GetPlayerTask

	This function is deprecated. This means that its use is discouraged and that it might not exist in future versions, but there should be a more generic way to perform what it does.

This function is used to get the name of the current task of a certain type for a player.

Syntax

string getPlayerTask ( player thePlayer, string priority, int taskType, [int index = 0] )

Required Arguments

• thePlayer: The player whose task you want to retrieve.
• priority: A string determining which set of tasks you want to retrieve it from. This must be either "primary" or "secondary".
• taskType: An integer value representing the task type (or slot) you want to get the task from. Types can be:
  • PRIMARY TASKS
    • 0: TASK_PHYSICAL_RESPONSE
    • 1: TASK_EVENT_RESPONSE_TEMP
    • 2: TASK_EVENT_RESPONSE_NONTEMP
    • 3: TASK_PRIMARY
    • 4: TASK_DEFAULT
  • SECONDARY TASKS
    • 0: TASK_SECONDARY_ATTACK
    • 1: TASK_SECONDARY_DUCK
    • 2: TASK_SECONDARY_SAY
    • 3: TASK_SECONDARY_FACIAL_COMPLEX
    • 4: TASK_SECONDARY_PARTIAL_ANIM
    • 5: TASK_SECONDARY_IK

Optional Arguments

• index: An integer value representing how many sub tasks to go through. -1 to get the simplest task, 0 to get the most complex task.

Returns

Returns a string containing the name of a task. See list of player tasks for valid strings. Returns false if invalid arguments are specified or if there is no task of the type or index specified.

Example

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Client

This example prints the name of a player's task to the chat when they use the "task" command in the console.

function myTask ( commandName, priority, taskType )
    task = getPlayerTask ( source, priority, tonumber(taskType) )
    taskName = "none"
    if ( task ) then
        taskName = task
    end
    outputChatBox ( getPlayerName( source ) .. "'s " .. priority .. "(" .. taskType .. ") task is: " .. taskName )
end    
addCommandHandler ( "task", myTask )

See Also

• getPlayerTeam
• getPlayerBlurLevel
• setPlayerBlurLevel
• getPlayerSerial
• forcePlayerMap
• getPlayerScriptDebugLevel
• getPlayerFromName
• getPlayerMoney
• getPlayerName
• getPlayerNametagColor
• getPlayerNametagText
• getPlayerPing
• getPlayerWantedLevel
• givePlayerMoney
• isPlayerMapForced
• isPlayerNametagShowing
• setPlayerHudComponentVisible
• setPlayerMoney
• setPlayerNametagColor
• setPlayerNametagShowing
• setPlayerNametagText
• takePlayerMoney
• countPlayersInTeam
• getPlayersInTeam
• isVoiceEnabled
• setControlState
• getControlState