Find Player (V2) - Locate a player anywhere in a map

[Golden-Death]

I was on a huge map on a server and I just couldn't find my friends, so I made this script.

Simply type '!find playername' and the player your looking for will be located

Version 2:
* Now makes finding players easier (Fading lines didn't quite cut it on huge maps like b6_mountain)
* Sets the players name over their head for 10 seconds, seeable through walls and objects within a few hundred feet
* Sends a slow AR2 rifle bullet to the player, so you can follow it ( http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/3138/gmconstruct00423gt.jpg )

[I tried to set your view to the player, but It was always off for some reason]
(Thanks arosner for the vecAdd, *claps*)




Download version 2:
http://ulyssesmod.net/gd/findplayer.html

[Megiddo]

Nice work!

Isn't vecAdd a GMod included function?

[Golden-Death]

If you mean my referance to arosner, yeah, I just didn't know how to do it

Has come in handy on Rexys server

[Golden-Death]

Version 2

[H²-=NooB=-]

The problem about setting player angle is z is always 0 or -0 ... dumb garry. The _PlayerGetShotAng() does give a Z value

[Megiddo]

The problem about setting player angle is z is always 0 or -0 ... dumb garry. The _PlayerGetShotAng() does give a Z value

You see it as -0 because you're printing the value of the vector directly. This only prints to two decimal precision, but if you print the whole thing you'd see it can be something like -0.000067.

[JamminR]

Golden Death, could you make two versions within one file?

ulx_find = finds person, shows everyone
ulx_sfind = finds person, shows only person requesting it (silent)

I believe the text float can't be made private, can it?
But at least some other arrow/bullet indication would be helpful.

Everytime I use find on a large gmod map when someone says 'Hey JamminR, come look at my ...',
people always seem more interested in the find lua than they do whatever someone is trying to show off.

[Golden-Death]

I'd love to, but it seems my host is suspended and I have no access to my stuff...

[Golden-Death]

Looks like I can still get on FTP
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Code: Lua

1. function cc_ulxfind( userid, args, argv, argc )
2.         local target = getUser( userid, argv[ 1 ] )
3.         if target == nil then
4.         return
5. end
6.  
7.  
8. local mepos = _EntGetPos(userid)
9. local userpos = _EntGetPos(target)
10. local toadd = vector3(0,0,2000)
11. local toadd2 = vector3(0,0,40)
12. local topme = vecAdd( mepos, toadd2);
13. local toppos = vecAdd( userpos, toadd);
14.  
15.             _EffectInit()
16.                 _EffectSetEnt(target)
17.                 _EffectSetOrigin(userpos)
18.                 _EffectSetStart(mepos)
19.                 _EffectSetScale(50)
20.                 _EffectSetMagnitude(5)
21.                 _EffectSetRadius(10)
22.             _EffectDispatch("FadingLineTeam")
23.  
24.             _EffectInit()
25.                 _EffectSetEnt(target)
26.                 _EffectSetOrigin(userpos)
27.                 _EffectSetStart(topme)
28.                 _EffectSetScale(200)
29.                 _EffectSetMagnitude(10)
30.                 _EffectSetRadius(20)
31.             _EffectDispatch("GunShipTracer")
32.  
33.             _EffectInit()
34.                 _EffectSetEnt(target)
35.                 _EffectSetOrigin(userpos)
36.                 _EffectSetStart(toppos)
37.                 _EffectSetScale(50)
38.                 _EffectSetMagnitude(5)
39.                 _EffectSetRadius(10)
40.             _EffectDispatch("FadingLineTeam")
41.  
42.                 local player = _PlayerInfo( target, "name");
43.  
44.                 _GModText_Start( "CloseCaption_Bold" );
45.                 _GModText_SetColor( 255,0,0,255 );
46.                 _GModText_SetTime( 10, 0, 0.5 ); --How long it stays, and the fading times
47.                 _GModText_SetEntityOffset( vector3( 0, 0, 40 ) ); --Messages appear 35 Units above Players
48.                 _GModText_SetEntity( target ); --Entity/Player the message will follow
49.                 _GModText_SetText( "Player: "..player ); --Set the message
50.                 _GModText_Send( 0, 50+userid );
51.  
52.  
53.        
54.  
55.                 ulx_tsay( userid, "Player "..player.." has been located." ) ;
56.  
57.        
58.        
59. end
60.  
61. --Optional, I'd prefer if it was left alone--
62. function givecred()
63.         for i = 1, _MaxPlayers() do
64.                 ulx_tsay( i, "Find Player script by Golden-Death." ) ;
65.         end
66. end
67.  
68. CONCOMMAND("findcredit", givecred)
69. --End optional--
70. ULX_CONCOMMAND( "ulx_find", cc_ulxfind, _, "Locates a player for you", 1, "!find" )

Private (This will only make the overhead text and message saying the player has been found be visible to you, the effects will be visible to all)

Code: Lua

1. function cc_ulxfind( userid, args, argv, argc )
2.         local target = getUser( userid, argv[ 1 ] )
3.         if target == nil then
4.         return
5. end
6.  
7.  
8. local mepos = _EntGetPos(userid)
9. local userpos = _EntGetPos(target)
10. local toadd = vector3(0,0,2000)
11. local toadd2 = vector3(0,0,40)
12. local topme = vecAdd( mepos, toadd2);
13. local toppos = vecAdd( userpos, toadd);
14.  
15.             _EffectInit()
16.                 _EffectSetEnt(target)
17.                 _EffectSetOrigin(userpos)
18.                 _EffectSetStart(mepos)
19.                 _EffectSetScale(50)
20.                 _EffectSetMagnitude(5)
21.                 _EffectSetRadius(10)
22.             _EffectDispatch("FadingLineTeam")
23.  
24.             _EffectInit()
25.                 _EffectSetEnt(target)
26.                 _EffectSetOrigin(userpos)
27.                 _EffectSetStart(topme)
28.                 _EffectSetScale(200)
29.                 _EffectSetMagnitude(10)
30.                 _EffectSetRadius(20)
31.             _EffectDispatch("GunShipTracer")
32.  
33.             _EffectInit()
34.                 _EffectSetEnt(target)
35.                 _EffectSetOrigin(userpos)
36.                 _EffectSetStart(toppos)
37.                 _EffectSetScale(50)
38.                 _EffectSetMagnitude(5)
39.                 _EffectSetRadius(10)
40.             _EffectDispatch("FadingLineTeam")
41.  
42.                 local player = _PlayerInfo( target, "name");
43.  
44.                 _GModText_Start( "CloseCaption_Bold" );
45.                 _GModText_SetColor( 255,0,0,255 );
46.                 _GModText_SetTime( 10, 0, 0.5 ); --How long it stays, and the fading times
47.                 _GModText_SetEntityOffset( vector3( 0, 0, 40 ) ); --Messages appear 35 Units above Players
48.                 _GModText_SetEntity( target ); --Entity/Player the message will follow
49.                 _GModText_SetText( "Player: "..player ); --Set the message
50.                 _GModText_Send( userid, 50+userid );
51.  
52.  
53.        
54.         _PrintMessage( userid, HUD_PRINTTALK, "Player "..player.." has been located." )
55.  
56.  
57.        
58.        
59. end
60.  
61. --Optional, I'd prefer if it was left alone--
62. function givecred()
63.         for i = 1, _MaxPlayers() do
64.                 ulx_tsay( i, "Find Player script by Golden-Death." ) ;
65.         end
66. end
67.  
68. CONCOMMAND("findcredit", givecred)
69. --End optional--
70. ULX_CONCOMMAND( "ulx_find", cc_ulxfind, _, "Locates a player for you", 1, "!find" )

[JamminR]

GoldenDeath, THANKS!
 Glad you were able to get your stuff.
Pay your bill!!
 (I'm joking. I hope whatever prevented you from paying gets fixed, and isn't too tragic)

I'll try to find time this weekend to teach myself to set a variable, and then use an if/then statement to not perform the tracer effects if run silent mode.

I probably wont get a chance.

[Golden-Death]

Heh, I don't know whats going on, the site is run by a friend, so no clue.

[UberMensch]

Does this go in the ulx/modules folder?

[Golden-Death]

Indeed it does

[Yoyo]

Will this work with versions 2 and up? (And by 2 I meen ULX v2.21)

[Golden-Death]

No, you could try the V2 plugin, but I have no clue if it's compatible with gmod 10.