Colorcodes

[~Air]

Hey guys,

I got one problem I made a text on my scoreboard but when I type a Status with colorcode it just shows it with the colorcode in the nametags but not in the scoreboard.

I hope you could help me.

That is just a part of my script, so that nobody can steal it.

dxDrawText(getElementData(element[2],"Status"), x+522, y-5 + (c - 1) * 20, x + 425+35, y + (c) * 20, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 1, "default-bold", "center", "center") 
-- 
dxDrawText(getElementData(element[2],"Status"), x+522+2, y-5+2 + (c - 1) * 20, x + 425+35, y + (c) * 20, tocolor(255,255,255, 255), 1, "default-bold", "center", "center") 

[.:HyPeX:.]

Just read all the arguments of dxDrawText, check the colorcode argument.

[Enargy,]

https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/DxDrawText

[~Air]

Changed it to this:

dxDrawText(getElementData(element[2],"Status"), x+522, y-5 + (c - 1) * 20, x + 425+35, y + (c) * 20, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 1, "default-bold", "center", "center", false, false, false, true) 
-- 
dxDrawText(getElementData(element[2],"Status"), x+522+2, y-5+2 + (c - 1) * 20, x + 425+35, y + (c) * 20, tocolor(255,255,255, 255), 1, "default-bold", "center", "center", false, false, false, true) 
  

But now I get an error:

Expected string at argument 1

[TAPL]

What your element data return?

[~Air]

This has nothing to do with that TAPL, I just need help to get it to show colorcodes.

[TAPL]

But now I get an error:

Expected string at argument 1

[~Air]

It does get the Status from the player.

[~Air]

Sorry for bump.

I tried something new:

dxDrawText(getPlayerStatus(player), x+522, y-5 + (c - 1) * 20, x + 425+35, y + (c) * 20, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 1, "default-bold", "center", "center", false, false, true) 
-- 
dxDrawText(getPlayerStatus(player), x+522+2, y-5+2 + (c - 1) * 20, x + 425+35, y + (c) * 20, tocolor(255,255,255, 255), 1, "default-bold", "center", "center", false, false, true) 
  
function getPlayerStatus (player) 
local admin = getElementData(player,"Status") 
if admin then  
    return admin 
else 
    return "Guest" 
end 
end 
  
  

But this is my error:

(The line with getAccountData) expected element at argument 1

Edited January 30, 2015 by Guest

[~Air]

bump

[Dealman]

Are you sure player is returning a player element? getElementData returns false if it was unable to retrieve a value, false is a boolean - not a string.

Also, for optimizations, you should try to avoid doing 'hardcoded' calculations in drawings. You'd be better of doing the calculations once instead of 30-60 times a second, unless it's for some animation

[~Air]

@Dealman:

I posted the new error, it isn't the thing with the string anymore.

It's the one with expected element at argument 1.

BTW: I already tried source instead of player still same error!

[TAPL]

Maybe try localPlayer?

[~Air]

Still same error.

[TAPL]

function getPlayerStatus() -- * should be added before you call the function 
    local admin = getElementData(localPlayer, "Status") 
    if admin then 
        return admin 
    else 
        return "Guest" 
    end 
end 
  
dxDrawText(getPlayerStatus(), x+522, y-5 + (c - 1) * 20, x + 425+35, y + (c) * 20, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 1, "default-bold", "center", "center", false, false, true) 
-- 
dxDrawText(getPlayerStatus(), x+522+2, y-5+2 + (c - 1) * 20, x + 425+35, y + (c) * 20, tocolor(255,255,255, 255), 1, "default-bold", "center", "center", false, false, true) 

[~Air]

It fixxed the errors, but it still doesn't show the colorcoded Status.

[Dealman]

@Dealman:

I posted the new error, it isn't the thing with the string anymore.

It's the one with expected element at argument 1.

BTW: I already tried source instead of player still same error!

You're misunderstanding the messages.

It said it expected an element, this implies it got something else; A string, a boolean, a float or integer value - something that is not an element.

Thus, the issue was that player was not defined and likely returning nil.

It fixxed the errors, but it still doesn't show the colorcoded Status.

The messages are not coloured? Is the hex colour-code removed from the status/name?

[~Air]

Yes, it shows like this:

#FF4500test

instead of:

test

or #00FF00test

instead of:

test

just for example.

[TAPL]

function getPlayerStatus() -- * should be added before you call the function 
    local admin = getElementData(localPlayer, "Status") 
    if admin then 
        return admin 
    else 
        return "Guest" 
    end 
end 
  
dxDrawText(getPlayerStatus(), x+522, y-5 + (c - 1) * 20, x + 425+35, y + (c) * 20, tocolor(0,0,0, 255), 1, "default-bold", "center", "center", false, false, false, true) 
-- 
dxDrawText(getPlayerStatus(), x+522+2, y-5+2 + (c - 1) * 20, x + 425+35, y + (c) * 20, tocolor(255,255,255, 255), 1, "default-bold", "center", "center", false, false, false, true) 

[~Air]

Thanks it worked!