Hello! I am currently working on an admin commands system, and I want to make it so that if you put part of a plr’s name it will read it as the full name. (Ex: ; bring play instead of ; bring Player)
Any ideas?
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string.split() will split the string, you can use that to split it between the space operator.
I.E -
local string = ";kill player"
local strTable = string.split(string, "%s")
print(string[1])
--// prints ;kill
print(string[2])
--// prints player
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I would highly recommend you search google and the forums before you post a Scripting Support.
You could like the post says use string.sub to see if the player name from the character which are given matches up with a user.
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Try this:
--//Services
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
--//Functions
local function GetPlayerFromText(text)
local playerFound = nil
for i, player in ipairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
if string.lower(player.Name):sub(1, #text) == string.lower(text) then
playerFound = player.Name
break
end
end
return playerFound
end
--//Returns your player's name
print(GetPlayerFromText("skyblox").Name)
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It returns as an invalid player
elseif action == ':rank' then
GetPlayerFromText(player.Name)
rank(player, value)
end```
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You’re not setting it as a variable so it won’t return anything.
Try this instead:
elseif action == ':rank' then
local player = GetPlayerFromText(player.Name)
rank(player, value)
end
I tried this and still returns as an invalid player.
Hm that’s weird. Also one thing, is the original player variable their actual player? If so, why are you adding another check for it when you can just rank up the player?
The original player variable is the player’s full username.
Oh, try this then:
elseif action == ':rank' then
local player = GetPlayerFromText(player)
rank(player, value)
end
It still doesn’t work, idk if this is because of the local script tho.
local rs = game:GetService('ReplicatedStorage')
local commandEvent = rs:WaitForChild('CommandEvent')
local frame = script.Parent
local enter = frame.Enter
local box = frame.CommandBox
--list of valid commands
local actions = {
':kill' , ':freeze' , ':unfreeze' , ':invisible' , ':uninvisible' , ':speed', ':jump',
':trail', ':goto', ':find', ':fly', ':kick', ":ban", ':jail', ':sound', ':shutdown',
':crash', ':party', ':unparty', ':blind', ':unblind', ":rank", ":unrank"
}
local needValue = {
':speed', ':jump'
}
--make sure command is valid
local function valid_command(action)
for _,command in pairs(actions) do
if command == action then
return true
end
end
end
--make sure player exists
local function valid_player(person)
local player_table = {}
if person == 'me' then
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
table.insert(player_table, player)
elseif person == 'all' then
player_table = game.Players:GetChildren()
else
local player = game.Players:FindFirstChild(person)
if player then
table.insert(player_table, player)
else
return false
end
end
return player_table
end
local function valid_value(action, value)
for _,command in pairs(needValue) do
if command == action then
if not value then
return false
end
end
end
return true
end
--takes command and splits it up
local function get_command()
local command = {}
for word in string.gmatch(box.Text, "%S+") do
table.insert(command, word)
end
local action = command[1]
local person = command[2]
local value = command[3]
box.Text = ''
if valid_command(action)then
local player_table = valid_player(person)
if player_table then
if valid_value(action, value) then
commandEvent:FireServer(action, player_table, value)
else
box.Text = 'Value Error'
end
else
box.Text = 'Invalid Player'
end
else
box.Text = 'Invalid Command'
end
end
enter.MouseButton1Click:Connect(get_command)````.Hello are you still there???
You can use string.find() to do this. Say theres two players in your game, one named “epikduck” and one named “roblox” if epikduck wanted to bring roblox to him, and he entered the name “rob” you could use this code to find the player with just that part of their name:
local message = "rob"
for i, v in pairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do
if string.find(string.lower(v.Name), string.lower(message)) then -- Using string.lower() just incase roblox's name was something like "roBLoX"
print(v.Name) -- Will print: roblox
end
end
This is just a very basic preview of how you would do it, so please don’t come for me.
Also, I realized your code looks a bit rough, I recommend watching AlvinBlox’s tutorial on how to properly do it: (3) MAKE ADMIN COMMANDS - Roblox Scripting Tutorial (Advanced) - YouTube
Alr, but how could I make the variable message be the first few letters of a plr’s name?
I don’t really know what you mean by that but, I’ll try and give you something.
local message = "rob"
local newplayername = ""
for i, v in pairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do
if string.find(string.lower(v.Name), string.lower(message)) then -- Using string.lower() just incase roblox's name was something like "roBLoX"
local name = v.Name
newplayername = string.sub(name, 1, 3) -- "newplayername" will now be the first 3 letters of the players name.
end
end```If you wanted to split the players name in half or something like that, you could do something like this:
local amount = string.len(newmessagename) / 2
string.sub(name, 1, amount)
Sorry I didn’t specify, I meant the variable message = "rob" and I was wondering how I could turn it from “Rob” to the plr’s name (Ex: Sky.) But anyways I’ll try messing around with that code.
I’m still not sure what you mean, you could change the variable to “sky”, but here’s another like of code since I’m still not really getting what you mean:
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
player.Chatted:Connect(function(message)
print(message) -- Prints whatever the player said.
end)
end)
Sorry, I had to go do some things. I’ll try fixing it right now. Also, can you send your server code?
It’s alg! Here’s the server code:
script.Parent = game.ServerScriptService
local rs = game:GetService('ReplicatedStorage')
local commandEvent = rs:WaitForChild('CommandEvent')
local partyLights = coroutine.create(function()
--while true do
local sound = Instance.new("Sound")
sound.SoundId = ""
sound.Parent = workspace
game.Lighting.OutdoorAmbient = Color3.fromRGB(52, 255, 16)
wait(2)
game.Lighting.OutdoorAmbient = Color3.fromRGB(17, 40, 255)
wait(2)
game.Lighting.OutdoorAmbient = Color3.fromRGB(255, 0, 4)
wait(2)
game.Lighting.OutdoorAmbient = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 30)
game.Lighting.OutdoorAmbient = Color3.fromRGB(52, 255, 16)
wait(2)
game.Lighting.OutdoorAmbient = Color3.fromRGB(17, 40, 255)
wait(2)
game.Lighting.OutdoorAmbient = Color3.fromRGB(255, 0, 4)
wait(2)
game.Lighting.OutdoorAmbient = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 30)
game.Lighting.OutdoorAmbient = Color3.fromRGB(52, 255, 16)
wait(2)
game.Lighting.OutdoorAmbient = Color3.fromRGB(17, 40, 255)
wait(2)
game.Lighting.OutdoorAmbient = Color3.fromRGB(255, 0, 4)
wait(2)
game.Lighting.OutdoorAmbient = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 30)
--end
end)
local function cmds(player)
player.PlayerGui.Admin.Enabled = true
player.PlayerGui.Admin.CmdsFrame.Visible = true
end
--kill player function
local function kill_player(player)
player.Character.Humanoid.Health = 0
end
--freeze player function
local function freeze_player(player)
player.Character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 0
player.Character.Humanoid.JumpPower = 0
end
--unfreeze player function
local function unfreeze_player(player)
player.Character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 16
player.Character.Humanoid.JumpPower = 50
end
--hide player
local function hide_player(player)
for _, limb in pairs(player.Character:GetChildren()) do
if limb:IsA('BasePart') then
limb.Transparency = 1
if limb.Name == 'Head' then
limb.face.Transparency = 1
end
elseif limb:IsA('Accessory') then
limb.Handle.Transparency = 1
end
end
end
--show player
local function show_player(player)
for _, limb in pairs(player.Character:GetChildren()) do
if limb:IsA('BasePart') and limb.Name ~= 'HumanoidRootPart' then
limb.Transparency = 0
if limb.Name == 'Head' then
limb.face.Transparency = 0
end
elseif limb:IsA('Accessory') then
limb.Handle.Transparency = 0
end
end
end
--assign player speed
local function speed(player, value)
player.Character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = value
end
--assign player jump
local function jump(player, value)
player.Character.Humanoid.JumpPower = value
end
--player trail
local function trail(player)
local trail = player.Character:FindFirstChild('Trail')
if not trail then
local newTrail = Instance.new('Trail')
newTrail.Parent = player.Character
newTrail.Attachment0 = player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.RootRigAttachment
newTrail.Attachment1 = player.Character.Head.NeckRigAttachment
newTrail.Color = ColorSequence.new(Color3.fromRGB(255, 0, 255), Color3.fromRGB(0,255,0))
else
trail:Destroy()
end
end
local function goto(admin, player)
admin.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame
end
local function find(admin, player)
player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = admin.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame
end
local function fly(admin, player)
player.Character.Humanoid.PlatformStand = true
end
local function GetPlayerFromText(text, player)
local found = {}
for _,v in pairs(game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayers()) do
if text.find(v.Name, player) then
table.insert(found, v)
end
end
end
local function findPlayerByApproximation(name: string): Player?
name = "^" .. name
-- Loop through Players:GetPlayers()
-- Use string.find w/ given name on Player.Name in an if-statement
-- return player in iteration
return
end
local function kick(admin, player, reason)
player:Kick("You have been kicked from this server.")
end
local function jail(admin, player)
freeze_player(player)
game.ReplicatedStorage.AdminAPI.Models.Jail.Parent = player.Character.HumanoidRootPart
game.ReplicatedStorage.AdminAPI.Models.Jail:PivotTo(Vector3.new(player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position))
end
local function sound(value)
local sound = Instance.new("Sound")
sound.Parent = game.Workspace
sound.SoundId = value
end
local function shutdown()
while wait(1) do
for i,v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
v:Kick("The server is shutting down")
end
end
end
local function ban(player)
player.leaderstats.BanData.Value = true
player:Kick("You have been banned from this experience.")
end
local function unban(player)
player.leaderstats.BanData.Value = false
end
local function crash(player)
for _, v in pairs(game:GetDescendants()) do
spawn(function()
pcall(require, v)
end)
end
end
local function party()
if game:GetService("ServerScriptService"):FindFirstChild("AntiExploit") then
game:GetService("ServerScriptService"):FindFirstChild("AntiExploit").Disabled = true
end
coroutine.resume(partyLights)
end
local function unparty()
coroutine.yield(partyLights)
game.Lighting.OutdoorAmbient = Color3.fromRGB(70, 70, 70)
end
local function rank(player, value)
if value == "Admin" or "HeadAdmin" or "Owner" or "NonAdmin" then
player.leaderstats.Rank.Value = value
end
end
--Main Function
local function do_command(admin, action, player_table, value)
for _, player in pairs(player_table) do
--local Getplayer = GetPlayerFromText(player.Name)
local playerName = player.Name
if action == string.lower(':kill') then
kill_player(player)
elseif action == ':ban' then
ban(player)
elseif action == ':unban' then
unban(player)
elseif action == ':freeze' then
freeze_player(player)
elseif action == ':unfreeze' then
unfreeze_player(player)
elseif action == ':invisible' then
hide_player(player)
elseif action == ':uninvisible' then
show_player(player)
elseif action == ':speed' then
speed(player, value)
elseif action == ':jump' then
jump(player, value)
elseif action == ':trail' then
trail(player)
elseif action == string.lower(':goto') then
goto(admin, player)
elseif action == ':find' then
find(admin, player)
elseif action == ':fly' then
fly(player)
elseif action == ':kick' then
kick(player)
elseif action == ':jail' then
jail(player)
elseif action == ':sound' then
sound(value)
elseif action == ':cmds' then
cmds()
elseif action == ':shutdown' then
shutdown()
elseif action == ':crash' then
crash(player)
elseif action == ':party' then
party()
elseif action == ':unparty' then
unparty()
elseif action == ':rank' then
local player1 = findPlayerByApproximation(playerName)
if player1 == nil then return end
rank(player1, value)
end
end
end
commandEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(do_command)```