Yet another issue... God, I suck at scripting.

[Captain Cody]

  
function jailOrNotPlayer (attacker, attackerweapon, bodypart, loss) 
local PoliceTeam = getTeamFromName("Military, Police") 
if getPlayerTeam ( attacker ) == PoliceTeam  
then 
local convict = source 
if (attackerweapon == 3) then 
local level = getPlayerWantedLevel ( convict ) 
if level > 0 then 
outputChatBox ( "You have been jailed", convict ) 
setElementInterior ( convict, 6, 264.05957, 77.829102, 1001.0391 ) 
setTimer ( function(convict) -- 
setElementInterior ( convict, 0, 1541.3105, -1675.4785, 13.552299  ) 
        outputChatBox ( "You have been released", convict ) 
        initalwantedlevel = getPlayerWantedLevel ( convict ) 
        local wantedlevelaa = (initalwantedlevel * 200) 
                setPlayerWantedLevel ( convict, 0 ) 
    end, wantedlevelaa, 1 ) 
end 
end 
end 
end 
  
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerDamage", getRootElement (), jailOrNotPlayer ) 

Should jail player, showing no signs at all of jailing the player, nothing showing in debugscript

[IIYAMA]

If nothing is showing in debug script, you have to find out till where your code works.

Add debug lines after the lines: 2, 5, 7, 9, 13

A debug line is:

outputDebugString("function jailOrNotPlayer has been executed") 

In the console you will see this line, when it gets executed.

Ones you added them all, you can see how many debug-lines are executed. After the last one that is executed, there is mostly your mistake.

So for example:

outputDebugString(1) 
if true then 
    outputDebugString(2) 
    if true then 
        outputDebugString(3) 
        if true then 
            outputDebugString(4) 
            if false then 
                outputDebugString(5) 
                if false then 
                    outputDebugString(6) 
                end 
            end 
        end 
    end 
end 

The code will show the debug-lines 1,2,3,4 but not 5 and 6.

Now you know that there is a mistake between the debug-lines 4 and 5.

[Captain Cody]

Well what I mean by debug is errors in debug-script, but I'll add those and see if I can find the issue

[Captain Cody]

--Ah nvm found it--

Edited November 29, 2015 by Guest

[ALw7sH]

If you mean just the line 2 debug works then are you trying to get if the player team name is "Military" OR "Police" in line 3? if not then just make sure that your team name is exactly like the one in your script

[ALw7sH]

--Nvm Fixed--

But how do I do two teams for

local PoliceTeam = getTeamFromName("Military") 

local militaryTeam = getTeamFromName("Military") 
local PoliceTeam = getTeamFromName("Police") 
if getPlayerTeam ( attacker ) == militaryTeam or getPlayerTeam ( attacker ) == PoliceTeam then 

[Captain Cody]

Edited it after I figured out how to do it.

[Captain Cody]

I added the stuff to a table so I can figureout whos in jail or not

Here's what declares the table start

jailSystemData = {}  

Here's what assigns a table to the player

jailSystemData[source] = {} 
local playerjailSystemData = jailSystemData[source] 

playerjailSystemData["Injail"] = true 

local theTimer = setTimer(function() end, (level * 40000), 1) 
playerjailSystemData["timer"] = theTimer 

Here's what pulls the data for another function

    local playerjailSystemData = jailSystemData[source] 
    if playerjailSystemData then 

It's not finding the data for the player, returns nil

[IIYAMA]

Which event's is attached on both function?

And remember, timers don't support a source element.

[Captain Cody]

#1 Not sure what you mean by that but

What start the functions are

addEventHandler ( "onPlayerDamage", getRootElement (), jailOrNotPlayer ) 
addCommandHandler ( "jailtime", checkHisTime ) 
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerJoin", getRootElement(), checkIfJailed ) 

#2 fixed

[IIYAMA]

The addCommandHandler doesn't have a source element. The first argument is the player.

And if that isn't the problem, you should show more of your code because I do not have enough information to debug it.

[Captain Cody]

Here's the entire code

jailSystemData = {}  
  
---Jails player if they are wanted, and are hit by police with night stick 
  
function jailOrNotPlayer (attacker, attackerweapon, bodypart, loss) 
outputDebugString("function jailOrNotPlayer has been executed") 
local PoliceTeam = getTeamFromName("Police") 
local MilitaryTeam = getTeamFromName("Military") 
if getPlayerTeam ( attacker ) == PoliceTeam or getPlayerTeam ( attacker ) == MilitaryTeam 
then 
outputDebugString("Attacker was a cop") 
local convict = source 
if (attackerweapon == 3) then 
outputDebugString("So and so was hit with night stick") 
level = getPlayerWantedLevel ( convict ) 
if level > 0 then 
theconvictName = getPlayerName (convict) 
outputChatBox ( "You have been jailed, do /jailtime to get time remaining.", convict ) 
outputChatBox ( "You have jailed" ..theconvictName.."." , attacker ) 
setElementInterior ( convict, 6, 264.05957, 77.829102, 1001.0391 ) 
setElementDimension ( convict, 1 ) 
jailSystemData[convict] = {} 
local playerjailSystemData = jailSystemData[convict] 
playerjailSystemData["injail"] = true 
outputDebugString("Person jailed") 
jailedperson = convict 
local theTimer = setTimer(function() end, (level * 40000), 1,convict) 
playerjailSystemData["timer"] = theTimer 
setTimer ( function() -- 
setElementInterior ( jailedperson, 0, 1541.3105, -1675.4785, 13.552299  ) 
    setElementDimension ( jailedperson, 0 ) 
        outputChatBox ( "You have been released.", jailedperson ) 
         outputDebugString("Person Released from jail.") 
         setPlayerWantedLevel ( jailedperson, 0 ) 
        local playerjailSystemData = jailSystemData[jailedperson] 
        playerjailSystemData["injail"] = false 
        local convict = jailedperson 
    end, (level * 40000), 1 ) 
end 
end 
end 
end 
 --Should set timer on spawn to release player if they were in jail before they left 
function checkIfJailed () 
    local playerjailSystemData = jailSystemData[source] 
    if playerjailSystemData then 
    if playerjailSystemData["injail"] 
    then 
    thejailedperson = source 
    outputChatBox ( "You are in jail do /jailtime to get amount of time remaining.", thejailedperson ) 
    local theTimer = setTimer(function() end, (level * 40000), 1,convict) 
    setTimer ( function() -- 
    setElementInterior ( thejailedperson, 0, 1541.3105, -1675.4785, 13.552299  ) 
    setElementDimension ( thejailedperson, 0 ) 
    outputChatBox ( "You have been released", thejailedperson ) 
    outputDebugString("Person Released from jail.") 
    setPlayerWantedLevel ( thejailedperson, 0 ) 
    local playerjailSystemData = jailSystemData[thejailedperson] 
    playerjailSystemData["injail"] = false 
    playerjailSystemData["timer"] = theTimer 
    end, (level * 40000), 1 ) 
end 
end 
end 
  
  
--Function for command /jailtime, shows the player how long they have left 
  
function checkHisTime () 
local playerjailSystemData = jailSystemData[source] 
if playerjailSystemData then 
local theTimer = playerjailSystemData["timer"] 
local remaining = getTimerDetails(theTimer) 
if (remaining) then 
outputChatBox("You have: "..remaining.." millisecounds remaining.", source) 
else 
outputChatBox("You are not in jail.", source) 
end 
end 
end 
  
--Event and command handlers 
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerDamage", getRootElement (), jailOrNotPlayer ) 
addCommandHandler ( "jailtime", checkHisTime ) 
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerJoin", getRootElement(), checkIfJailed ) 

Tad bit long but there's the whole thing.

[IIYAMA]

function checkHisTime (player) -- < you use addCommandHandler and not an event. 
local playerjailSystemData = jailSystemData[player] 

And the addEventHandler ( "onPlayerJoin", getRootElement(), checkIfJailed ) event in combination with a table + userdata is a bit useless. Because when a player leaves the server, his userdata becomes invalid. And when he rejoins, his userdata is not the same. You should use serials or account names for that.

[Captain Cody]

How would I do serial or account name?

[IIYAMA]

getPlayerSerial 
getPlayerAccount --[[>>]] not isGuestAccount --[[>>]] getAccountName 
--And if you are using very long jail times: 
setAccountData 
  

Replace the table key with the results of: table[getPlayerSerial] or table[getAccountName]