allPlayers

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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 Category: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:

MultiplayerObject 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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