

if colorcode then

local red,blue,green=getColorFromString(colorcode)

setPlayerNametagColor(Player,red,blue,green)

end

setPlayerName(Player,nick:gsub("#%x%x%x%x%x%x",""))

end

addEventHandler("onResouceStart",getResourceRootElement(),process)

addEventHandler("onPlayerJoin",getRootElement(),processPlayer)

addEventHandler("onPlayerChangeNick",getRootElement(),processPlayer)

and with this it appears light green

[karlis]

please use

[ lua] code here [/lua] (whithout the space at front) 

or

[/code]

this have to be in clientside, in nametags.lua i suppose.

  
... 
  local r,g,b=getPlayerNametagColor(player) 
  dxDrawText (getPlayerName(player), sx, sy - offset, sx, sy - offset, tocolor(r,g,b,textalpha), textscale*NAMETAG_TEXTSIZE, "default", "center", "bottom", false, false, false ) 
... 
  

and this have to be serverside, in other script file.

  
function process() 
  players=getElementsByType("player") 
  for _,v in pairs(players) do 
    processPlayer(v) 
  end 
end 
  
function processPlayer(p) 
  local Player=source or p 
  local nick=getPlayerName(Player) 
  local colorcode=nick:match("^#%x%x%x%x%x%x") 
  if colorcode then 
    local red,blue,green=getColorFromString(colorcode) 
    setPlayerNametagColor(Player,red,blue,green) 
  end 
  setPlayerName(Player,nick:gsub("#%x%x%x%x%x%x","")) 
end 
  
addEventHandler("onResouceStart",getResourceRootElement(),process) 
addEventHandler("onPlayerJoin",getRootElement(),processPlayer) 
addEventHandler("onPlayerChangeNick",getRootElement(),processPlayer) 
  

[code=lua] code here 

[DjSt3rios]

I put it in race_server.lua but still its not working properly

plus it changes my name like 100 times, but i removed the code SetPlayerName

[karlis]

oh, theres a inf loop, fixing it.

anyway you need the setname so you won't see the colorcodes in the textdraw

EDIT:heres the fix

countless more edits:optimizng

function process() 
  players=getElementsByType("player") 
  for _,v in pairs(players) do 
    processPlayer(v) 
  end 
end 
  
function processPlayer(p) 
  local Player=source or p 
  local nick=getPlayerName(Player) 
  local newnick=nick:gsub("#%x%x%x%x%x%x","") 
  local colorcode=nick:match("^#%x%x%x%x%x%x") 
  if newnick~=nick then 
    setPlayerName(Player,newnick) 
    if colorcode then 
      local red,green,blue=getColorFromString(colorcode) 
      setPlayerNametagColor(Player,red,green,blue) 
    end 
  end 
end 
  
addEventHandler("onResouceStart",getResourceRootElement(),process) 
addEventHandler("onPlayerJoin",getRootElement(),processPlayer) 
addEventHandler("onPlayerChangeNick",getRootElement(),processPlayer) 
  

[DjSt3rios]

still.. colors are random with this...

[karlis]

no errors in both client and server?