Get players current job

[imMrAnarchy]

I'm custom coding a menu that allows the player to change jobs, and have run into a snag. I need to be able to find out what the player's current job is, so that I don't populate that button in the menu, but I don't know where to get that info. Have searched docs, gmod wiki, etc.

This is what I have so far. I'm a citizen currently, and as you can see, the citizen button is still there. I can hide it if I can find out that I'm a citizen already...
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[The Beta]

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[Jeezy]

[QUOTE=The Beta;44239709][LUA]v = LocalPlayer()
Job = DarkRP.getPhrase("job", v:getDarkRPVar("job") or "")[/LUA][/QUOTE]

That's not going to work if they change the title of their job.

[url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/team/GetName[/url]

Although for this you may just want to get the player's team rather than the name..
[lua]
if ( ply:Team( ) == TEAM_CITIZEN ) then
[/lua]

[imMrAnarchy]

Okay, thanks. I'll test it out.

Edit: if I do the ply:Team to see if they're a citizen though wont I have to do that check for each job? Is there an easier way?

[Jeezy]

How do you create the buttons? Are you looping through the teams and creating a button for each one inside the loop, or are you manually creating the buttons for every team?
I only ask because it seems you've completely overridden the DarkRP jobs tab, so there's a possibility your method of adding the buttons may be different than the original for DarkRP.

[imMrAnarchy]

Yes, I'm creating a loop. I could post my code if you'd like.

[Jeezy]

That would help, but it should be as simple as just comparing the team the button is for to the player's team, and if they're the same don't create the button.

[imMrAnarchy]

I know the code looks a little messy, and I'm sorry if its not easily understood. But here it is:

	
//Jobs Table(this is an example of how my table is laid out.)

	local gvtJobsTable = {
		{"Civil Protection", "models/player/Police.mdl", "/cp", 
			"Example Discription Here", 
			"Example Weapons Here"},
		{"SWAT", "models/player/riot.mdl", "/swat", "", "" },
		{"Mayor", "models/player/breen.mdl", "/mayor", "", "" },
		{"Secret Service", "models/player/Group02/male_06.mdl", "/ss", "", "" }
	}	

//Button Layout

	function addButtonToCategory(category, position, job, mod, cmd, dsc, wep)	
		btnNum = btnNum + 1;
		local i=btnNum; 
		buttons[i] = vgui.Create( "DButton", category )
		buttons[i]:SetText( "" )
		buttons[i]:SetPos( 0, 20 + 55 * (position-1) )
		buttons[i]:SetSize( 447, 50 )
		buttons[i].Paint = function()
			draw.RoundedBox( 4, 0, 0, buttons[i]:GetWide(), buttons[i]:GetTall(), Color( 50, 140, 220, 130 ) )
			draw.SimpleText(job, "labellarge", 5, 10, Color(255,255,255,255))
		end
		buttons[i].OnCursorEntered = function()
			jobmodel:SetModel(mod)
			buttons[i].Paint = function()
				draw.RoundedBox( 4, 0, 0, buttons[i]:GetWide(), buttons[i]:GetTall(), Color( 90, 90, 90, 170 ) )
				draw.SimpleText(job, "labellarge", 5, 10, Color(255,255,255,255))
			end
			jobDescription:SetText(dsc)
			jobDescription:SetVisible(true)
		end
		buttons[i].OnCursorExited = function()
			jobmodel:SetModel( LocalPlayer():GetModel() )
			function jobmodel.Entity:GetPlayerColor() return Vector ( 1, 0, 0 ) end
			buttons[i].Paint = function()
				draw.RoundedBox( 4, 0, 0, buttons[i]:GetWide(), buttons[i]:GetTall(), Color( 50, 140, 220, 130 ) )
				draw.SimpleText(job, "labellarge", 5, 10, Color(255,255,255,255))
			end
			jobDescription:SetVisible(false);
		end
		buttons[i].DoClick = function ()
			RunConsoleCommand( "say", cmd ) -- What happens when you press the button
		end
	end

//Tab Tables (example of a tabs table)

	local i;
	for i=1, #gvtJobsTable do
		local job=gvtJobsTable[i][1]
		local mod=gvtJobsTable[i][2]
		local cmd=gvtJobsTable[i][3]
		local dsc=gvtJobsTable[i][4]
		local wep=gvtJobsTable[i][5]
		addButtonToCategory(governmenttab, i, job, mod, cmd, dsc, wep)
	end
	
// Handle custom jobs

	local access;
	local ply = LocalPlayer();
	local numButtons = 0;

	for j=1, #cstmJobsTable do
		access = false;
		local accessTable = customJobsAccess[j]
		if (ply:IsAdmin()) 
			then access = true 
		else 	
			local id=ply:SteamID();
			local i;
			for i=1, #accessTable do
				if(accessTable[i] == id) 
					then access = true; 
						break; 
				end
			end
		end
		if access==true then 
			numButtons = numButtons + 1;
			local job=cstmJobsTable[j][1]
			local mod=cstmJobsTable[j][2]
			local cmd=cstmJobsTable[j][3]
			local dsc=cstmJobsTable[j][4]
			local wep=cstmJobsTable[j][5]
			addButtonToCategory(customtab, numButtons, job, mod, cmd, dsc, wep) 
		end
	end