How to find Owner's Nickname?

[OMGOMG132]

So I need to find the nickname for the player who is using my SWEP...

I have tried the following

print("Username is: "..self.Owner:Nick())

print("Username is: "..Nick(self.Owner))

print("Username is: "..Player:Nick())

They all led to errors :(

Please help thanks

[arcaneex]

What are the errors?

[rejax]

self.Owner has to be inside a SWEP:Function()

[OMGOMG132]

This is the real code I try to use

player.GetAll( chat.AddText(Color(255,0,0), "(GLOBAL ADMIN MESSAGE FROM "..self.Owner:Nick()..")  "  ,Color(0,0,255),Text:GetValue() ) )

And the error is...

[ERROR] addons/omg_weapons/lua/weapons/admin_essentials/shared.lua:60: attempt to index global 'self' (a nil value)
  1. DoClick - addons/omg_weapons/lua/weapons/admin_essentials/shared.lua:60
   2. unknown - lua/vgui/dlabel.lua:206

[boxama]

You have to iterate over the table player.GetAll() returns
[lua]for k, v in pairs( player.GetAll() ) do
// stuff
end[/lua]

[Netheous]

[QUOTE=OMGOMG132;42746211]This is the real code I try to use

player.GetAll( chat.AddText(Color(255,0,0), "(GLOBAL ADMIN MESSAGE FROM "..self.Owner:Nick()..")  "  ,Color(0,0,255),Text:GetValue() ) )

And the error is...

[ERROR] addons/omg_weapons/lua/weapons/admin_essentials/shared.lua:60: attempt to index global 'self' (a nil value)
  1. DoClick - addons/omg_weapons/lua/weapons/admin_essentials/shared.lua:60
   2. unknown - lua/vgui/dlabel.lua:206

[/QUOTE]

I bet you are trying to use 'self' inside a custom function that doesn't start with SWEP:funcNameHere()

Post the whole function, then we can do something about it.

[OMGOMG132]

function window()
	if CLIENT then
		local TextSilent = vgui.Create( "DTextEntry", Form )
		TextSilent:SetPos( 16, 58 )
		TextSilent:SetTall( 20 )
		TextSilent:SetWide( 210 )
		TextSilent:SetEnterAllowed( true )
		TextSilent.OnEnter = function()
		end
		
		local SubmitSilent = vgui.Create( "DButton" )
		SubmitSilent:SetParent( Form ) -- Set parent to our "DermaPanel"
		SubmitSilent:SetText( "Execute Silent" )
		SubmitSilent:SetPos( 232, 58 )
		SubmitSilent:SetSize( 90, 20 )
		SubmitSilent.DoClick = function ()
			player.GetAll( chat.AddText(Color(255,0,0), "(GLOBAL ADMIN MESSAGE)  ",Color(0,100,255),TextSilent:GetValue() ) )
			Form:SetVisible( false )
		end
	end
end

I took care of the net and what not already so dont worry

[Chessnut]

player.GetAll returns a table, not run the function on everybody.

[OMGOMG132]

[QUOTE=Chessnut;42748380]player.GetAll returns a table, not run the function on everybody.[/QUOTE]

ops. Well how do i run it on everybody?

[zzaacckk]

You need to iterate over the table of players and then you can use them to do other things such as [Arbitrary Player]:ChatPrint( [text] ).

For example.. (serverside code)
[lua]
for _, ply in pairs( player.GetAll() ) do
ply:ChatPrint( "This prints something to every players chat" );
end
[/lua]

chat.AddText is a clientside function, meaning it cannot be executed on the server and must be executed on a players computer. If you want to do something that effects other clients from a client, the server must be used as a medium to do so.

You can see if a function is clientside or serverside by using the garry's mod wiki.

[OMGOMG132]

[QUOTE=zzaacckk;42749440]You need to iterate over the table of players and then you can use them to do other things such as [Arbitrary Player]:ChatPrint( [text] ).

For example.. (serverside code)
[lua]
for _, ply in pairs( player.GetAll() ) do
ply:ChatPrint( "This prints something to every players chat" );
end
[/lua]

chat.AddText is a clientside function, meaning it cannot be executed on the server and must be executed on a players computer. If you want to do something that effects other clients from a client, the server must be used as a medium to do so.

You can see if a function is clientside or serverside by using the garry's mod wiki.[/QUOTE]

alright