About Strings

[Starquizer]

When I want to rename a Player or a Unit with ANY name what is the best way to make this ?

 

[Element of Water]

You can't rename a unit. To rename a player you need to do:

• Player - Set name of Player to Whatever

 

[Starquizer]

I want whatever to be anything the player type, you once posted me a trigger about that and I also posted another one, can't remeber the thread. If you remeber the events I used, it was an entered chat string containg the 26 alphabet. I want to know whats wrong with it.

 

[Ciebron]

A player just type -Name and what the thier name to be after.

eg. "-Name TheCakeIsALie"

Code

library NameChange initializer init

globals
    private string EnteredString
    private string NameString
endglobals

private function ChangeName takes nothing returns nothing
    local player Play = GetTriggerPlayer()
    
    set EnteredString = GetEventPlayerChatString()
    set NameString = SubString(EnteredString,6,StringLength(EnteredString))
    
    call SetPlayerName(Play,NameString)
    
    //If you have a dialog or multiboard you should update those
endfunction

private function init takes nothing returns nothing
    local trigger Trig = CreateTrigger()
    local integer index = 0
    
    loop
        exitwhen index >= bj_MAX_PLAYER_SLOTS
        call TriggerRegisterPlayerChatEvent(Trig,Player(Index),"-Name ",false)
        set index = index + 1
    endloop
    
    call TriggerAddAction(Trig,function ChangeName)
endfunction

endlibrary

If you dont know how substrings work ill will tell you

native SubString takes string source, integer start, integer end returns string

the parameter start sould be 6 since "-name " is 6 charters. The end parameter in this case should be at the end of the entered message.
So if we type "-Name TheCakeIsALie" it will only get "TheCakeIsALie" and set that as a name

 

[Starquizer]

"-Name" string will always be constant; you define some names and you are forced to change your player name to those.

 

[Ciebron]

Don't really understand what you mean

 

[Starquizer]

Ok, I want to type a name, any name, then set the player name to that string that was typed.

That was my triggers

Change Player Name

• Change Player Name
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing A as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing B as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing C as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing D as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing E as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing F as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing G as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing H as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing I as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing J as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing K as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing L as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing M as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing N as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing O as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing P as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing Q as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing R as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing S as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing T as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing U as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing V as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing W as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing X as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing Y as A substring
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing Z as A substring
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Player - Set name of Player 1 (Red) to (Entered chat string)

But EoW told me that it was wrong, I don't know how to set a player name except by this way, other ways I don't understand except for the trigger posted in the thread http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/triggers-and-scripts-269/halp-w-camera-commands-138113/ by EoW, that I understand.

 

[Amigurumi]

• Change Playername
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -setname as A substring
    • Player - Player 2 (Blue) types a chat message containing -setname as A substring
    • Player - Player 3 (Teal) types a chat message containing -setname as A substring
    • Player - Player 4 (Purple) types a chat message containing -setname as A substring
    • Player - Player 5 (Yellow) types a chat message containing -setname as A substring
    • Player - Player 6 (Orange) types a chat message containing -setname as A substring
    • Player - Player 7 (Green) types a chat message containing -setname as A substring
    • Player - Player 8 (Pink) types a chat message containing -setname as A substring
  • Conditions
    • (Substring((Entered chat string), 1, 9)) Equal to -setname
  • Actions
    • Game - Display to (All players) the text: (PlayerName[(Player number of (Triggering player))] + ( changed his/her name to + (Substring((Entered chat string), 10, 20))))
    • Player - Set name of (Triggering player) to (Substring((Entered chat string), 10, 20))

with this code, you can change your playername, if you type -setname + yourname.
the substring 10,20 means, that you can type max 10 letters

 

[Dr Super Good]

You can easilly change player names via a command -name and substrings starting at 5-6 and ending at 255 of the entered chat message.

You can not change unit names.

 

[Starquizer]

Ahha, I understood it at last.

Thanks to all users posted in this thread.

 

[Ciebron]

my code does that...

 

[Yixx]

Yes your code does that, but your code has 1 flaw which Amigurumi covers perfectly,
If i would type "wtflolhax-Name lol i owned your code" then it would not set my name properly, and if i would try to teach someone in-game how to set your name, and i type "You just have to type '-Name YourName' and then you are done! =D" then it would bug.
That condition covers that.

 

[Mooglefrooglian]

... why would someone ever do that, rofl?

 

[Element of Water]

if i would try to teach someone in-game how to set your name, and i type "You just have to type '-Name YourName' and then you are done! =D" then it would bug.
That condition covers that.

You obviously didn't read the post through...

 

[Starquizer]

Well, to tell the truth I understood from Amigurumi's post but based on the post of EoW in another thread (I posted its link in this thread BTW)

 

[Ciebron]

library NameChange initializer init

globals
    private string EnteredString
    private string NameString
endglobals

private function ChangeName takes nothing returns nothing
    local player Play = GetTriggerPlayer()
    
    set EnteredString = GetEventPlayerChatString()
    set NameString = SubString(EnteredString,6,StringLength(EnteredString))
    
    call SetPlayerName(Play,NameString)
    
    //If you have a dialog or multiboard you should update those
endfunction

private function Conds takes nothing returns boolean
    return SubString(GetEventPlayerChatString(),1,6) == "-Name "
endfunction

private function init takes nothing returns nothing
    local trigger Trig = CreateTrigger()
    local integer index = 0
    
    loop
        exitwhen index >= bj_MAX_PLAYER_SLOTS
        call TriggerRegisterPlayerChatEvent(Trig,Player(Index),"-Name ",false)
        set index = index + 1
    endloop
    
    call TriggerAddCodition(Trig,Condition(function Conds))
    call TriggerAddAction(Trig,function ChangeName)
endfunction

endlibrary

That should do it