GetPlayerTeam

This function gets the current team a player is on.

Syntax

team getPlayerTeam ( player thePlayer )

OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!

Method: player:getTeam(...)

Variable: .team

Counterpart: setPlayerTeam

Required Arguments

• thePlayer: The player whose team you want to find out.

Returns

Returns a team element representing the team the player is on, false if the player is not part of a team.

Example

Click to collapse [-]

Server

This example finds the team a player is on, and then changes its name.

function teamName ( source, key, newTeamName )
    local playerTeam = getPlayerTeam ( source )          -- get the player's team
    if ( playerTeam ) then                               -- if he's on a team
        local oldTeamName = getTeamName ( playerTeam )   -- get the team's current name
        setTeamName ( playerTeam, newTeamName )          -- change its name
        outputChatBox ( "Changed " .. getPlayerName ( source ).."'s team name from " .. oldTeamName .. " to " .. newTeamName )
    else
        outputChatBox ( getPlayerName ( source ) .. " isn't on a team" )
    end
end
addCommandHandler ( "teamname", teamName )

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