Read-Only Objects in player class.

[Sk]

i have a question guys.
i tried adding new object in CPlayer class by using new slot operator before instance is created(before onPlayerJoin function is called) but i can't change its value other then the value i used while creating it. so this is what i did

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function ScriptLoad()
{
CPlayer.Kills<-0;
// same result with rawset
}
#now when the player joins the instance is created this object is auto added to the player instance but i can't change it ( some how its read-only):(.
function onPlayerJoin(player)
{
player.Kills = 10;
}
but if i use my command "kills" it still shows 0 kills
function onPlayerCommand(player,CMD,text)
{
local cmd = CMD.tolower();
if (cmd == "kills") PrivMessage(player,"Your Kills are "+player.Kills);
}
just wondering if there was any way to change their values.

[Stormeus]

Entity objects like Players are managed by an underlying binding library, Sqrat, which allows the creation of C++ objects that can be used in a Squirrel virtual machine. Between that and the fact that Players are essentially C++ classes bound to Squirrel, I would say that adding a slot to a Sqrat-bound class is undefined behavior, and I can't really support it.

I can try looking into it further once my computer is back up and running, but for now that's all I can really say.

[Sk]

ok thankx so i guess things don't work the way you plane.I thought of getting ride of that array.I will just wait then until you further investigate.
til then topic locked and solved

[Gudio]

First of all, let's create a custom 'CPlayer':

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class customClass
{
Player = null;
Kills = 0;
Deaths = 0;

constructor( player )
{
Player = player;
}
}
onScriptLoad callback:

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customClassArray <- array( GetMaxPlayers(), null );onPlayerJoin callback:

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customClassArray[ player.ID ] = customClass( player );onPlayerPart callback:

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customClassArray[ player.ID ] = null;
then let's add a function to the existing CPlayer class that returns an instance:

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function CPlayer::MyStuff()
{
return ::customClassArray[ ID ];
}
When you finally added them all to your script, you can use player.MyStuff().Kills variable etc.
It's a safe workaround imho.

[Sk]

Thankx Gudio this worked the way i wanted it to work.
Brilliant Solution i must say .
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