why is this not working?

[marty000123]

function presidentArrived(thePlayer)
local skin = getPlayerSkin(thePlayer)
if (skin == 21) then
outputChatBox("The President has arrived!", player, 0, 120, 80, false)
end
end
addEventHandler("onPlayerSpawn", getRootElement(), presidentArrived)

 

The point of the script is when the president spawns (he has skin id 21), everyone gets a message saying ''the president has arrived''

This should work, you would think. But it doesn't. Instead, it gives this error: bad argument @ getPlayerSkin, expected element at argument 1 got number 395.28475 and some other weird numbers

That's each time when someone spawns, and the number equals the X position of the location where the player spawns.

It doesn't make any sense. I tried getPlayerSkin, getElementModel, getPedSkin, different elements, nothing worked. Help please.

Edited March 30, 2017 by marty000123

[NeXuS™]

function presidentArrived()
	local skin = getElementModel(source)
	if (skin == 21) then
		outputChatBox("The President has arrived!", getRootElement(), 0, 120, 80, false)
	end
end
addEventHandler("onPlayerSpawn", getRootElement(), presidentArrived)

The "getPedSkin" function is deprecated.

Edited March 30, 2017 by NeXuS™

[marty000123]

Thanks for your reply, it fixed the warning. But the message doesn't show up. I made sure the skin ID was indeed 21, but it just doesn't work.

[NeXuS™]

Try debugging it. (Use outputChatBox with the skinID, so you can see what's happening.)

[Anubhav]

function presidentArrived()
    setTimer(
        function( source )

            local skin = getElementModel(source)

            if (skin == 21) then
                outputChatBox("The President has arrived!", getRootElement(), 0, 120, 80, false)
            end
        end, 2500, 1, source
        )
end
addEventHandler("onPlayerSpawn", getRootElement(), presidentArrived)

Maybe your spawn script sets the skin a bit late, so I guess this should work.

[marty000123]

17 minutes ago, Anubhav said:

function presidentArrived()
    setTimer(
        function( source )

            local skin = getElementModel(source)

            if (skin == 21) then
                outputChatBox("The President has arrived!", getRootElement(), 0, 120, 80, false)
            end
        end, 2500, 1, source
        )
end
addEventHandler("onPlayerSpawn", getRootElement(), presidentArrived)

Maybe your spawn script sets the skin a bit late, so I guess this should work.

Worked!