[wgooch]

Ok really, I have absolutely no idea how I can accomplish this without aiming at the client and using GetClientAimTarget

[BAILOPAN]

What?

[PM]

The client's id (that number between (including) 1 and maxplayers) is his entity index IIRC.

[wgooch]

Let me revise the question. I'm looking for a way to get the entity index of a player entity, such as using GetClientAimTarget and looking at an entity but instead simply targeting the player with a command such as sm_getplayerindex yams.

[paegus]

take a look at some of the SourceMod functions.. sm_slay for instance...

public Action:Command_Slay(client, args)
{
    if (args < 1)
    {
        ReplyToCommand(client, "[SM] Usage: sm_slay <#userid|name>");
        return Plugin_Handled;
    }

    decl String:arg[65];
    GetCmdArg(1, arg, sizeof(arg));

    decl String:target_name[MAX_TARGET_LENGTH];
    decl target_list[MAXPLAYERS], target_count, bool:tn_is_ml;
    
    if ((target_count = ProcessTargetString(
            arg,
            client,
            target_list,
            MAXPLAYERS,
            COMMAND_FILTER_ALIVE,
            target_name,
            sizeof(target_name),
            tn_is_ml)) <= 0)
    {
        ReplyToTargetError(client, target_count);
        return Plugin_Handled;
    }

    for (new i = 0; i < target_count; i++)
    {
        PerformSlay(client, target_list[i]);
    }
    
    if (tn_is_ml)
    {
        ShowActivity2(client, "[SM] ", "%t", "Slayed target", target_name);
    }
    else
    {
        ShowActivity2(client, "[SM] ", "%t", "Slayed target", "_s", target_name);
    }

    return Plugin_Handled;
}

...for ways to find a player's index by sending part of their name etc using the ProcessTargetString function.

[wgooch]

I'm looking for the entity index of the player, for example, if I enter find_ent weapon_ into the console, I will get something like this

   'weapon_molotov_spawn' : '' (entindex 28) 
   'weapon_rifle_spawn' : '' (entindex 73) 
   'weapon_pipe_bomb_spawn' : '' (entindex 29) 
   'weapon_first_aid_kit_spawn' : '' (entindex 74) 
   'weapon_hunting_rifle_spawn' : '' (entindex 52) 
   'weapon_first_aid_kit_spawn' : '' (entindex 75) 
   'weapon_ammo_spawn' : '' (entindex 53)

If I type find_ent player I get something like this

   'player' : '' (entindex 1) 
   'player' : '' (entindex 2) 
   'player' : '' (entindex 3) 
   'player' : '' (entindex 4)

Those indexes seem to have no relation to their ID's so I'm stumped on how to get them, and I don't see how ProcessTargetString is going to help me get them. It allows me to target a player for finding the index, but what I need is a way to figure out a way to retrieve the index first. Please correct me I missed something with ProcessTargetString that would help me with this. I'm very new to SourceMod and still learning a lot about it!

[BAILOPAN]

PM said this in comment #3. Players also have a "userid" which is [2,SHRT_MAX) or something, but it's less reliable. GetClientUserId and GetClientOfUserId switch between entity indexes and userids.

[paegus]

yeah and ProcessTargetString will return a list of player entity indexes (somewhere between 1 and MaxClients) that match the search parameters passed. if only 1 client matches then you'll only get that 1 player's entity index which is what SourceMod uses for quite literally everything. which is why in any event-hooks you always see GetClientOfUserId() to get the client's entity index from the player-in-question's UserID.

[wgooch]

AHA! Thank you, just what I was searching for