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[kn4tseb]

is there anyway to get the a player/creature position by its NameWildcard ??

well this is what im trying to do.. i want to use a talkaction that gets you the monters name of a radius near a player so you can be able to know what is the player fighting at or what is near to him..

the idea isnt mine.. i got this script from Sync @ otland so lets see if you can help me a bit

  function getMonstersFromArena(pos, radiusx, radiusy, stack)
        local monsters = {}
        local starting = {x = (pos.x - radiusx), y = (pos.y - radiusy), z = pos.z}  
        local ending = {x = (pos.x + radiusx), y = (pos.y + radiusy), z = pos.z}
        for x = starting.x, ending.x do
                for y = starting.y, ending.y do
                        for z = starting.z, ending.z do
                                local pos = {x=x, y=y, z=z,stackpos = stack}
                                local thing = getThingfromPos(pos)
                                if thing.itemid > 0 then
                                        if isMonster(thing.uid) == TRUE then
                                                table.insert (monsters, thing.uid)
                                               break
                                        end
                                end                      
                        end
                end
        end
        return monsters
end

function onSay(cid, words, param, channel)
local pos = getCreaturePosition(cid)
local config = {
monsters = getMonstersFromArena({x = pos.x,y = pos.y,z = pos.z}, 2, 2, 253),
target = getPlayerByNameWildcard(param),
price = 10, -- Ammount in Gold Coins
letter = doPlayerAddItem(cid, 2598)   -- 2589 is a Letter
}

if(param == '') then
                doPlayerSendTextMessage(cid, MESSAGE_STATUS_CONSOLE_BLUE, "Command requires a players name.")
                return TRUE
        end    
        for i = 1, #config.monsters do  
    if(doPlayerRemoveMoney(cid, config.price) == TRUE) then
    doPlayerSendTextMessage(cid, MESSAGE_INFO_DESCR, "New mail has Arrived.")
    doSetItemText(config.letter, "Dear Player, I have searched feircely to find "..getCreatureName(config.target)..", Luckily i am a great spy and have found his current enemy that surrounded him! The target he was surrounded by was a "..getCreatureName(config.monsters[i]).."!")                
           else
               doPlayerSendTextMessage(cid, MESSAGE_STATUS_CONSOLE_BLUE, "You need "..config.price.." gold in order to use this command.")  
    end        
                return TRUE
        end  
          end

thanks!

 

[chojrak]

local monsters = getMonstersFromArena(pos, radiusx, radiusy, stack)
local positions = {}
if (#list > 0) then
	for i = 1, #monsters do
		table.insert(positions, getCreaturePosition(monsters[i])
	end
end