Regarding registration limit resource

[neal777]

I have a server since 1 month ago. The server has been growing rapidly so is registrations. Players are creating as many accounts as they like. The is okay at the moment but it will create confusion and lag later on. I am a beginner at scripting (especially Lua) and I can't get my head around to make a decent script that stops players creating more than 2 account which should be based on MTA serial. Basically 2 accounts per serial. Any help will be appreciated, even better if there is already this kind of script available on community then please share the link there.

[xXMADEXx]

When someone registers, loop through the table that getAccounts returns, then use getAccountSerial and compare the players serial to that. If they're the same, cancel the function and send an error. Here's an example:

function _registerPlayer ( user, pass, player ) 
    for _, account in pairs ( getAccounts ( ) ) do  
         if ( getAccountSerial ( account ) == getPlayerSerial ( player ) ) then  
             outputChatBox ( "An account with this serial already exists!", player, 255, 0, 0 ); 
            return false; 
         end 
     end 
  
     --- Complete the registration code here 
  
     return true; 
end 

[Anubhav]

https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/Ge ... tsBySerial

Better way

  
  
function _registerPlayer ( user, pass, player ) 
         if ( #getAccountsBySerial( getPlayerSerial( player ) ) == 2 ) then 
             outputChatBox ( "Max account limit reached!", player, 255, 0, 0 ); 
            return false; 
         end 
  
     --- Complete the registration code here 
  
     return true; 
end 
  

[3B00DG4MER]

https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/GetAccountsBySerial

Better way

  
  
function _registerPlayer ( user, pass, player ) 
         if ( #getAccountsBySerial( getPlayerSerial( player ) ) == 2 ) then 
             outputChatBox ( "Max account limit reached!", player, 255, 0, 0 ); 
            return false; 
         end 
  
     --- Complete the registration code here 
  
     return true; 
end 
  

Sometimes he have more than 2 cuz the resource is not running -.-

  
function _registerPlayer ( user, pass, player ) 
         if ( #getAccountsBySerial( getPlayerSerial( player ) ) > 1 ) then 
             outputChatBox ( "Max account limit reached!", player, 255, 0, 0 ); 
            return false; 
         end 
  
     --- Complete the registration code here 
  
     return true; 
end 
  

[Anubhav]

OMG Guyz, why don't you read? He told 2 account / serial.

Get it? Not to be rude here, but yeah, learn to read before posting

[neal777]

Thank you everyone for helping me.

Edited July 2, 2015 by Guest

[neal777]

xXMADEXx, your example helped me a lot. In fact only your short line of script is the only one that works compared to Anubhav and 3B00DG4MER. Thank you. :)

[TAPL]

Be aware getAccountSerial only return the last serial that logged into the account and empty if no one has logged into the account before, so you better off use account data to store the serial.