How do you get the value after the two dots? (Line 7)
I am trying to make a kill script with typing :kill (player name here) , but it doesn't work, and it doesn't give me an error.
Here is the code:
local plrs = game:GetService("Players")
local plrName = ""
plrs.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(chr)
plr.Chatted:Connect(function(message)
if message == ":kill"..plrName then
for i,v in pairs(workspace:GetChildren()) do
if v.Name == plrName then
local hum = workspace[plrName]:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local mh = hum.MaxHealth
hum:TakeDamage(mh)
end
end
end
end)
end)
end)
Could anyone fix it? Thanks, I appreciate it.
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1 answer
You want to use String:Sub(beginning, end)
As this will automatically get the rest of the sentence.
So, for example. If I wanted to get the rest of the name that a player said I would do something like this.
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
player.Chatted:Connect(function(message)
if message:sub(1,6) == ":kill " then
local targetPlayer = message:sub(7)
print(targetPlayer)
end
end)
end)
If I said :kill killerbrenden this will print killerbrenden.
The sub(1,6) is the length of the message :kill, sub also counts spaces and other characters.
So, for your code it would look something like this.
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
player.Chatted:Connect(function(message)
if message:sub(1,6) == ":kill " then --// Kills another player
if game:GetService("Players"):FindFirstChild(message:sub(7)) then
local targetPlayer = game:GetService("Players"):FindFirstChild(message:sub(7))
local targetCharacter = targetPlayer.Character or targetPlayer.CharacterAdded:Wait()
if targetCharacter:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
local targHum = targetCharacter:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
targHum:TakeDamage(targHum.MaxHealth)
end
end
elseif message:sub(1,5) == ":kill" then --// They kill their self.
local targetPlayer = player
local targetCharacter = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
if targetCharacter:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
local targHum = targetCharacter:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
targHum:TakeDamage(targHum.MaxHealth)
end
end
end)
end)
The second part is if the player says :kill then they will die instead of another player, but if they say :kill Player_Name then that targeted player will die instead of the speaker.
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