This function is for returning the number of players in the specified team.
Syntax
int countPlayersInTeam ( team theTeam )
Optional Arguments
- theTeam: The team you wish to retrieve the player count of.
Returns
Returns an integer containing the number of players in the team, false if it could not be retrieved.
Example
This example adds a command in the console to find out how many players are on your team.
function outputTeamSize ( source, commandName )
-- Get player's team
local theTeam = getPlayerTeam ( source )
-- If the player is in any team
if theTeam then
-- Tell the player how big his team is
outputChatBox ( "Your team has " .. countPlayersInTeam ( theTeam ) .. " players.", source )
else
outputChatBox ( "You're not in a team.", source )
end
end
addCommandHandler ( "teamsize", outputTeamSize )
This example adds a command in the console to find out how many players are on your team, clientside
function outputTeamSize ( commandName )
-- Get player's team
local theTeam = getPlayerTeam ( getLocalPlayer() )
-- If the player is in any team
if team then
-- Tell the player how big his team is
outputChatBox ( "Your team has " .. countPlayersInTeam ( theTeam ) .. " players." )
else
outputChatBox ( "You're not in a team." )
end
end
addCommandHandler ( "teamsize", outputTeamSize )
This example balances a gamemode, to ensure equal number of players between the "grove" and "ballas" teams. This could be triggered when a player joins the server, or for all players currently in the server when the gamemode starts.
function balanceTeams ( thePlayer )
--get the team pointers from their names
local groveTeam = getTeamFromName ( "grove" )
local ballasTeam = getTeamFromName ( "ballas" )
--count the number of players in each team, and store them
local groveCount = countPlayersInTeam ( groveTeam )
local ballasCount = countPlayersInTeam ( ballasTeam )
if groveCount == ballasCount then --if the teams are equal
setPlayerTeam ( thePlayer , groveTeam ) --place the player in grove
elseif groveCount > ballasCount then --if there are more in grove
setPlayerTeam ( thePlayer , ballasTeam ) --place him in ballas
elseif groveCount < ballasCount then --if there are more in ballas
setPlayerTeam ( thePlayer , groveTeam ) --place him in grove.
end
end
See Also
Shared