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     local thePlayer = getAccountPlayer ( theAccount )      -- get the client attached to the account
     local thePlayer = getAccountPlayer ( theAccount )      -- get the client attached to the account
     if ( getElementType ( thePlayer ) == "player" ) then    -- see if it really is a player (rather than a console admin for example)
     if ( getElementType ( thePlayer ) == "player" ) then    -- see if it really is a player (rather than a console admin for example)
         if ( not isPlayerDead ( thePlayer ) ) then          -- if the player's health is greater than 0  
         return not isPlayerDead ( thePlayer ) )             -- if the player's health is greater than 0  
            return true
        end
     end
     end
     return false
     return false

Revision as of 19:13, 20 January 2011

This function returns the player element that is currently using a specified account, i.e. is logged into it. Only one player can use an account at a time.

Syntax

player getAccountPlayer ( account theAccount )

Required Arguments

Returns

Returns a player element if the account is currently in use, false otherwise.

Example

This example checks if the user attached to an account is a player, and if so if they're alive.

function isAccountUserAlive ( theAccount )
    local thePlayer = getAccountPlayer ( theAccount )       -- get the client attached to the account
    if ( getElementType ( thePlayer ) == "player" ) then    -- see if it really is a player (rather than a console admin for example)
        return not isPlayerDead ( thePlayer ) )             -- if the player's health is greater than 0 
    end
    return false
end

See Also