Check if a player is cloaked?

[clumen]

Hello,

So I'm trying to make a HUD that shows whether the player is cloaked or not, I have tried some ways but they didn't work out, and not sure how or where to start? Any help would be appreciated, thank you!

[MrPresident]

Here is the code called when a player is set to invisible:

Code: Lua

1. ply:DrawShadow( false )
2. ply:SetMaterial( "models/effects/vol_light001" )
3. ply:SetRenderMode( RENDERMODE_TRANSALPHA )
4. ply:Fire( "alpha", visibility, 0 )
5. ply:GetTable().invis = { vis=visibility, wep=ply:GetActiveWeapon() }
6.  

You might be able to check the player's Material or render mode to see if they are what we set them to on invisible. I haven't tested this, so I don't know if it works clientside or not. Good start though, try it.

[JamminR]

Code: [Select]

if ply:GetTable().invis ~= nil then -- they are invisible or some degree of it When uncloaking, we set .invis to nil.
Realize this only determines invisibility using ULib's version (ULX) of it.
If there is another gamemode or addon that makes players invisible, you'd have to dig into how the other code does it.

Additionally, our docs seem to indicate that will be server side only.
http://ulyssesmod.net/docs/files/lua/ulib/server/player-lua.html#invisible
You may have to find a method to share it with client HUD that is best for you.

[MrPresident]

Yeah, I didn't mention this because it was serverside only. You would need to include code to network this information to the client somehow. The solutions I gave (while a bit hacky) might work without adding any additional code for networking.

[JamminR]

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