I need help with Player:GetFriendsOnline()

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#1

I want to use Player:GetFriendsOnline() so that the player can teleport to a friend’s game if any of their friends are playing a game, but it does not work please help

Local script:

for i,v in pairs(game.Players.LocalPlayer:GetFriendsOnline(200)) do
    if v.GameId ~= nil then
        game:GetService("TeleportService"):TeleportToPlaceInstance(v.PlaceId, v.GameId, game.Players.LocalPlayer)
        break
    end
end
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#2

Try printing out what v, and v.GameId, gives you inside the loop?

#3

Ok I did that and v prints a table that looks like this

{
    ["DisplayName"] = "unicornio_oli09",
    ["GameId"] = 525382208,
    ["IsOnline"] = true,
    ["LastLocation"] = "Dance Off",
    ["LastOnline"] = "2021-04-05T15:57:47.4434928Z",
    ["LocationType"] = 4,
    ["PlaceId"] = 1297992014,
    ["UserName"] = "unicornio_oli09",
    ["VisitorId"] = 2411184979
}

And v.GameId is just a bunch of numbers like 525382208 and I think thats whats supposed to be passed as the job id when i’m doing TeleportToPlaceInstance()

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#4

Did you try this in studio or in a live game?

#5

Are you getting any errors at all? You could try using the regular Teleport function if that changes anything

#6

I tried this in a live game and doesnt work

#7

I’m getting the error that says “Teleport failed because The place is restricted” but I know its not restricted because i can join that person perfectly fine when I do it from the roblox site

#8

Here’s what my guess is:

  • If your friend is in a separate place apart from the starting place, you’re not able to join them that way cause they’re in a different place which results in that error

Could you try this?

for i,v in pairs(game.Players.LocalPlayer:GetFriendsOnline(200)) do
    if v.GameId ~= nil then
        game:GetService("TeleportService"):Teleport(v.GameId, game.Players.LocalPlayer)
        break
    end
end
#9

I tried that and it took me to a completely different game ################### - Roblox this one apparently, which is the same game id as the one in the table I posted above

I also tried to do a teleport to a friend’s game that has only the starting place and it gives me the same error

#10

Hm, try this? If that doesn’t work, try doing v.PlaceId for teleporting again

for i,v in pairs(game.Players.LocalPlayer:GetFriendsOnline(200)) do
    if v.GameId ~= nil and v.IsOnline == true then
        game:GetService("TeleportService"):Teleport(v.GameId, game.Players.LocalPlayer)
        break
    end
end
#11

Ok it worked… but didnt teleport me to my friend’s game :slightly_frowning_face:

#12

Then your friend is probably in a different separate place apart from where you first start on

There isn’t really much else I can think of, since attempting to teleport to a different place instance would result as an error

#13

I guess you need to use PlaceId, not GameId.

local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer

for _, v in ipairs(player:GetFriendsOnline(200)) do
    if not v.IsOnline then continue end
    if not v.PlaceId then continue end

    game:GetService("TeleportService"):Teleport(v.PlaceId, player)
    break
end

Also make sure that the “Allow third party teleports” is enabled in the place to which you are trying to teleport the player to.

#14

Try this out?

local tpServ = game:GetService("TeleportService")

for i,v in pairs(game.Players.LocalPlayer:GetFriendsOnline(200)) do
    if v.GameId ~= nil then
		local instance,_,placeId,jobId
		local success, result = pcall(function()
			 instance,_,placeId,jobId = tpServ:GetPlayerPlaceInstanceAsync(v.VisitorId)
		end)
		if success then
			tpServ:TeleportToPlaceInstance(placeid, jobid, game.Players.LocalPlayer)
			break
		end
    end
end

I did some research and saw about GetPlayerPlaceInstanceAsync, which returns 4 things, if the player is in an instance, an error if any, the placeid of where they are, and the jobid/instanceid, and its purpose is exactly what you’re wanting, to teleport to someone

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#15

GetPlayerPlaceInstanceAsync only works for places that are in the same game as the current place. Thanks for the help though.

#16

I’d assume that he would enable “Third Party Teleports”, since he was able to teleport to a place but not to his friend’s game

@mymommakesbathbombs4
Overall, I don’t believe it’s possible to join a friend if they are not in the starting place from where they first join the game from; otherwise you just join the starting place that the PlaceId gives you

#17

Ok I think i found out why its not working…

So TeleportToPlaceInstance requires a JobId as its second parameter, which looks like this: "21b1653d-ffcb-48f5-a0fa-2e25cac8375a"

However the “GameId” that comes from GetFriendsOnline doesnt return the JobId, but instead the universe ID of the game, although on the DevHub page it says that Player | Roblox Creator Documentation returns the JobId as GameId

Interestingly enough, I came across another post that describes this same issue Player:GetFriendsOnline() not acting as stated on wiki