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The unique ID may be up to 100 characters long and may contain numbers, uppercase letters and underscores.<br> | The unique ID may be up to 100 characters long and may contain numbers, uppercase letters and underscores.<br> | ||
The value can be used to construct a valid variable name by appending to another valid variable name,<br> | The value can be used to construct a valid variable name by appending to another valid variable name,<br> | ||
e.g {{ | e.g {{ic|[[missionNamespace]] [[setVariable]] ["TAG_player" + _uid, _unit];}} | ||
|x1= <code>[[private]] _uid = [[getPlayerUID]] [[player]];</code> | |x1= <code>[[private]] _uid = [[getPlayerUID]] [[player]];</code> | ||
Revision as of 18:10, 27 February 2021
Description
- Description:
- Description needed
- Problems:
- 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 false and "" respectively, where the affected units are not local - see this bug report (GitHub). Therefore, beware of false negatives.
- Groups:
- Multiplayer
Syntax
- Syntax:
- Syntax needed
- Parameters:
- unit: Object
- Return Value:
- Return value needed
Examples
- Example 1:
private _uid = getPlayerUID player;
Additional Information
Notes
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