Player's Client Variable

[Stryke]

Can a Player's client variable be accessed when they are offline?
They should be? Cause in RC you can /open accountname and see their attributes and even change them while they are offline.

[xXziroXx]

I think it's possible to give your NPC-Server read rights to files from the accounts/ folder, however, some argue that it's not recommended since it can easily be abused.

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by xXziroXx

I think it's possible to give your NPC-Server read rights to files from the accounts/ folder, however, some argue that it's not recommended since it can easily be abused.

I've heard that you can and can't ... I'm pretty sure it's read protected by NPC-Server, but have never tried.

What you may want to do is save the player (player.saveVars()) when the player logs out, and (player.loadVars) when they log in. This lets you back things up, as well as be able to edit offline and have it be changed when they get back online.

[xXziroXx]

Originally Posted by cbkbud

I've heard that you can and can't

Same here, never really tried it myself, but I figured I'd at least mention it to the guy.

[Tigairius]

Originally Posted by Stryke

Can a Player's client variable be accessed when they are offline?
They should be? Cause in RC you can /open accountname and see their attributes and even change them while they are offline.

Can you please stop deleting threads that people help you with? It's better to keep them there for future reference with people who are having the same problems as you Thanks

[Stryke]

@cbkbud: How would you check if a player went online/offline?

@Tigarius: Nothing really for future reference. I just made a stupid mistake I overlooked. The ones that others solved for me are still alive and well.

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by Stryke

@cbkbud: How would you check if a player went online/offline?

@Tigarius: Nothing really for future reference. I just made a stupid mistake I overlooked. The ones that others solved for me are still alive and well.

In NPC-Control script:

PHP Code:

function onActionPlayerOnline()
{
  player.loadVars( "control/players/" @ player.account @ ".txt" );
}
function onPlayerLogOut( p )
{
  if ( p.account.length() > 2 )
  {
    p.saveVars( "control/players/" @ player.account @ ".txt", false );
  }
} 


Something like this perhaps?

[Stryke]

kool thx

[Stryke]

NPC Code:

---

params[3].loadVars( "control/players/" @ params[3] @ ".txt" );

      params[3].client.guildrank = temp.tokens2[0];

      params[3].saveVars( "control/players/" @ params[3] @ ".txt", false ); 

---

This is to set a player's client.guildrank. It won't save though.. anyone know why?

[cbk1994]

Possibly the NPC-Server doesn't have rights?

Also is params[3] actually the player?

[Stryke]

Yeah I tested it with echo and it showed my account name

and npc server does have rights : rw control/*.txt

[cbk1994]

Post the whole function, just because it echoed the account name, that doesn't mean anything.

[Stryke]

Well, it works now I fixed it. Here's if anyone was wondering how I did it.

NPC Code:

---

  player.chat = "control/accounts/"@(player.account.substring(0,(player.account.leng  th)+2))@"/" @ player.account @ ".txt";

  player.loadVars( "control/accounts/"@(player.account.substring(0,(player.account.leng  th)+2))@"/" @ player.account @ ".txt" );

  player.client.guildrank = "Blah";

  player.saveVars( "control/accounts/"@(player.account.substring(0,(player.account.leng  th)+2))@"/" @ player.account @ ".txt", false ); 

---

[Stryke]

NPC Code:

---

params[3].client.guildrank = temp.tokens[0];

      params[3].saveVars( "control/accounts/"@(params[3].substring(0,(params[3].length)+2))@"/" @ params[3] @ ".txt", false ); 

---

It doesn't work when I'm using params[3] though...

here's what send the params..

NPC Code:

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function GA_ViewEditRank.onAction() {

  temp._tokens = serverr.("guild_" @ GA_List.getselectedtext()).("members").(@player.ac  count).tokenize("|");

  if(player.guild in allowed_staff_tags || temp._tokens[4] == true)

  triggerserver("weapon", this.name, "editrankguildsystem", GA_ViewEditRankText.text, GA_List.getselectedtext(), GA_ViewList.getselectedtext());

}

---

params[1] should be Recruit|1
params[2] should be Sshhh
params[3] should be Graal711249

[cbk1994]

params[3] is sending your account name, not the player object.

If you wanted, you could do something like this:

PHP Code:

findPlayer( params[3] ).saveVars( ... ); 


Also, please use [PHP] tags instead of [CODE] tags

[Stryke]

Thanks. But findplayer only works when they're online..

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by Stryke

Thanks. But findplayer only works when they're online..

You misunderstood me

You can't load vars from an offline player anyway.

params[3] is an account name, it's just a string. It doesn't mean anything, so you can't saveVars it and expect it to have the client.vars, etc.

[Stryke]

So in other words, it's impossible to read/change the client variables of a player that is offline?

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by Stryke

So in other words, it's impossible to read/change the client variables of a player that is offline?

Yes, as I've said. You can however load the player variables from another file when they log on (imagine a to-do list that says "set clientr.guild to x" which gets completed when they log in).

[Stryke]

Yes, I've done that as an alternative. Thanks for all the help, I appreciate it.