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[NullSchritt]

Hello, I was wondering how I would go about getting the name of a player who interacted with the computer, and the computer ID, I need to get the player name so that I can submit it to my database, that way it may determine is a certain account is authorized to access certain functions of the program, or certain areas of the game. Thanks!

[Smiley43210]

You cannot get a player name without other peripheral mods unless you ask them to type it in using read().
And to get the computer ID, use os.getComputerID() or os.computerID()

[panicmore]

if you want to get player name and have miscperipherals installed use the player detector.
use this code

while true do
  event, user = os.pullEvent("player")
   print("user: " .. user)
end

then just write it to your database file:

while true do
event, user = os.pullEvent("player")
if event == "player" then
  print("user: " .. user)
  myFile = fs.open("database", a)
  myFile.write(user .. "\n")
  myFile.close
end
end

then you can access the database for whatever you want by typing edit database.

[NullSchritt]

jllllloyd, on 16 May 2013 - 06:23 AM, said:

if you want to get player name and have miscperipherals installed use the player detector.
use this code

while true do
  event, user = os.pullEvent("player")
   print("user: " .. user)
end

then just write it to your database file:

while true do
event, user = os.pullEvent("player")
if event == "player" then
  print("user: " .. user)
  myFile = fs.open("database", a)
  myFile.write(user .. "\n")
  myFile.close
end
end

then you can access the database for whatever you want by typing edit database.

Thanks, where might I find the 1.5.1 compatible version of misc. peripherals?(also my database is mysql, I want to add access control to the stargate dialing program, that I wrote for a plugin on my server(with some help from people here), by sending their name along with the requested gate to dial to my server(I already got that part handled, I just didn't know how to get the name))

[1vannn]

It's in the peripherals section of the forums.
http://www.computerc...peripherals-32/

[NullSchritt]

1vannn, on 17 May 2013 - 07:37 PM, said:

It's in the peripherals section of the forums.
http://www.computerc...peripherals-32/

Thanks, I have however decided to use immibis's peripherals (RFID Reader), along with a private list of codes for access control, for now at least, since I already have it installed.