attemp to call global 'getResources'

[John Smith]

topicname + (a nil value)

function newTimer() 
local allResources = getResources() -- this line 
for index, text in ipairs(allResources) do 
if getResourceState(text) == "running" then 
setTimer(function() 
restartResource(text) 
end,10000,100000) 
end 
end 
end 
newTimer() 

i wanna set a timer for a loooong time because idk how to set it to unlimited time to restart a resource which would update dxDrawText but it gives me error

attemp to call global 'getResources' (a nil value)

please help

[MIKI785]

So i guess you're doing this client-sided... getResources is server-only function. You'll have to use triggerClientEvent to send the list of resources to the client.

[toxicsmoke11]

sry for my embarassing mistake,i've made this serveside in another file,and this thing restarts every single resource and i dont know why. its the same code like in first post on this topic

Edited June 15, 2014 by Guest

[MIKI785]

I really don't understand what you're trying to do. Why would you restart all running resources?

[toxicsmoke11]

in client side script i have a line which draws dx text of player's nick on bottom of their screen in middle,but i dont know how to update that dxdrawtext text when a player changes his nick so i've tried to use restartResource so that it would update in other way but that thing restarts EVERY resource instead of resource named "text"

[MIKI785]

You don't need to restart anything..

Just when you draw the text the first argument in dxDrawText is the string to be drawn, use getPlayerName(localPlayer) there.. just change localPlayer if it's different player.

[toxicsmoke11]

You don't need to restart anything..

Just when you draw the text the first argument in dxDrawText is the string to be drawn, use getPlayerName(localPlayer) there.. just change localPlayer if it's different player.

i am already using that but it doesn't update when a player changes nick

[MIKI785]

That's simply not possible. getPlayerName will always return current nick, it's impossible.

[toxicsmoke11]

i got this but its not updating

local screenWidth, screenHeight = guiGetScreenSize ( ) 
local playerName = getPlayerName(localPlayer) 
function createText ( ) 
dxDrawText ( playerName, 970, screenHeight - 27, screenWidth, screenHeight, tocolor ( 255, 255, 255, 255 ), 2, "arial" ) 
end 
  
function HandleTheRendering ( ) 
    addEventHandler ( "onClientRender", root, createText ) -- keep the text visible with onClientRender. 
end 
addEventHandler ( "onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot, HandleTheRendering ) 

maybe something is wrong in my code evenn though it makes the text

[MIKI785]

Of course it's not working if you define the nick once...

local screenWidth, screenHeight = guiGetScreenSize ( ) 
function createText ( ) 
dxDrawText ( getPlayerName(localPlayer), 970, screenHeight - 27, screenWidth, screenHeight, tocolor ( 255, 255, 255, 255 ), 2, "arial" ) 
end 
  
function HandleTheRendering ( ) 
    addEventHandler ( "onClientRender", root, createText ) -- keep the text visible with onClientRender. 
end 
addEventHandler ( "onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot, HandleTheRendering ) 

[arezu]

You can also use https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/OnClientPlayerChangeNick if you intend to use gui* functions later.