setGameSpeed (Freezing everyone, ect)

[codeluaeveryday]

Hey guys, I am trying to create a script for race which allows me to freeze all players at once, I could use setplayerfrozen, but i'm too dumb to be able to make it apply to all players (please explain that too me). I have tried many things, like if separate from else, now i'm trying elseif, I have never used if, else, then. now it's a good time to learn. i woke up and thought maybe if getGameSpeed = 1 is wrong, maybe getGameSpeed ("1")?

  
function freeze() 
    if getGameSpeed = 1 
    local name = getPlayerName(source) 
    setGameSpeed(0) 
    outputChatBox(name.." has froze all players!", source, 255,0,0) 
    elseif getGameSpeed = 0 
    outputChatBox("All players are already frozen!", thePlayer, 255,0,0) 
    end 
  end 
  addCommandHandler("freezeall", freeze) 
   
  function unfreeze() 
  if getGameSpeed = 0 
  local name = getPlayerName(source) 
  setGameSpeed(0) 
  outputChatbox(name.." has unfroze all players!",source,0,255,0) 
  elseif getGameSpeed = 1 
  outputChatBox("Players are not frozen!",thePlayer,0,255,0) 
  end 
  end 
  addCommandHandler("unfreezeall", unfreeze) 
  

[TAPL]

function freeze(thePlayer) 
    if (getGameSpeed() == 1) then 
    local name = getPlayerName(thePlayer) 
    setGameSpeed(0) 
    outputChatBox(name.." has froze all players!", root, 255,0,0) 
    else 
    outputChatBox("All players are already frozen!", thePlayer, 255,0,0) 
    end 
end 
addCommandHandler("freezeall", freeze) 
  
function unfreeze(thePlayer) 
    if (getGameSpeed() == 0) then 
  local name = getPlayerName(thePlayer) 
  setGameSpeed(1) 
  outputChatbox(name.." has unfroze all players!",root,0,255,0) 
  else 
  outputChatBox("Players are not frozen!",thePlayer,0,255,0) 
  end 
end 
addCommandHandler("unfreezeall", unfreeze) 
  

Edited October 1, 2011 by Guest

[codeluaeveryday]

Thank you TAPL, i have always been a fan of your War Panel for your basemode, excellent. The setting speed works perfectly. The outputting doesnt, when i tried

  
outputChatbox(name.." has unfroze all players!",source,0,255,0) 
  else 
  outputChatBox("Players are not frozen!",thePlayer,0,255,0) 
  

i originally wanted the second output to output to the player (visibility). while the first to goto all players. but, with the new one it doesnt output at all. Maybe the way i set it out?

[Zango]

To answer your original post, TAPL was faster than me A rather fixed version of your script. setGameSpeed takes an integer between 0 and 10, no strings needed. I am sure you could've fixed this script yourself by trial and error over time, but you can save some time by looking at what each line does. For example = assigns a value, and == compares it, as you should know. Variables don't work by magic, you can't call one and expect a certain result when you haven't defined it. Perhaps you should try the Scripting Introduction.

function freeze(player) 
    if (getGameSpeed() == 1) then 
        local name = getPlayerName(player) 
        setGameSpeed(0) 
        outputChatBox(name.." has froze all players!", root, 255,0,0) 
    elseif (getGameSpeed() == 0) then 
        outputChatBox("All players are already frozen!", player, 255,0,0) 
    end 
end 
addCommandHandler("freezeall", freeze) 
  
function unfreeze(player) 
    if (getGameSpeed() == 0) then 
        local name = getPlayerName(player) 
        setGameSpeed(1) 
        outputChatbox(name.." has unfroze all players!", root,0,255,0) 
    elseif (getGameSpeed() == 1) then 
        outputChatBox("Players are not frozen!", player,0,255,0) 
    end 
end 
addCommandHandler("unfreezeall", unfreeze) 

This is how I'd do it, using setElementFrozen as you mentioned. It's possible by looping through all players, and freezing/unfreezing them.

local bFreeze = false 
  
function toggleFreeze (player, cmd) 
    bFreeze = not bFreeze 
     
    for i,pl in ipairs(getElementsByType('player')) do 
        setElementFrozen (pl, bFreeze) 
    end 
     
    if bFreeze then 
        outputChatBox (('%s has frozen all players!'):format(getPlayerName(player)), root, 255, 0, 0) 
    else 
        outputChatBox (('%s has unfrozen all players!'):format(getPlayerName(player)), root, 0, 255, 0) 
    end 
end 
addCommandHandler ('freezeall', toggleFreeze) 

Edited September 30, 2011 by Guest

[TAPL]

check my post i change the code