Get player team name in GM:PlayerInitialSpawn

[bkaerugeaweg]

Hello. I'm quite new to lua and I started making a gamemode based on the default sandbox gamemode. What I'm trying to make is a message saying "(player name) spawned in the server. Rank: (team name)". This is what I have so far:

function GM:PlayerInitialSpawn(ply)
  PlayerDataUpdate(ply)
  PrintMessage(HUD_PRINTTALK, ply:Name() .. " spawned in the server. Rank: " .. team.GetName(ply:Team()))
end

However, when someone first spawnes in the server it always says "Rank: Joining / Connecting". I have all my groups set up and teams assigned to them but I just can't get the team name to display in that message. Are the teams assigned after this function? If yes, then what should I do?

[Hyper Iguana]

This is because you're overwriting the function.
You need to use a hook, like so:

[lua]
hook.Add( "PlayerInitialSpawn", "SpawnMessage", function(ply)

PlayerDataUpdate(ply)
PrintMessage(HUD_PRINTTALK, ply:Name() .. " spawned in the server. Rank: " .. team.GetName(ply:Team()))

end)
[/lua]

[bkaerugeaweg]

[QUOTE=Hyper Iguana;32849494]This is because you're overwriting the function.
You need to use a hook, like so:

[lua]
hook.Add( "PlayerInitialSpawn", "SpawnMessage", function(ply)

PlayerDataUpdate(ply)
PrintMessage(HUD_PRINTTALK, ply:Name() .. " spawned in the server. Rank: " .. team.GetName(ply:Team()))

end)
[/lua][/QUOTE]

I tried this but it still doesn't work. It just shows this:
[IMG]http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/6700/joiningconnecting.png[/IMG]

And the name of the team in which I am is Head Admin:
[IMG]http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/2800/2011101900001.jpg[/IMG]

The problem is that it shows "Joining / Connecting" instead of "Head Admin". Here's my code:
[lua]
function SpawnMessage(ply)
PrintMessage(HUD_PRINTTALK, team.GetName(ply:Team()) .. " " .. ply:Name() .. " spawned in the server.")
end
hook.Add("PlayerInitialSpawn", "SpawnMessage", SpawnMessage)
[/lua]

[yoBrelliKX]

Set the team first.

[bkaerugeaweg]

[QUOTE=yoBrelliKX;32858212]Set the team first.[/QUOTE]

It's using UTeam from the ULX admin mod thing and I don't know when it sets the team or anything.

[LuaMilkshake]

How are you setting the player's team? Are you doing it in your own script, or are you using something like ULX?

[bkaerugeaweg]

[QUOTE=LuaMilkshake;32858242]How are you setting the player's team? Are you doing it in your own script, or are you using something like ULX?[/QUOTE]

I don't have anything about teams in my script. It's all ULX.

[LuaMilkshake]

Yeah, you ninjad my post.

I'm wondering if ULib has any hooks that are called after it's done doing it's stuff.

[editline]19th October 2011[/editline]

Are you actually using the UTeam script, or are you using the new team system built into ULX?

[bkaerugeaweg]

[QUOTE=LuaMilkshake;32858275]
Are you actually using the UTeam script, or are you using the new team system built into ULX?[/QUOTE]

the one built into ULX

[LuaMilkshake]

In that case I can't think of a good solution. I would look and see if there is something that ULib provides that runs code after it's set its teams.

[bkaerugeaweg]

I think I'm giving up on this -.-

[Kingof🅱east]

Just put

[lua]timer.Simple(0.5, function()[/lua]

at the beginning of your line 2 and

[lua]end)[/lua]

at the end of your line 2.

[bkaerugeaweg]

[QUOTE=KingofBeast;32865140]Just put

[lua]timer.Simple(0.5, function()[/lua]

at the beginning of your line 2 and

[lua]end)[/lua]

at the end of your line 2.[/QUOTE]

OMG Thank you! :D

[shadowndacorner]

Why not find where it sets the players team and just do the printmessage loop there?

[bkaerugeaweg]

[QUOTE=shadowndacorner;32888874]Why not find where it sets the players team and just do the printmessage loop there?[/QUOTE]

Because I didn't feel like going through every ULX lua file and looking for it?

[zzaacckk]

[QUOTE=KingofBeast;32865140]Just put

[lua]timer.Simple(0.5, function()[/lua]

at the beginning of your line 2 and

[lua]end)[/lua]

at the end of your line 2.[/QUOTE]

That method is inefficent.

OP try using this, it should be a little faster and more efficient.

[lua]
local _pszPlayer = FindMetaTable("Player");
local _cacheMethod = _pszPlayer.SetTeam;

function _pszPlayer:SetTeam(TID)
PrintMessage(HUD_PRINTTALK, self:Name() .. " spawned in the server. Rank: " .. team.GetName(TID));
_cacheMethod(TID);
end
[/lua]