Replacement Function from ASSMod?

[rocky123xo]

I'll keep this brief.
In ASSMod, you could call the function
GetLevel < 3
for example, which would get all groups that were below 3 (vip, admin, and superadmin)
I used this to give the physgun to all VIP's.
What feature does ULX offer that I can do the same?

Will IsVIP() work?
I am very new to ULX, thank you for your help.

[Stickly Man!]

Assuming you're writing code specific for ULX/ULib, you can use ply:CheckGroup. So, you could say:

Code: Lua

1. if ply:CheckGroup("admin") then

This would return true for any players in the admin group, or any group that inherits from admin (superadmin, etc.)

Alternately, if you don't want your code to rely on ULib, you should use the standard Garry's Mod ply:GetUserGroup() and then compare if it is equal to the groups you want:

Code: Lua

1. if ply:GetUserGroup() == "admin" or ply:GetUserGroup() == "superadmin" then

[rocky123xo]

I forget that ULib uses inheritance. I'll give that a shot. Thank you.

[rocky123xo]

I forgot to ask. If I do CheckGroup("vip"). which Admin inherits from, will that include Superadmin? Since Superadmin doesn't inherit VIP, but inherits admin?

[Megiddo]

It will include anything along the inheritance tree, no matter how many levels deep.

[rocky123xo]

Awesome. No wonder everyone loves ULX, it's much better than the rest

[rocky123xo]

So now, if I do:
"if !Player:CheckGroup("vip") then"
This is the same as saying:
If the player is not VIP or any group that inherits from VIP (admin, superadmin, etc)

Correct? Sorry if that is confusing.

[Bytewave]

So now, if I do:
"if !Player:CheckGroup("vip") then"
This is the same as saying:
If the player is not VIP or any group that inherits from VIP (admin, superadmin, etc)

Correct? Sorry if that is confusing.

Yes. This would return true for all groups below vip. vip and above will return false.

[MrPresident]

So now, if I do:
"if !Player:CheckGroup("vip") then"
This is the same as saying:
If the player is not VIP or any group that inherits from VIP (admin, superadmin, etc)

Correct? Sorry if that is confusing.

That will work, but if you'll allow me to play Devil's Advocate here:
Try not to use ! to mean 'not'. It's an operator that Garry added to lua and is not standard.
Instead us: if not Player:CheckGroup( "vip" ) then

[rocky123xo]

Awesome, I really appreciate all the help given to a noob like me.

[rocky123xo]

Last question, promise. If I do:
Player:CheckGroup()
Will that just return their group, like "vip" or "admin"?

If not, what function can I call to retrieve their group name?

[Decicus]

Last question, promise. If I do:
Player:CheckGroup()
Will that just return their group, like "vip" or "admin"?

If not, what function can I call to retrieve their group name?

Player:GetUserGroup() works like that.

[rocky123xo]

I have this:
if (!Player:CheckGroup("moderator")) then

But it doesn't seem to work for anyone other than Moderator (Admin, Superadmin, and the like that inherit from Moderator)
Did I do something wrong?

[rocky123xo]

Yes, I did. Nevermind!