GetPlayerFromNick

	This function is deprecated. This means that its use is discouraged and that it might not exist in future versions.
	Please use getPlayerFromName instead.

This function returns a player element for the player with the name passed to the function.

Syntax

player getPlayerFromNick ( string playerName )

Required Arguments

• playerName: A string containing the name of the player you want to reference

Returns

Returns a player element for the player with the nickname provided. If there is no player with that name, false is returned.

Example

This example finds a player as specified in the command and outputs the direction and distance he is from the player who entered the command. For example: 'locate someguy'.

function locatePlayer( sourcePlayer, command, who )
	local targetPlayer = getPlayerFromNick ( who )                -- find the player that was specified in the command
	if ( targetPlayer ) then                                      -- if a player was found
		local x,y,z = getElementPosition ( sourcePlayer )     -- save the position of the player who entered the command
		local xp,yp,zp = getElementPosition ( targetPlayer )  -- save the position of the player who should be located
		local dir = nil
		if (yp > y) then
			dir = "N"
		else
			dir = "S"
		end
		if (xp > x) then
			dir = dir .. "E"
		else
			dir = dir .. "W"
		end
		local distance = math.ceil ( getDistanceBetweenPoints3D(x, y, z, xp, yp, zp) )
		outputChatBox( who .. " found " .. dir .. " (" .. distance .. ")", sourcePlayer) -- output the message
	end
end
addCommandHandler ( "locate", locatePlayer )

See Also

• forcePlayerMap
• getAlivePlayers
• getDeadPlayers
• getPlayerACInfo
• getPlayerAnnounceValue
• getPlayerBlurLevel
• getPlayerCount
• getPlayerFromName
• getPlayerIdleTime
• getPlayerIP
• getPlayerMoney
• getPlayerName
• getPlayerNametagColor
• getPlayerNametagText
• getPlayerPing

FROM VERSION 1.5.7 r19626 ONWARDS

• getPlayerScriptDebugLevel

• getPlayerSerial
• getPlayerTeam
• getPlayerVersion
• getPlayerWantedLevel
• getRandomPlayer
• givePlayerMoney
• isPlayerMapForced
• isPlayerMuted
• isPlayerNametagShowing
• isVoiceEnabled
• redirectPlayer

• resendPlayerACInfo
• resendPlayerModInfo
• setPlayerAnnounceValue
• setPlayerBlurLevel
• setPlayerHudComponentVisible
• setPlayerMoney
• setPlayerMuted
• setPlayerName
• setPlayerNametagColor
• setPlayerNametagShowing
• setPlayerNametagText

FROM VERSION 1.5.7 r19626 ONWARDS

• setPlayerScriptDebugLevel

• setPlayerTeam
• setPlayerVoiceBroadcastTo
• setPlayerVoiceIgnoreFrom
• setPlayerWantedLevel
• spawnPlayer
• takePlayerMoney
• takePlayerScreenShot