[Question] Store a element temp

[BieHDC]

Hello,

i would like to know what would be the best way to store a element(player), that changes often?

i describe you what i mean: If somebody hitted a specific player (in my case the victim), he should be stored as last hitter. If in some secounds another player hitted the "victim" then he should be stored as last hitter, until the victim is wasted. and then the last hitter get some money.

I dont want you to script for me, i only wanna know what i should use.

Maybe SERIAL, or PlayerName(may cause problems with getting him later again i think), or what ever...

What would be the best function?

[Castillo]

Use a table, each time a player damages, store it on that table in a format: table [ victim ] = attacker, then on wasted, you check if the player that died is on that table.

[BieHDC]

maybe i should post the script

the server recives the data from client! No NIL or fails > TESTED

function whokilledvic ( thehitted ) 
    local thehitter = source 
        if (thehitter) ~= (victimvehicle) then  --if the hitter is not the victim 
            if (thehitted) == (victimvehicle) then  --if the hitted vehicle is the victim 
                --Here should be the data saved 
                set lastest hitter = getVehicleOccupant(thehitter) --the clientside sends the vehicle not the player 
            end 
        end 
end 
addEvent ( "whowasit", true ) 
addEventHandler ( "whowasit", root, whokilledvic ) 
  
function isthevictimkilled() 
    if isElement( victim2 ) then 
        if ( isPedDead ( victim2 ) ) then 
        --get the lastest hitter 
        end 
    end 
end 
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerWasted", root, isthevictimkilled ) 
  
  

[Castillo]

Store that data on a table the way I mentioned above.

[BieHDC]

sorry i am not so experienced with tables yet

can you pls write how to store and how to get?

[Castillo]

You must define a global table:

local lastHit = { } 

Then when you're going to store it:

lastHit [ thehitted ] = thehitter 

Then to obtain that when they die:

local lastHitter = lastHit [ source ] 

[BieHDC]

ok that will work maybe

EDIT: i have done something wrong?

line 20: bad argument @ getVehicleOccupant

Edit2: why not use getPlayerSerial and getPlayerFromSerial?

lastHit = { } 
  
function whokilledvic ( thehitted ) 
    local thehitter = source 
        if (thehitter) ~= (victimvehicle) then 
            if (thehitted) == (victimvehicle) then 
                lastHit [ thehitted ] = thehitter 
                outputChatBox( " Data Stored! ", root ) --i get this check output 
            end 
        end 
end 
addEvent ( "whowasit", true ) 
addEventHandler ( "whowasit", root, whokilledvic ) 
  
  
function isthevictimkilled() 
    if isElement( victim2 ) then 
        if ( isPedDead ( victim2 ) ) then 
            lastHitter = lastHit [ source ] 
            hittername = getPlayerName(getVehicleOccupant(lastHitter)) --bad argument @ getVehicleOccupant 
            outputChatBox(" The last hitter was  " ..hittername , root ) 
        end 
    end 
end 
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerWasted", root, isthevictimkilled ) 

[IIYAMA]

  
lastHit = { } 
local function whokilledvic ( thehitted ) 
    local thehitter = source 
    if thehitter ~= victimvehicle then 
        if thehitted == victimvehicle then 
            lastHit [ thehitted ] = thehitter 
            outputChatBox( " Data Stored! ", root ) --i get this check output 
        end 
    end 
end 
addEvent ( "whowasit", true ) 
addEventHandler ( "whowasit", root, whokilledvic ) 
      
  
--- what is victim2 ?      
local function isthevictimkilled() 
    if isElement( victim2 ) then 
        if isPedDead ( victim2 ) then 
            local lastHitter = lastHit [ source ] 
            if lastHitter then -- check if there is data from the table 
                local player = getVehicleOccupant(lastHitter) 
                if player then -- check if there is a player in the vehicle 
                    local hittername = getPlayerName(player) --bad argument @ getVehicleOccupant 
                    outputChatBox(" The last hitter was  " ..hittername , root ) 
                end 
            end 
        end 
    end 
end 
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerWasted", root, isthevictimkilled ) 

I fixed some of the code, but I think it is more handy to use the player as key and the vehicle as data.

this code I posted will not work, because you can't find players within a table with only vehicles as key.

You have now:

lastHit[vehicle]= player 

But I will recommend you to create the table like this:

lastHit[player]= vehicle 

Because vehicles can be replaced, and the table can be cleared with the event: "onPlayerQuit".

[BieHDC]

at first: victim2 is victim

because i get my victim with getRandomPlayer() and if i use victim i get bad argument, but if i do victim2 = victim then it works

isPedDead(victim) > bad argument

isPedDead(victim2) > it works and i have victim global, so i think its a little bug which can be solved with this

the secound:

i have stored the hitter now as player, but i get bad argument @ getPlayerName line 21

lastHit = { } 
  
function whokilledvic ( thehitted ) 
    local thehitter = source 
        if (thehitter) ~= (victimvehicle) then 
            if (thehitted) == (victimvehicle) then 
                thelastone = getVehicleOccupant(thehitter) 
                lastHit [ thehitted ] = thelastone 
                outputChatBox( " Data Stored! ", root ) 
            end 
        end 
end 
addEvent ( "whowasit", true ) 
addEventHandler ( "whowasit", root, whokilledvic ) 
  
  
function isthevictimkilled() 
    if isElement( victim2 ) then 
        if ( isPedDead ( victim2 ) ) then 
            local lastHitter = lastHit [ source ] 
            local hittername = getPlayerName(lastHitter)  --here is the bad argument 
            outputChatBox(" The last hitter was  " ..hittername , root ) 
        end 
    end 
end 
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerWasted", root, isthevictimkilled )