GetPlayerVal

Category: Script/Getter/Player
Since engine version: 4.9.1.0 GWE

Description

Retrieves properties of a player by way of the name under which they are stored in the Game.txt component of a savegame

any GetPlayerVal (string strEntry, string strSection, int iPlayer, int iEntryNr);

strEntry:: Name of the entry to be retrieved
strSection:: [optional] Section of the entry to be retrieved. If 0, all sections will be searched for an entry of the specified name.
iPlayer:: [optional] Number of the player of which you want to retrieve an entry.
iEntryNr:: [optional] Index of the value to be retrieved if an entry contains multiple values.

Warning: the retrieved values may differ from computer to computer and thus cause synchronization problems in network games.

Most useful applications for strEntry are already implemented in System.c4g/GetXVal.c

Log("Spieler %d hat %d Objekte!", iPlr, GetPlrObjectsOwned(iPlr));

Writes the number of objects owned by this player into the log file.

PeterW, April 2002