Returning Name of a Weapon

[Zmaster]

Heyo

I'm working on a script that puts in chat "*Your Name Here*, you are currently holding a *NameOfWeaponYou'reHolding*" as a part of a bigger project
I can't quite figure out how to get the name of the weapon, though

Most recently, I tried:

Code: Lua

1. if (SERVER) then
2.         function MyWeaponIsF( ply, text )
3.                 if ( string.sub(text, 1, 9) == "!myweapon" ) then
4.                         timer.Simple( 0.1, function() PrintMessage( HUD_PRINTTALK, ply:Name() .. ", you are currently holding a " .. ply:GetActiveWeapon():GetName() ) end )
5.                 end
6.                 return false
7.         end
8.         hook.Add( "PlayerSay", "MyWeaponIsHook", MyWeaponIsF )
9. end

All that did was this:


I originally just had ply:GetActiveWeapon() but that didn't work
When I checked the GMod wiki for that, it said it returns an entity, not a string, so I found this Entity.GetName, but that only showed what I showed in the picture above


How would I go about finding  the name of the weapon that a player's holding and have it in string format so I can use it in PrintMessage() ?

Any help is appreciated~

[JamminR]

weapon:GetPrintName()
Presume that would be used like ply:GetActiveWeapon():GetPrintName()
I'm not sure though.

[Zmaster]

Just finished trying that

Unfortunately, it gives the same result as some of my other attempts, which is no result
I type the command and nothing happens

Code: Lua

1. function MyWeaponIs( ply, text )
2.         if ( string.sub(text, 1, 9) == "!myweapon" ) then
3.                 timer.Simple( 0.1, function() PrintMessage( HUD_PRINTTALK, ply:Name() .. ", you are currently holding a " .. ply:GetActiveWeapon():GetPrintName() ) end )
4.         end
5. end
6. hook.Add( "PlayerSay", "MyWeaponIsHook", MyWeaponIs )

[JamminR]

Tinker.
Try changing order of the command. ply:GetPrintName():GetActiveWeapon()
Try adding additional info (from wiki, I see example of GetActiveWeapon also includes GetClass, which GetPrintName supposedly will convert = ply:GetActiveWeapon():GetClass():GetPrintName()
Try command structure change. ply:GetPrintName( ply:GetActiveWeapon():GetClass() )
Are there server or game console errors?
Is this running on the server or client? (I can't tell from the wiki which it's supposed to be)
Tinker.
Sorry, I don't remember directly, and, tinkering might not only show you how "This" challenge is run, but, teach you something else that might be helpful later.
I know it usually does me when I tinker (Heck, tinkering here taught me there's a GetPrintName command, even if I don't know how to use it, I learned it tinkering)

[Zmaster]

It's server side Lua, according to the old GMod wiki
I'm running it on a shared file, but it's in the if (SERVER) then statement

I get no errors (client or server) when I run it

I'll try messing w/ it when I get home

[Decicus]

If the colors on the official GMod wiki are right, then Weapon:GetPrintName() is clientside. (Player:GetActiveWeapon() is shared though).
My GLua is rusty when it comes to serverside and clientside communication, but I assume you could use the Net Library or umsg (user message), since PlayerSay is serverside.
Read MrPresident's reply further down.

[Zmaster]

Alright

So I found ply:GetWeapons() while looking through DarkRP code, tried to use it, and this is what I ended up with:

Code: Lua

1. function PrintMessagesForF( ply, text )
2.         for k, v in pairs( ply:GetWeapons() ) do
3.                 ply:PrintMessage( HUD_PRINTTALK, v:GetPrintName() )
4.         end
5. end
6.        
7. function MyWeaponIs( ply, text )
8.         if ( string.sub(text, 1, 9) == "!myweapon" ) then
9.                 timer.Simple( 0.1, PrintMessagesForF )
10.         end
11. end
12. hook.Add( "PlayerSay", "MyWeaponIsHook", MyWeaponIs )

When I ran that code, as usual, I typed "!myweapon" and nothing happened
Still no errors
Would that even work? By that, I mean having a hook reference a function which references another function? Not sure if the ply would carry over to the "PrintMessagesForF" function

[MrPresident]

Code: Lua

1. function MyWeaponIs( ply, text )
2.         if ( string.sub(text, 1, 9) == "!myweapon" ) then
3.                 ply:SendLua("LocalPlayer():ChatPrint( LocalPlayer():Nick() .. ', You are currently holding a ' .. LocalPlayer():GetActiveWeapon( ):GetPrintName()) .. '.' ")
4.         end
5. end
6. hook.Add( "PlayerSay", "MyWeaponIsHook", MyWeaponIs )
7.  

Try that.

[Decicus]

Code: Lua

1. function MyWeaponIs( ply, text )
2.         if ( string.sub(text, 1, 9) == "!myweapon" ) then
3.                 ply:SendLua("LocalPlayer():ChatPrint( LocalPlayer():Nick() .. ', You are currently holding a ' .. LocalPlayer():GetActiveWeapon( ):GetPrintName()) .. '.' ")
4.         end
5. end
6. hook.Add( "PlayerSay", "MyWeaponIsHook", MyWeaponIs )
7.  

Try that.

I completely forgot about SendLua. I feel kinda silly now, hah.

[Zmaster]

Me too hahaha
I'll try that when I get home, thanksies

[Zmaster]

Got a weird error when I ran that code

"[ERROR] LuaCmd:1: unexpected symbol near '..'
  1. unknown - LuaCmd:0"

The file running that code is not named LuaCmd

[MrPresident]

That just means there was an error in the syntax inside the SendLua command.

[MrPresident]

Replace the SendLua line with this:

Code: Lua

1. ply:SendLua("LocalPlayer():ChatPrint( LocalPlayer():Nick() .. ', You are currently holding a ' .. LocalPlayer():GetActiveWeapon( ):GetPrintName() .. '.') ")
2.  

I messed it up the first time.

[Zmaster]

and it works!

Thanks, all of you
You're such a great help