save Data

[Lloyd Logan]

Hey can I ask why this doesn't save the Elements position?

function saved( thePlayer ) 
    local playerName = getPlayerAccount( thePlayer ) 
    if (playerName) then 
    local position = getElementPosition( thePlayer ) 
    if (position) then 
    setAccountData( playerName, "positions", position) 
        end 
    end 
end 
  
function set( thePlayer, playerName ) 
    if (playerName) then 
    positions = getAccountData( thePlayer, "positions" ) 
    if (positions) then 
    setElementPosition( thePlayer, positions) 
        end 
    end 
end 
  
addEventHandler("onPlayerQuit", getRootElement(), saved) 
addEventHandler("onPlayerLogin", getRootElement(), set) 

[manve1]

you have 'set' in ur event handler and function name, as it already is a function of MTA try changing it.

[csiguusz]

You can change MTA function to whatever you want, so it should work.

But the saving of the position is wrong, getElementPosition returns three values:

    local x, y, z = getElementPosition( thePlayer ) 

[manve1]

local playerName = getPlayerAccount( thePlayer ) 
function saved( thePlayer ) 
    if (playerName) then 
    local x, y, z = getElementPosition( thePlayer ) 
    if (x, y, z) then 
    setAccountData( playerName, "positions", x, y, z) 
        end 
    end 
end 
  
function setback( thePlayer, playerName ) 
    if (playerName) then 
    local xX, yY, zZ = getAccountData( thePlayer, "positions" ) 
    if (xX, yY, zZ) then 
    setElementPosition( thePlayer, xX, yY, zZ) 
        end 
    end 
end 
  
addEventHandler("onPlayerQuit", getRootElement(), saved) 
addEventHandler("onPlayerLogin", getRootElement(), setback) 

[Lloyd Logan]

local playerName = getPlayerAccount( thePlayer ) 
function saved( thePlayer ) 
    if (playerName) then 
    local x, y, z = getElementPosition( thePlayer ) 
    if (x, y, z) then 
    setAccountData( playerName, "positions", x, y, z) 
        end 
    end 
end 
  
function setback( thePlayer, playerName ) 
    if (playerName) then 
    local xX, yY, zZ = getAccountData( thePlayer, "positions" ) 
    if (xX, yY, zZ) then 
    setElementPosition( thePlayer, xX, yY, zZ) 
        end 
    end 
end 
  
addEventHandler("onPlayerQuit", getRootElement(), saved) 
addEventHandler("onPlayerLogin", getRootElement(), setback) 

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[manve1]

local playerName = getPlayerAccount( thePlayer ) 
function saved( thePlayer ) 
    if (playerName) then 
    local x, y, z = getElementPosition( thePlayer ) 
    if (x and y and z) then 
    setAccountData( playerName, "positions", x, y, z) 
        end 
    end 
end 
  
function setback( thePlayer, playerName ) 
    if (playerName) then 
    local xX, yY, zZ = getAccountData( thePlayer, "positions" ) 
    if (xX and yY and zZ) then 
    setElementPosition( thePlayer, xX, yY, zZ) 
        end 
    end 
end 
  
addEventHandler("onPlayerQuit", getRootElement(), saved) 
addEventHandler("onPlayerLogin", getRootElement(), setback) 

[csiguusz]

Is it so hard to read the wiki about set and getAccountData before posting? You can just save one value, so only x coordinate will be saved. And getAccountData never will return three values.

You have to use three setAccountDatas to store all three positions

setAccountData( thePlayer, "posX", x ) 
setAccountData( thePlayer, "posY", y ) 
setAccountData( thePlayer, "posZ", z ) 
-- and do it so with get: 
local x = getAccountData( thePlayer, "posX" ) 
local y = getAccountData( thePlayer, "posY" ) 
local z = getAccountData( thePlayer, "posZ" )  

[Castillo]

Well, it can return three values or more if you split the string.

[csiguusz]

Well, it can return three values or more if you split the string.

It will still return one value, that you can split into more strings/values.

Or do you know something that I don't?

[Castillo]

Well, you can always save a JSON string, then convert it into a table and it would be more than one value.

Like this:

setAccountData ( account, "testData", toJSON ( { "Hello", "World" } ) ) 

Then you can get it like this:

testData = fromJSON ( getAccountData ( account, "testData" ) ) 
outputChatBox ( testData [ 1 ] ) 
outputChatBox ( testData [ 2 ] ) 

Or you can use split function:

setAccountData ( account, "testData", "Hello, World" ) 

testData = split ( getAccountData ( account, "testData" ), "," ) 
outputChatBox ( testData [ 1 ] ) 
outputChatBox ( testData [ 2 ] ) 

[csiguusz]

Yes, I know this. You just said, that it can return more than one values. I know what did you mean, but I think its not true so

  
-- I think returning more walues means this (correct me if I'm wrong): 
local a, b, c, d, e = getElementData( account, "something" ) 
  
-- but it returns one value, wich table for example wich can contains more values: 
local a = getElementData( account, "something" ) 
outputChatBox ( a[1] ) 
outputChatBox ( a[2] ) 
  

[Castillo]

Yeah, well, I guess I didn't expressed myself right.

You can return many values though, like this:

test1, test2 = unpack ( fromJSON ( getAccountData ( account, "testData" ) ) )