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How to find a player's rank using GetRankInGroup on a SurfaceGUI Button?

Asked Apr 9, 2015977 views2 answers

How would you use GetRankInGroup to find a players rank using a SurfaceGui Button?

I would like it so that it is used within a "if" function that I am doing.

player = game.Players.PlayerAdded
loading = false

script.Parent.MouseButton1Down:connect(function()
	if loading == false then
		loading = true
		print("Login")
		script.Parent.Text = ("Logging In")
		wait(0.5)
		script.Parent.Text = ("Logging In.")
		wait(0.5)
		script.Parent.Text = ("Logging In..")
		wait(0.5)
		script.Parent.Text = ("Logging In...")
		wait(0.5)
		script.Parent.Text = ("Logging In")
		wait(0.5)
		script.Parent.Text = ("Logging In.")
		wait(0.5)
		script.Parent.Text = ("Logging In..")
		wait(0.5)
		if player:GetRankInGroup(731703).Value == true then
			script.Parent.Text = ("Access Accepted")
			wait(2)
			script.Parent.Text = ("Welcome!")
			wait(1)
			game.ServerStorage.TerminalData.Host.Value = true
			script.Parent.Text = ("Click To Login")
			loading = false
		else
			script.Parent.Text = ("Access Denied")
			wait(2)
			script.Parent.Text = ("Click To Login")
			loading = false
		end
	end
end)

AnonymousApr 9, 2015Edited Apr 10, 2015

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Is this was you needed?

I don't know where this script is running so you need to add in the player instance

e.g:-

script.parent.parent

to get the player rank:-

rank = "player instance":GetRankInGroup( --group id here)

GetRankInGroup

AnonymousApr 9, 2015Edited Apr 9, 2015Permalink

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I will try it!

AnonymousApr 9, 2015#

Where would the instance usualy be?

AnonymousApr 10, 2015#

Where is this script running? and what method is being triggered? e.g Touched:connect()

AnonymousApr 10, 2015#

Script is running like so Workspace,TerminalSystems,Terminal,Screen,SurfaceGUI,Frame,Button,script.(Really far!). I want it trigged as in a button on the screen..

AnonymousApr 10, 2015#

1st you need to add in the button click event if you have not allready done it http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=API:Class/GuiButton/MouseButton1Click

AnonymousApr 10, 2015#

2nd add this line in print(script.parent) add .parent until the player name is displayed e.g print(script.parent.parent)

AnonymousApr 10, 2015#

I done that, Let me get the script on the page.

AnonymousApr 10, 2015#

3rd add this plr = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter( all of the code inside the brackets of the print function) This will return a player instance which can be used with the code above

AnonymousApr 10, 2015#

just in case you dont know but to show the output window you need to go to view->output

AnonymousApr 10, 2015#

That is easy. I know how to script, just could not figure out how to find the player and GetRankInGroup. I usualy do it through a part.

AnonymousApr 10, 2015#

Thanks!

AnonymousApr 10, 2015#

The code below will check if a player that has entered the game has a rank equal to 255, in a group with an ID of 2. If they are, it will print "Player is the owner of the group, 'LOL'!", otherwise "Player is NOT the owner of the group, 'LOL'!" will be printed to the output.

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(Player)
    if Player:GetRankInGroup(2) == 255 then
        print("Player is the owner of the group, 'LOL'!")
    else
        print("Player is NOT the owner of the group, 'LOL'!")
    end
end)
Alternatively, you could use ternary operators to make the code shorter.

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(Player)
    local Rank = Player:GetRankInGroup(2)
    print("Player is "..(Rank == 255 and "" or "NOT").." the owner of the group 'LOL'!")
end)

Source here - http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=API:Class/Player/GetRankInGroup

AnonymousApr 9, 2015Permalink

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I did say. Within an If function. This function is not the one I wanted.

AnonymousApr 9, 2015#

There is no 'if' function unless you make one. You mean conditional

AnonymousApr 9, 2015#

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