Adding an item that changes player ID

[PiaCRT]

Hello, I am working on an online project and I want admins to have their own trainer skins. I figure an effective way of doing this is by either adding a debug item or an item that changes the player ID (Player A, B, etc.). Say I added a new item called "ADMINDOTE" on a hypothetical ID of 800, how would I make it function so that it changes the player id to, say, ID "H"?

If anyone has done something similar and could share, that would be great. I can't find the code relating to the defining of the player's ID except for the backsprite.

 

[Nickalooose]

So are you editing Essentials? Because I wouldn't of thought this belonged here... Why don't you just use their name instead of an ID?

 

[PiaCRT]

It is essentials. I am giving an item a function, like a bike or something similar.

 

[Maruno]

You know that a player's trainer type and appearance are set when they choose a gender, right? That means the script that does this is in Oak's lecture. It's def pbChangePlayer.

I don't know how you're dealing with multiple players in the same world, so saying anything further may well be inaccurate. Have a look at the method and see what it does.

 

[PiaCRT]

You know that a player's trainer type and appearance are set when they choose a gender, right? That means the script that does this is in Oak's lecture. It's def pbChangePlayer.

I don't know how you're dealing with multiple players in the same world, so saying anything further may well be inaccurate. Have a look at the method and see what it does.

Players are defined individually, so it will function like a normal game.

This is what I've done, in a new script above main:

ItemHandlers::UseFromBag.add(:ADMINSKIN,proc{|item|
next pbChangePlayer(0)
})

 

[Nickalooose]

Does that script work?
Cause I can't imagine it does... You'll need to call it, or at least check if the item is owned... I don't think we can help fully without more details... As Maruno already said, anything we suggest could be widely inaccurate.

 

[PiaCRT]

I'm looking at how items like how the Bike is handled, and I figure it should work :s

The game is no different from Essentials 11, you may treat it as such. I'm just trying to make an item that changes the player id.

I cannot test it yet because my server is not up yet. I can, however, test it in a fresh copy of essentials.

 

[Nickalooose]

So you want the admin to have the skin once the item is clicked... Oh okay, I was under the impression you wanted it to automatically work, nevermind.

 

[PiaCRT]

Yeah, after working this out I figure I could get other items to work for non-admins as well. To get it to work automatically is kind of pointless as there are only a couple of admins anyway :s

 

[Nickalooose]

I see, but what you could do, is start the game, find their ID, then edit the script to use their specific ID's ;) just a suggestion

 

[PiaCRT]

Another question, do I need to add a next 2 or something at the end so it isn't consumed? I noticed that on a few of the handlers as well.

 

[Maruno]

If it's a UseFromBag handler, then it should "next" a number depending on how the item was used or not.

0 or something else = item wasn't used.
1 = item was used.
2 = close the Bag and then try the item's UseInField handler.
3 = 1 plus consume the item
4 = 2 plus consume the item