Gridlist refreshing?

[DarkLink]

Ok guys, I wanna do the following:

Gridlist with column players (I already have), now I want another column with state of player, like dead or alive..

For example:

On server I would trigger the event on player die, and changes his state on grid from alive to dead. right?

but now here is my question: i need to get the row of that player, so then I can do "GuiGridListSetItemText" and changes the string to dead on respective column.

So how I can get the row on the grid list of that player died ?

Can I search for his name on all the gridlist ? and then get his row ?

with some function?

Thanks guys!

[[DemoN]]

getAlivePlayers, getDeadPlayers 

getAlivePlayers

getDeadPlayers

try these functions...

[DarkLink]

getAlivePlayers, getDeadPlayers 

getAlivePlayers

getDeadPlayers

try these functions...

yes thanks, that should help. but wasnt that my problem.

after I get all the players dead, and all players alive.

I need to change their string on state column, how do I get those players from the grid ?

I need to get their row.. so I can set new text for them on state column

did u understand my problem?

thanks alot!

[will briggs]

Set a timer for when you want it to refresh... And look on the wiki for a refreshrate

[JR10]

getAlivePlayers, getDeadPlayers 

yes thanks, that should help. but wasnt that my problem.

after I get all the players dead, and all players alive.

I need to change their string on state column, how do I get those players from the grid ?

I need to get their row.. so I can set new text for them on state column

did u understand my problem?

thanks alot!

All you need to do is make a timer that will get all players and and set his state in the gridlist.

example:

function getPlayerState(player) 
if getElementHealth(player) > 0 then 
return 'Alive' 
else 
return 'Dead' 
end 
end 
  
function refreshGridlist() 
for i, v in ipairs(getElementsByType('player')) do 
local row = guiGridListAddRow(gridList) 
guiGridListSetItemText(gridList, row, 1, getPlayerName(v), false, false) 
guiGridListSetItemText(gridList, row, 2, getPlayerState(v), false, false) 
end 
end 

Now edit gridList to your grid list variable and set a timer for refreshGridlist function.

Good luck.

[DarkLink]

Thanks for ur help guys,

and how many times I will set the timer to repeat? I mean its suppose to refresh till the resource end

So almost like infinite times..

[JR10]

setTimer(refreshGridlist, 1000, 0) 

[DarkLink]

Okay 0 is for infinite, thanks! didnt know

Just one more question, here on ur code..

function refreshGridlist() 
for i, v in ipairs(getElementsByType('player')) do 
local row = guiGridListAddRow(gridList) 
guiGridListSetItemText(gridList, row, 1, getPlayerName(v), false, false) 
guiGridListSetItemText(gridList, row, 2, getPlayerState(v), false, false) 
end 
end 
  

This function will constantly add new lines (I mean rows..)..?

And its suppose to changes the ones that are already made. I am not sure if u understand me

Thanks!

[JR10]

Oh you are right replace it with this:

function refreshGridlist() 
guiGridListClear(gridList) 
for i, v in ipairs(getElementsByType('player')) do 
local row = guiGridListAddRow(gridList) 
guiGridListSetItemText(gridList, row, 1, getPlayerName(v), false, false) 
guiGridListSetItemText(gridList, row, 2, getPlayerState(v), false, false) 
end 
end 

[DarkLink]

Oh you are right replace it with this:

function refreshGridlist() 
guiGridListClear(gridList) 
for i, v in ipairs(getElementsByType('player')) do 
local row = guiGridListAddRow(gridList) 
guiGridListSetItemText(gridList, row, 1, getPlayerName(v), false, false) 
guiGridListSetItemText(gridList, row, 2, getPlayerState(v), false, false) 
end 
end 

Ahhhhh!!! So I need always to clear a grid if I want to change a single value.

I though it was possible to get which players died from the grid and only change their state column on the grid.

Okay now I get it.. I need to change everything, not possible to change individual rows.

Thanks bro.

[JR10]

No, you only need to clear the grid if you want to fill it again from scratch cleaing the grid list will clear every row in it which is needed in order not to have the players doubled because refreshGridlist will fill it from scratch.

[DarkLink]

No, you only need to clear the grid if you want to fill it again from scratch cleaing the grid list will clear every row in it which is needed in order not to have the players doubled because refreshGridlist will fill it from scratch.

yes I understand that, so not possible to edit a single row.. when its the grid is filled with rows? right?

thanks again

[JR10]

It's possible, you just need to find the row and column then use

guiGridListSetItemText 

EDIT:

here is a way of editing one row

function updatePlayerStateInGridlist() 
     local rows = guiGridListGetRowCount(gridList) 
     for i=0, rows do 
          if guiGridListGetItemText(gridList, i, 1) == getPlayerName(getLocalPlayer()) then 
               if getElementHealth(getLocalPlayer()) > 0 then 
                    guiGridListSetItemText(gridList, i, 2, 'Alive', false, false) 
               else 
                    guiGridListSetItemText(gridList, i, 2, 'Dead', false, false) 
               end 
          end 
     end 
end 

just set a timer for the function.

[DarkLink]

I understood, thanks alot bro.

Thats exactly what I was trying to do, didnt know rows was a int starting from zero to number of rows..

Now I can make a for and search all the rows, just with a iteration for

Didnt know ^^

thanks alot again !

[JR10]

No problem, good luck.