Kill Counter

Garry's Mod coding
#1

Hi, i am completely a n00b when it comes to lua scripting, but what im trying to do is simple(i think)… What i am trying to do is create a kill counter that will go up 1 every time a player kills an NPC. But here’s the hard part, if it is possible, I would like each player to have their own kill counter. It would also be nice to have a separate script that would do the same thing, only for players instead of NPCs.

Thanks in advance

[editline]25th March 2011[/editline]

And why is the default profile picture justin bieber!!!

#2

You can use the **[Gamemode.OnNPCKilled

http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico](wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Gamemode.OnNPCKilled)** hook to register NPC kills. If you want to do it per-player then you can save the value inside the killer entity.

[lua]function NPCKillCounter( npc, killer, weapon )
if not killer:IsPlayer() then return end

if killer.KillCount then -- Check if the KillCount variable exists
	killer.KillCount = killer.KillCount + 1 -- If the variable exists then increase its value by 1
else
	killer.KillCount = 1 -- If the variable doesn't exist then set it to 1
end

end

hook.Add( “OnNPCKilled”, “NPCKillCounter”, NPCKillCounter ) – Register the hook[/lua]

Alternatively you could use killer.KillCount = (killer.KillCount or 0) + 1 instead of if statement.

#3

Dont call me a noob, i am fully aware that i am, but where would i put thet lua file

#4

Also there is a tutorial on the wiki: http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Kill_Counter :cool:

#5

Well, I guess in lua/autorun/server, but it’s not a complete script. You won’t see anything visually because all it does is store the kill count in a variable. It was just to point you in the right direction.

#6

Will the one on the wiki pe individual to every player, or if one player kills something, will all the players see it?

[editline]25th March 2011[/editline]

correction, be

#7

If it’s localized then only for the player whos killing the NPC’s. If you want a variable to show up you can use the GM:HUDPaint function, just go on the wiki and search keywords in the function search.

#8

I didn’t know you could save local values on the player ent