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How to get player from server script?

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4 years ago

So im trying to figure out how to get the player with a server script my game is a solo game so i feel like looping through all the players constantly would be useless is there a better way?

my attempt

local plr = game.Players:WaitForChild("Player")
print(plr.Name)

this waits forever until it yields ;'/

local player = game.Players:GetPlayers()[1] or game.Players.PlayerAdded:Wait() strongrussianboy123 68 — 4y

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Answered by

raid6n 2196

4 years ago

Edited 4 years ago

Try this. I haven’t tested it yet.

Good luck.


Players = game:GetService("Players")
for i, player in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
    print(player.Name)
end

Answered by

AntoninFearless 622

4 years ago

To get a player you do:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player) —gets player
       —code
end)

That could work if it is a solo game. If you want it to print all players at the same time you would need to use a different script. raid6n 2196 — 4y

In addition, it only prints when a player joins. raid6n 2196 — 4y

Answered by

I_Nev 200

4 years ago

If you know the name of the player you're going to be looking for just do

for i, v in pairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do
    if v.Name == "NameOfWhoYouWant" then
       --Code you want to use

        break --So it stops since you already found who you want     
    end
end

Good job, but I don’t recommend adding code 2. raid6n 2196 — 4y

Whats code 2? I_Nev 200 — 4y

line 2 raid6n 2196 — 4y

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