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Description

Description:

Returns a list of all units controlled by connected clients. This includes:

Normal human players (including dead players)
Virtual Entities (see Systems → Logic Entities → Virtual Entities in the Eden Editor)
- Headless Clients (HeadlessClient_F)
- Virtual Curators (VirtualCurator_F, *_VirtualCurator_F)
- Virtual Spectators (VirtualSpectator_F)

Use BIS_fnc_listPlayers or see Example 1 to only get human players.

Multiplayer:

The complete array of allPlayers may get delayed on mission start in multiplayer. Use BIS_fnc_listPlayers to obtain it earlier.
The order of the returned array may differ from server to clients.

Groups:

Multiplayer Object Detection

Syntax

Syntax:: allPlayers
Return Value:: Array of Objects

Examples

Example 1:: Get human players (i.e. all players excluding Headless Clients):
private _players = allPlayers - entities "HeadlessClient_F";
Example 2:: Get non-virtual players (i.e. all players excluding Virtual Entities):
private _players = allPlayers select {!(_x isKindOf "VirtualMan_F")};
Example 3:: { systemChat format [ "Player %1 is %2", name _x, ["dead", "alive"] select alive _x ]; } forEach allPlayers;
Example 4:: private _bluforPlayers = blufor countSide allPlayers;

Additional Information

See also:: allCurators allGroups allDead allUnits switchableUnits playableUnits vehicles allUnitsUAV allDeadMen isPlayer playersNumber allUsers getUserInfo

Notes

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@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 |gr2= Object Detection
-|descr= Returns a list of all units controlled by ''connected clients'' - human players including dead players, but also [[Arma 3 Headless Client|Headless Clients]].<br>
+|descr= Returns a list of all units controlled by connected clients. This includes:
+* Normal human players (including dead players)
+* [[Eden Editor: System#Virtual Entities|Virtual Entities]] (see ''Systems'' → ''Logic Entities'' → ''Virtual Entities'' in the [[Eden Editor]])
+** [[Arma 3: Headless Client|Headless Clients]] ({{hl|HeadlessClient_F}})
+** Virtual Curators ({{hl|VirtualCurator_F}}, {{hl|*_VirtualCurator_F}})
+** Virtual Spectators ({{hl|VirtualSpectator_F}})
 Use [[BIS_fnc_listPlayers]] or see {{Link|#Example 1}} to only get human players.
 |mp=<nowiki/>
-* The complete array of [[allPlayers]] may get delayed on mission start in multiplayer. Use [[BIS_fnc_listPlayers]] if you need it earlier.
+* The complete array of [[allPlayers]] may get delayed on mission start in multiplayer. Use [[BIS_fnc_listPlayers]] to obtain it earlier.
-* The order of players in the return array may differ from server to clients.
+* The order of the returned array may differ from server to clients.
 |s1= [[allPlayers]]
-|r1= [[Array]] of [[Object]]
+|r1= [[Array]] of [[Object]]s
+|x1= Get human players (i.e. all players excluding Headless Clients):
+<sqf>
+private _players = allPlayers - entities "HeadlessClient_F";
+</sqf>
-|x1=
+|x2= Get non-virtual players (i.e. all players excluding Virtual Entities):
-<sqf>// only gets human players
+<sqf>
-private _headlessClients = entities "HeadlessClient_F";
+private _players = allPlayers select {!(_x isKindOf "VirtualMan_F")};
-private _humanPlayers = allPlayers - _headlessClients;</sqf>
+</sqf>
-|x2= <sqf>{
+|x3= <sqf>{
 	systemChat format [
 		"Player %1 is %2",
@@ Line 32: / Line 43: @@
 } forEach allPlayers;</sqf>
-|x3= <sqf>private _bluNums = west countSide allPlayers;</sqf>
+|x4= <sqf>private _bluforPlayers = blufor countSide allPlayers;</sqf>
 |seealso= [[allCurators]] [[allGroups]] [[allDead]] [[allUnits]] [[switchableUnits]] [[playableUnits]] [[vehicles]] [[allUnitsUAV]] [[allDeadMen]] [[isPlayer]] [[playersNumber]] [[allUsers]] [[getUserInfo]]
 }}