getResourceFromName client-side

[Et-win]

outputChatBox(tostring(getResourceFromName("race"))) 

This always returns 'false' in client-side, I'm wondering why? (Server-side works only)

EDIT: If I use

outputChatBox(tostring(getResourceFromName("admin"))) 

it works fine. Why doesn't this work with "race"?

[Et-win]

I found out that the resource needs to be running when using 'getResourceFromName'.

So I have an editbox and can fill in any name and want to check if it exists. How can I do this when I can't use 'getResourceFromName' when the resource is not running?

[Killer...]

Can you explain it better?

[Addlibs]

I guess you'd most likley have to do some server-client events (preferably latent events, so the server wouldn't lag)

[toxicsmoke11]

just like you can't get a player from getPlayerFromName while he/she is offline, you can't get a resource with getResourceFromName if it's not running.

you can use serverside and use getResources() and check if it exists server-side

if you insist on client-side then idk, i didn't really use this client-sided nor i needed to

[Et-win]

you can't get a resource with getResourceFromName if it's not running.

Server-side you can, so I don't see the reason for not being able to do it client-side.

[Addlibs]

I guess it's because the client is not aware of all resources; only those which are running, have an instance, have their resourceRoot element are visible to the client.

[Et-win]

Well anyway, I did a trigger to server-side and back to client-side to check or the resource exists. Thanks all for the thinking (and helping).