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I have a simple drag script and was wondering how to freeze the player being dragged through the air with freezeplayer2();. Any suggestions?

You could do it in a few ways. Set a variable like client.isfrozen which can be read client side and checked in a time out. If true, freeze otherwise don't. This variable could be used in other scripts as well. You would have to make sure you unset the variable when player logins in case they disconnect whilst being dragged.

Another option is to trigger the player when they need to be frozen. This could be part of a weapon e.g. 'Movement' or 'System' or even in a class the player object has joined I.e. player.freezeplayer(int) which will trigger client side and then freeze the player. You would then have another option to unfreeze them. This way means no timeouts so less CPU time.

Thank you (+rep). Also, I've removed opening a player's profile so I can add some player options to them. I want a drop down GUI to pop up next to the player when I right click them. Is there an if() statement to detect if someone right clicked their mouse on the player?

Nothing like that. Instead, you can use findnearestplayer(float x, float y) in a function onMouseDown e.g.

You could also use findnearestplayers which returns an array of close players.

Note: there won't be a limit on range. If you only want players within 5 tiles, you will either need to test distance using the returned obj(s) or custom function e.g.

Depends how you want to go

That's all! Thank you.

New question. I have a small bar with NPCs in it. I only want staff to go through the npc door that warps you to the other level. So far, I have the tag Owner to be able to warp. It works, but I want it to work for all the staff specified in the server options. Here's what I have so far. I'm thinking it was an if() statement in there somewhere.

I think you should be able to use serveroptions.staff serverside sooo

That said, I'm not sure if it is serveroptions. or something. Test and see what you get.

You've been a great help :)
I'll test it right away

I tested it, didn't work. I think it's because instead of player.guild, it should be the player's community name/graal ID.

Nah, I understand where twinny is comming from. You're basically checking if the players guild is a staff guild defined in serveroptions, your alternate way also works(using player.account) and has a better chance of working since not everyone bothers defining staff guilds though. Gl with whatever abuse it is that you're creating.

It's a door? What abuse am I creating with a staff room?

Thanks anyway.

You'd be suprised what you can make a door do in graal.

"You must spread some reputation before giving it to Tricxta again"

Ban players when they walk into it? Nah, haha.

I was actually thinking of a door that attacks people if they're not staff and try use it. Your idea works to :smile:

Here's my ifelse so far. What did I do wrong? I was wearing my owner tag specified in the server options.

Should be
is a string that all of the server staff are stored in.

is a string that all of the server staff guilds are stored in.

I have summed this up by doing this:
I have learned alot being around you guys <3

Lol whoops. My bad on that one :-)

Amazing what you can do with scripts. I made an NPC in a small staff room guarded by that staff only script. The NPC inside gives whoever touches it the default staff weapons.

O_o thats not a good method. Players can memory edit level links to warp them anywhere. You should only add staff weapons via RC

I though't I'd be easier. I can always make the Control NPC add weapons to staff when they log in.

That'd be your best bet. Just list them in an array and add them to the staff members as they login.
Obviously, you'll have to set up giving staff the clientr.isStaff flag so it knowns if to add weapons or not. You could always read from serveroptions.staff and check if their account is inside the list.

And I don't want to be the one to nag, but you really need to learn how to style your code. You can read into decent styling techniques in this official forums thread by Skyld, and you can also use FP4's GS2 beautifier. Obviously, styling code is pretty much personal preference, but it makes it easier to read if you adapt to using a clean and readable style so other coders can look through it with ease. Other than that, good job. You're making progress.

I don't like indenting my code. Tried it in PHP, didn't make a difference to me. But I'll try from now on :)

Don't ever do that. It's -really- important to assign wep as a temporary variable, right now it's not. It's also very important to name your variables logically instead of taking shortcuts in order to get the names as short as possible. You'll thank me for that last piece of advice in a year or two when you go back and look at your old code.

There's little to no reason to keep the weapon list stored in a permanent array, so I'd change that too to a temporary one.

I also hate that styling, but then again it comes down to personal preference in this case.

Correct way, with my personal touch to it:



Good luck getting anywhere on Graal as a programmer without using proper indenting and styling.

What difference does it make, other than making it pretty?

I could imagine Skyld raging at me or something O.o

Skyld wouldn't accept a script like that to be uploaded to begin with.

It's because I'm beginner and he expects something that comes from a pro.

Actually it's because I'm not going to waste my time trying to make heads or tails of terribly formatted code, not because you are a beginner, but because it's just hard to read. If you format your code properly, it makes it easier for other people to understand, and as a result, we will be more willing to help you.

Oh wow, it has an account here! I am surprised.

What the... GET A BROOM! *thwacks Skyld with a broom* SHOO

On a more serious note, everything Skyld said is true. Proper indenting allows us to quickly follow the flow of a script. Without it, it's frustrating and I know I give up in 2 seconds.

Well, I will format it then.

fp4's script added a lot of asterisks 0.o

"It" has had an account here longer than you have!
I cry.
They should not be there.

Older != Better :rolleyes:

I'm with Twinny on this one, broom time! Skyld begone, SUPER SKYLD COME FOURTH!!!

P.s. how was your marriage with Elk?

o,O what did I miss?

Kind of hilarious actually. I am still getting PMs even now from players congratulating me... on a virtual marriage...

Congratulations

OH MY GOD THANK YOU

U B ALWAIS WELCOM :blush:

WITH ELK HE'S GUNNA BE WELCUM, LOL

YA 24/7 WIL ALWIS HAV A CUP OF TEA 4 HIM!!1!

Did I make a party?

YAMAN!