Issue with variables for chat commands?
I'm using a few chat commands in a game I'm producing. I've written out the admins' names correctly, however, whenever I go into test mode in studio it never seems to work. The chat commands only work for the first username after local Admin. Is there any way I can fix this? I don't need help on the actual command, I just need help on why the variables aren't working.
The script is below.
local Admin = 'iiQueenCobra59', 'matthewh1cks', 'LovelyMxddee', 'iimaddieoreo', 'queshtIons', 'DramticRainbowLover'
-- Lighting Command.
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr) -- Dim Lighting.
if plr.Name == Admin then
plr.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
if msg == "!lightsoff" then
for _,obj in pairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do
game.Workspace.MainLighting.SurfaceLight.Brightness = 0.2
end
end
end)
end
end)
Any help would be appreciated.
3 answers
Hey, glad to answer this kind of question again.
This has been asked many times before, so please try searching instead of posting next time!
Please use a dictionary and access its index for stuff like this. You are setting "Admin" to "iiQueenCobra59" and the rest of the values are set to nil.
local Admin = {
['iiQueenCobra59'] = true,
['matthewh1cks'] = true,
['LovelyMxddee'] = true,
['iimaddieoreo'] = true,
['queshtIons'] = true,
['DramticRainbowLover'] = true
}
-- Lighting Command.
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr) -- Dim Lighting.
if Admin[plr.Name] then
--code
end
end)
the variable should be a table like this
{'iiQueenCobra59','matthewh1cks','LovelyMxddee','iimaddieoreo','queshtIons','DramticRainbowLover}
Thats it
The reasoning for your issue was because you made Admin = 'iiQueenCobra59', -- Anything passed this Comma was nil
Therefor Making it Admin = {'iiQueenCobra59', } -- Anything passed this Comma would not end up being nil,
when working with things like that, you must make it a table or Dictionary
local Admin =
{
'iiQueenCobra59',
'matthewh1cks',
'LovelyMxddee',
'iimaddieoreo',
'queshtIons',
'DramticRainbowLover'
}
local function CheckIfPlayerIsAdmin(player)
for _,admin in pairs (Admin) do
if player.Name == admin then
return true
end
end
return false
end
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
local plrisAdmin = CheckIfPlayerIsAdmin(plr)
if plrisAdmin then
plr.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
if msg == "!lightsoff" then -- Dim Lighting.
for _,obj in pairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do
workspace.MainLighting.SurfaceLight.Brightness = 0.2
end
end
end)
else
print(plr.Name,'is not on the admin list!')
end
end)
I realize mine was a bit too slow, but Here is this.
Hope it helped you realize your issue :)