function onPlayerKills()

[jake13jake]

Originally Posted by Projectshifter

That really doesn't seem to make much sense. You're going to have an NPC in a level that reads onPlayerKills(player)? I'm not sure you're getting the concept of all of this object orientation, onPlayerKills(player) would be a member of what object? If you're wanting to do that, whenever a player is hit you can store the attacker in a string, and if that player dies then trigger to an NPC to calculate it. Otherwise I'm really not seeing the merit of it.

Okay. You let me try to explain.


The "created" event handler doesn't imply a player object assignment:

PHP Code:

function onCreated() {
  player.chat = "blahdeedaregarfg"; //doesn't work because no player was involved in the creating
} 


On the other hand, the "playerenters" event handler does imply a player object assignment:

PHP Code:

function onPlayerEnters() {
  player.chat = "blahdeedaregarfg"; //works because the player was involved in the entering
} 


It would make sense for the player that was killing to be assigned to the player object of the event handler for "playerkills." However, it would also make sense to know who was killed, so it would make sense for params[0] to contain the player who died's object reference.

In clientside scripting the player object assignment is always assigned to the only clientside player.

[Crono]

I support Mr.Jake's ideas.

[Gamerkid7]

I would really really like to see this functionality added

I've been having a hassle of a time trying to figure out how to determine when a player kills another player with the default hit system, and this would make things so much easier

[coreys]

...you just revived a 4 year old thread.
Good God, man, look at the timestamps before replying.

[Immolate]

Originally Posted by coreys

...you just revived a 4 year old thread.
Good God, man, look at the timestamps before replying.

There's nothing wrong with reviving a perfectly good suggestion, which I've needed plenty of times, that has not been added yet.

[Admins]

Hmmm could be interesting especially since we are using the classic hitpoint system on iPhone

[Immolate]

Originally Posted by Stefan

Hmmm could be interesting especially since we are using the classic hitpoint system on iPhone

It'd also be helpful on Final Star so that I don't have to use a work around, since it's needed for the Kills Leaderboard.

[DustyPorViva]

This is a little disappointing
This feature and many others for default have been begged for, for so so long... tracking kills, tracking hits, fixed bombs and arrows, and it only gets a higher priority/interest since iPhone uses it?

Meh, least it's getting done I guess.

[Admins]

Ok with the next update of gserver and npcserver there should be a onPlayerKilled(victim,killer).

[Immolate]

Originally Posted by Stefan

Ok with the next update of gserver and npcserver there should be a onPlayerKilled(victim,killer).

Niiiice.

[DustyPorViva]

What about a way to detect the last person to hurt the player via default hits(sword, arrows, bombs)?

player.lasthitby? It would actually make the new function for detecting who killed the player fairly redundant.