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| Checks if given person is [[player]]. Returns [[true]] for headless clients as well.<br | | Checks if given person is [[player]]. Returns [[true]] for headless clients as well.<br><br> | ||
{{warning | In some cases, the identity of certain player units might fail to propagate to other clients and the server, which causes [[isPlayer]] and [[getPlayerUID]] to incorrectly return <tt>[[false]]</tt> and <tt>""</tt>, respectively, where the affected units are [[not]] [[local]].<ref>https://github.com/michail-nikolaev/task-force-arma-3-radio/issues/1096</ref> Therefore, beware of false negatives.}} |DESCRIPTION= | {{warning | In some cases, the identity of certain player units might fail to propagate to other clients and the server, which causes [[isPlayer]] and [[getPlayerUID]] to incorrectly return <tt>[[false]]</tt> and <tt>""</tt>, respectively, where the affected units are [[not]] [[local]].<ref>https://github.com/michail-nikolaev/task-force-arma-3-radio/issues/1096</ref> Therefore, beware of false negatives.}} |DESCRIPTION= | ||
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Revision as of 14:06, 14 March 2020
Description
- Description:
- Checks if given person is player. Returns true for headless clients as well.
- Groups:
- Uncategorised
Syntax
Examples
- Example 1:
if (isPlayer _Soldier1) then { _Soldier1 setDamage 1; };- Example 2:
_playerCount = {isPlayer _x} count playableUnits;
Additional Information
Notes
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Notes
- Posted on 1 August, 2006
- Kronzky
- This is not the same as testing object == player, because in MP it tests for any player, not only for the local one. If object is a vehicle, the test is done for the vehicle commander.
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Categories:
- Scripting Commands
- Introduced with Arma version 1.00
- Arma: New Scripting Commands
- Arma: Scripting Commands
- Command Group: Uncategorised
- Scripting Commands ArmA
- Command Group: Object Information
- Command Group: Multiplayer
- Scripting Commands Arma 2
- Scripting Commands Arma 3
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