How to get Other Player data?

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#1

Im currently making a script when if you click a text button it will show the player data like the equipped object they are using, and its a table data btw. However i dont understand how would i pass that player data to the client because its not the player itself but other player

Server:

ReplicatedStorage.GetOtherPlayerData.OnServerInvoke = function(target)
	return data[target.UserId]
end

Client

for i,textbuttons in pairs(servermenu:GetChildren()) do
	if textbuttons:IsA("TextButton") and textbuttons.Name ~= "LeaveServer" then
		textbuttons.Activated:Connect(function()
			if textbuttons.Text ~= "" then
				local clickedplayerdata = getpdata:InvokeServer(textbuttons.Text)
				if clickedplayerdata then
					playergui.MainGui.PlayerStatsInformation.Visible = true
					playergui.MainGui.PlayerStatsInformation.Playername.Text = textbuttons.Text
					playergui.MainGui.PlayerStatsInformation.Playerlvl.Text = "Lv. " .. clickedplayerdata.Level
					for i,unitsselected in pairs(clickedplayerdata.SelectedTowers) do
						local unitsmodel = game.ReplicatedStorage.Units:FindFirstChild(unitsselected):Clone()
						local unitstats = require(unitsmodel:WaitForChild("Stats"))
						local oldbutton = playergui.MainGui.PlayerStatsInformation.EquippedUnit:FindFirstChild(unitsselected)

						if oldbutton then
							oldbutton:Destroy()
						end

						local buttongui = playergui.MainGui.PlayerStatsInformation.EquippedUnit.Layout:Clone()

						buttongui.Name = unitsselected
						unitsmodel.Parent = buttongui.ViewportFrame.WorldModel
						buttongui.Visible = true
						buttongui.Parent = playergui.MainGui.PlayerStatsInformation.EquippedUnit
						
			
						
					end
				end
			end
			
		end)
	end
end
1 Like
#2

Send it as a parameter on the invoke then on invokes or remotes the parameters will always be
(player,params)

#3

Like this? im typing this manually so it can be wrong

ReplicatedStorage.GetOtherPlayerData.OnServerInvoke:Connect(function(target)
	return data[target.UserId]
end
#4

The client that invoked the server is always the first parameter

#5

so basically do a second parameters like u mentioned?

#6

Just move the target parameter along by one and name the first one player or something like that

#7 
ReplicatedStorage.GetOtherPlayerData.OnServerInvoke = function(player,target)
	return data[target.UserId]
end

I did this but now it wont return anything

#8

Have you tried printing out the data or the parameters to see if it is fired?

#9

for the client i tried printing the textbutton text for the user name it does print but for the Server or the onserverinvoke it does print my name. and yeah it return “nil”

#10

Well your passing through text so there will be no User ID value of it. To fix do

game.Players:GetUserIdFromNameAsync(target) -- might be a bit different spelling / syntax as on mobile

-- this gets the user ID of the player based on their name so just replace target.UserId with that
#11

I play tested it with Roblox built in testing and it returns nil because they are Player1 and Player2 do i have to test it with real user?

#12

i thought it was

ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("GetOtherPlayerData"):Connect(function(player, target)
    return data[target.UserId]
end)
#13

tried them but they returns nil

#14

hey @SHARPTHRIX can I see the script context?

#15

So when a user click a textbutton with a player name in it, It will show what item they are equipping and their level. The data is stored inside a table data btw

#16

let me go see how remote functions work rq

#17

RemoteFunctions dont use :Connect, you just use = function, and the first param will always be the player who invoked, the params after the first will be what the client sent

RemoteFunction.OnServerInvoke = function(RemoteCaller: Player, RequestedTarget: number) --> Client (RemoteCaller) sends the UserId of the players data they want
    return data[RequestedTarget]
end
#18

oh

wow i feel dumb mb

this stupid char limit

#19

yeah i used = function for my old code

#20

revert to your old version, and i would check your table to make sure that the key actually exists

can i see script context?