Storing variables on players?

Garry's Mod coding
#1

This is something I have never asked about because it feels like the most basic thing in Lua and I’d be an idiot not knowing how to do it. But I have looked through other peoples scripts, searched everywhere and tried doing this myself hundreds of times and never succeeded in making it work. I would be so thankful if someone could help me with this. :slight_smile:

What I’m currently trying to do is making the key T enable thirdperson for the one who presses it without spamming it due to input.IsKeyDown. Here is the current(unfunctional) code for it.



local ply = LocalPlayer()

local ply.Keylock = false
function Buttons_USED()
     if not ply.Keylock then
          if input.IsKeyDown(KEY_T) then
               ply:ConCommand("thirdpersontoggle")
               ply.Keylock = true
          end
     end
end
#2

You might wanna try using input.WasKeyPresses instead

#3

Or even better use a hook designed exactly for this purpose.

GM:PlayerButtonDown

#4

This function only works in Move hooks, and will detect key presses even in main menu or when a typing in a text field.

[editline]31st July 2017[/editline]

Thanks, this worked.
Althought my main reason for this thread was to actually learn how to store variables per player and I still need help with that.

#5

Exactly how you’re using them, however you can’t put “local” in front of it like you have done on line 3.

#6

Since this is clientside, the server won’t be able to see the variable on the player. And there isn’t much value in storing a variable on the localplayer entity, you can localize it as a normal variable instead

#7

Thanks guys! :slight_smile: