The Script below just picks 1 random player out of a server, a lot of it is irrelevant to my question
local gameon = false
while gameon == false do
gameon = true
intermission = 15
wait(intermission)
local players = game.Players:GetChildren()
if #players > 0 then
local pickedplayer = math.random(1, #players)
print(pickedplayer)
gameon = false
else
gameon = false
wait(5)
end
end
Well I think you know a bit about tables, but in case if you don't, here
So what you are doing is almost right, but the pickedplayer variable isn't actually a player, it's number that is randomly generated from 1 to #player (aka how many players there are).
This number is the index of the player, so technically if you wanna get the player you wanna do
players[pickedplayer], since players is a table, we have to put a [] next to it, and give the index of the chosen players inside of it, which should give us what we want which is the player.
And then you just do players[pickedplayer].Name which is the name property of the player.
We can also rearange it a bit to make it better.
local gameon = false
while gameon == false do
gameon = true
intermission = 15
wait(intermission)
local players = game.Players:GetChildren()
if #players > 0 then
local player = players[math.random(1, #players)]
print(player.Name)
else
gameon = false
wait(5)
end
end
local gameon = false
while gameon == false do
gameon = true
intermission = 15
wait(intermission)
local players = game.Players:GetPlayers()
if #players > 0 then
local pickedplayer = math.random(1, #players)
local ChosenPlayer
for i,v in paris(players) do
if i == pickedplayer then
ChosenPlayer = v -- v is the selected player
end
end
print(ChosenPlayer) -- this will print the player that has been selected
gameon = false
else
gameon = false
wait(5)
end
end
The script will loop through all the players in the server until the random number matches i in the loop. Then it will take the player out of the loop so you can use it for other things.
really nice answer! but there is a better way to do it
local pickedplayer = --You know
local player = game.Players:FindFirstChild(pickedplayer)
The script finds the first player that has pickedplayer in his name, so if someone's name is the pickedplayer, s/he will be the chosen one
pickedplayer is actually a number, it isn't the player object
local gameon = false
wait(15)
local gameon = true
local players = game.Players:GetChildren()
local total = #players
local playerchoosen = players[math.random(1,total)]
print("Player choosen is "..playerchosen.Name)
I haven't tested it to see if it works, but I'm pretty sure it will anyway.
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wayyyy better than my take on it.
nice try though!