SetPlayerMuted

Use this function to mute or unmute the player. Muted player won't be able to say anything in chat.

Syntax

bool setPlayerMuted ( player thePlayer, bool state )

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Method: player:setMuted(...)

Variable: .muted

Counterpart: isPlayerMuted

Required Arguments

• thePlayer: The player you are muting or unmuting.
• state: Use true to mute and false to unmute the player.

Returns

Returns true if the player was successfully muted or unmuted, false otherwise.

Example

This adds a /mute command that can be used to mute a player.

-- create the function
function mutePlayer(player,command,victimName)
	-- if the player has specified a victim name to mute
	if victimName then
		-- get the victim player element from their name
		local victim = getPlayerFromName(victimName)
		-- if the player exists
		if victim then
			-- if they arent already muted
			if ( not isPlayerMuted(victim) ) then
				-- mute them and output a message to the chat
				setPlayerMuted(victim, true)
				outputChatBox("You have been muted.",victim)
			end
		else
			outputChatBox("Could not find player with name: "..tostring(victimName),player)
		end
	else
		outputChatBox("Usage: /mute <player name>",player)
	end
end
-- add the /mute command
addCommandHandler("mute",mutePlayer)

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