Targeting system

[Oblivion123]

I try to set up the targeting system with my server. I have, in order: User, respected, t-mod, moderator, admin, superadmin, Co-Owner, Owner

I don't know how to make it so that they can only taget themselves and people below. I have tried putting admin can target: admin moderator t-mod respected user
that doesn't work
Then I tried admin can target !%superadmin
that doesn't work
how do I do it.

[Acecool]

Associate the ranks with numbers, then you can do something like this:

//
// Checks to see if self > target in terms of admin power. - Josh 'Acecool' Moser
//
function META_PLAYER:IsHigherLevel( _t )
	if ( !IsValid( _t ) && !isnumber( _t ) ) then return false; end

	// Disable IsHigherLevel if the player is frozen ( So if a bad admin is frozen, they can't kickall, etc... )
	if ( self.IsFrozen && self:IsFrozen( ) ) then return false; end

	// Allow numerical input; compares the current player access level against the numerical value
	if ( isnumber( _t ) ) then
		if ( self.GetAccessLevel && self:GetAccessLevel( ) > _t ) then
			return true;
		end

		return false;
	end

	// Allow player entity input; compares the current player access level vs input player. IsHigherLevel returns true for self.
	if ( _t:IsPlayer( ) ) then
		if ( ( self.GetAccessLevel && self:GetAccessLevel( ) > _t:GetAccessLevel( ) ) || ( self:IsAdmin( ) && !_t:IsAdmin( ) ) || ( self == _t ) ) then
			return true;
		end

		return false;
	end
end

where GetAccessLevel returns the users rank number. Higher number means higher level. The Frozen part is so if a lower level admin is trying to kick / ban everyone, they lose their privileges while frozen. You may or may not want that. I also added support for number being used instead of player...

so: if ( _p:IsHigherLevel( Entity( x ) ) or ( _p:IsHigherLevel( 9000 ) ) ... where _p is the player you're who wants to do the action and 9000 is the user-level or Entity( x ) is the other player object to compare _p to.

[Oblivion123]

[QUOTE=Acecool;47225745]Associate the ranks with numbers, then you can do something like this:

//
// Checks to see if self > target in terms of admin power. - Josh 'Acecool' Moser
//
function META_PLAYER:IsHigherLevel( _t )
	if ( !IsValid( _t ) && !isnumber( _t ) ) then return false; end

	// Disable IsHigherLevel if the player is frozen ( So if a bad admin is frozen, they can't kickall, etc... )
	if ( self.IsFrozen && self:IsFrozen( ) ) then return false; end

	// Allow numerical input; compares the current player access level against the numerical value
	if ( isnumber( _t ) ) then
		if ( self.GetAccessLevel && self:GetAccessLevel( ) > _t ) then
			return true;
		end

		return false;
	end

	// Allow player entity input; compares the current player access level vs input player. IsHigherLevel returns true for self.
	if ( _t:IsPlayer( ) ) then
		if ( ( self.GetAccessLevel && self:GetAccessLevel( ) > _t:GetAccessLevel( ) ) || ( self:IsAdmin( ) && !_t:IsAdmin( ) ) || ( self == _t ) ) then
			return true;
		end

		return false;
	end
end

where GetAccessLevel returns the users rank number. Higher number means higher level.[/QUOTE]

What file is this in and what does this do?

[Acecool]

It serves as an example. It uses another custom function where GetAccessLevel returns the rank "number" where higher = more "power"...

META_PLAYER = FindMetaTable( "Player" );

[Oblivion123]

[QUOTE=Acecool;47225774]It servers as an example. It uses another custom function where GetAccessLevel returns the rank "number" where higher = more "power"...

META_PLAYER = FindMetaTable( "Player" );[/QUOTE]

Nope, I don't understand, isn't there another way to do it, through the !menu?

[Acecool]

You're going to need to create a way to do it, I suggested you convert ranks to numbers ( use a table where each rank is a key and you assign a number as the value.. owner would be the highest number on the list, user or guest would be the lowest ). Then you use a helper-function to read the list, the group, etc so you don't need to add lines of code, or whatever, each time you want to see if a user can do an action against another player.

So, in your menu, all you'd need to do is see if the person using the menu as _p can target a player as ply and you can set up a function in the player meta-table to do it so _p:IsHigherLevel( ply ); will return true if _p is higher level than ply or false if not.. so if true then perform action, if false don't...

[Oblivion123]

[QUOTE=Acecool;47225810]You're going to need to create a way to do it, I suggested you convert ranks to numbers ( use a table where each rank is a key and you assign a number as the value.. owner would be the highest number on the list, user or guest would be the lowest ). Then you use a helper-function to read the list, the group, etc so you don't need to add lines of code, or whatever, each time you want to see if a user can do an action against another player.

So, in your menu, all you'd need to do is see if the person using the menu as _p can target a player as ply and you can set up a function in the player meta-table to do it so _p:IsHigherLevel( ply ); will return true if _p is higher level than ply or false if not.. so if true then perform action, if false don't...[/QUOTE]

I am asking for a lot here but plz can you help me do it?

[MeepDarknessM]

[QUOTE=Acecool;47225810]You're going to need to create a way to do it, I suggested you convert ranks to numbers ( use a table where each rank is a key and you assign a number as the value.. owner would be the highest number on the list, user or guest would be the lowest ). Then you use a helper-function to read the list, the group, etc so you don't need to add lines of code, or whatever, each time you want to see if a user can do an action against another player.

So, in your menu, all you'd need to do is see if the person using the menu as _p can target a player as ply and you can set up a function in the player meta-table to do it so _p:IsHigherLevel( ply ); will return true if _p is higher level than ply or false if not.. so if true then perform action, if false don't...[/QUOTE]

he's using ulx

[Acecool]

I'm not too familiar with how their permission system works, but the system to check level is straight-forward:

//
// Each level should be added to this table, all lowercase. If it has spaces use:
//	[ "blah blah" ] = 1234;
//
local UserLevelsTable = {
	owner		= 9000;
	superadmin	= 3000;
	admin		= 1000;
	user		= 1;
	guest		= 1;
	default		= 0;

};


//
// PlayerMeta-table
//
local META_PLAYER = FindMetaTable( "Player" );


//
// Return the user group level value, or use the default number... 0
//
function META_PLAYER:GetUserGroupLevel( _t )
	return UserLevelsTable[ string.lower( self:GetUserGroup( ) ) ] || UserLevelsTable.default;
end


//
// Used to see if a player can target another player or perform actions on another player, can use the numbers in the table, or a player as an argument.
//
function META_PLAYER:IsHigherLevel( _t )
	// If the target is valid, and a player...
	if ( IsValid( _t )&& _t:IsPlayer( ) ) then
		return self:GetUserGroupLevel( ) > _t:GetUserGroupLevel( );
	elseif ( isnumber( _t ) ) then
		// If valid, not valid, whatever but a number...
		return self:GetUserGroupLevel( ) > _t;
	end

	// Default
	return false;
end
	

Then just use:

_p:IsHigherLevel( ply );

or

_p:IsHigherLevel( 1000 );

where _p is the admin trying to perform the action, and ply is the target player, or 1000 is the target user level number ( in the table )

[Oblivion123]

[QUOTE=Acecool;47225959]I'm not too familiar with how their permission system works, but the system to check level is straight-forward:

//
// Each level should be added to this table, all lowercase. If it has spaces use:
//	[ "blah blah" ] = 1234;
//
local UserLevelsTable = {
	owner		= 9000;
	superadmin	= 3000;
	admin		= 1000;
	user		= 1;
	guest		= 1;
	default		= 0;

};


//
// PlayerMeta-table
//
local META_PLAYER = FindMetaTable( "Player" );


//
// Return the user group level value, or use the default number... 0
//
function META_PLAYER:GetUserGroupLevel( _t )
	return UserLevelsTable[ string.lower( self:GetUserGroup( ) ) ] || UserLevelsTable.default;
end


//
// Used to see if a player can target another player or perform actions on another player, can use the numbers in the table, or a player as an argument.
//
function META_PLAYER:IsHigherLevel( _t )
	// If the target is valid, and a player...
	if ( IsValid( _t )&& _t:IsPlayer( ) ) then
		return self:GetUserGroupLevel( ) > _t:GetUserGroupLevel( );
	elseif ( isnumber( _t ) ) then
		// If valid, not valid, whatever but a number...
		return self:GetUserGroupLevel( ) > _t;
	end

	// Default
	return false;
end
	

Then just use:

_p:IsHigherLevel( ply );

or

_p:IsHigherLevel( 1000 );

where _p is the admin trying to perform the action, and ply is the target player, or 1000 is the target user level number ( in the table )[/QUOTE]

what file is this in?

[Acecool]

That would be a SHARED realm file so that either SERVER or CLIENT files can call it.

Can you show us the menu you're changing and how far you've gotten?