Storing players data with chaiscript

FutureRave

Hello,
in a previous post, I've asked if it was possible to make an on-screen Killstreak counter. With some help, I was able to come up with something. Before I go forward, I want to specify that I have installed the plutosctript framework .dll in the plugins folder and that I have successfully tested the welcome script described in this post https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/571/tutorial-chaiscript-for-iw5.
So the question that I have is how do I store in an efficient way the various players that are going to login/logoff and update such data structure each time a player is killed. I come from a Java background so I'm not entirely unfamiliar with c++ but I'm new to chai script and I've only found just a few of meaningful scripts here and online that I could look at to see how the syntax works etc.
So here's the source code:

var kills = 0;
entity players[18]; //Store players this way? A better data structure?

level.onNotify("connected", fun(arguments) {
        // you can make new var

    var player = arguments[0];
    addPlayer(player);

	var hud_text = gsc.newClientHudElem(arguments[0]);
	hud_text.set("x", 540); //Approx middle of the screen
	hud_text.set("y", 0);
	hud_text.set("font", "hudbig");
	hud_text.set("fontscale", 0.65);
	hud_text.setText("^1Killstreak: " + kills);
});

def onPlayerKilled(ePlayer, eInflictor, eAttacker, iDamage, sMeansOfDeath, sWeapon, vDir, sHitloc, iTimeOffset, iDeathAnimDuration)
{
 //Get ePlayer from entity and set kills = 0
 // Get ettacker and add 1 kill to counter

 resetCount(ePlayer);
 

}

add_callback_player_killed(onPlayerKilled); //Copied this line from the pluto framework github

def addPlayer(connectedPla) 
{
    for(int i=0;i<18;i++)  
    {
      if(players[i] == null) 
      {
        players[i] = connectedPla;
      }
    }
}

def resetCount(deadPlayer) 
{
  for(int i=0;i<18;i++)  
    {
      if(players[i] equalsMethod? deadPlayer) 
      {
        kills = 0;
      }
    }
}

def onPlayerDisconnect(ePlayer)
{
 //remove player from data structure;
}

add_callback_player_disconnect(onPlayerDisconnect);

So when a player connects the onNotify() should add it to this "entity array" (which I know probably won't run) and then when it disconnects it should be removed. When a player dies the text on the screen should be updated using the Player and eAttacker parameters, I wish to find a nice way to iterate through this data structure and update the kills var of both players (does the method onPlayerKilled() trigger even when a player dies of fall damage or other?).
Also, how would I update the var hud_text?

This is what I was thinking for an Object that stores the data that I need but I don't know if chai script supports something like this or not.

struct Player {
    int kills;
    std::string name;
    std::string hud_text;
    public:

    Player(std::string name, std::string hud_text) {
        this->name = name;
        this->hud_text = hud_text;
    }

    void resetKills() { //Trigger on death
        kills = 0;
        hud_text = '0';
    }

    void add() {
        kills += 1;
        char* intStr = itoa(kills);
        hud_text = std::string(intStr); //Actually hud_text.setValue(std::string(intStr)); should be used I think
    }
};

I would really appreciate the feedback from some of the more expert coders here on how to implement a data structure. Is it possible to store this struct in an array and access the data of the various players when the functions resetCount/PlayerKilled get executed?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Edit 1: Now that I think about it, where does the game store the killstreak value of the player? They must be stored somewhere, is it possible to access this number using chaiscript?

S3VDITO

Diavolo
I may not answer all questions, but I think it can help you

in GSC scripts of the game, players are stored in an array(it was also done in the InfinityScript, it uses the List<T>, and steam addon), players can also be found through GetEntArray(but Chai does not support array returns from GSC functions).

If you want to update your Huds, then you have to move them outside the method

level.onNotify("connected", fun(arguments) {
        // you can make new var

    var player = arguments[0];
	var hud_text = gsc.newClientHudElem(arguments[0]);
	hud_text.set("x", 540); //Approx middle of the screen
	hud_text.set("y", 0);
	hud_text.set("font", "hudbig");
	hud_text.set("fontscale", 0.65);
	hud_text.setText("^1Killstreak: 0");
        player.set("your_field_name", hud_text);
});

def onPlayerKilled(ePlayer, eInflictor, eAttacker, iDamage, sMeansOfDeath, sWeapon, vDir, sHitloc, iTimeOffset, iDeathAnimDuration)
{
 // WARN: frequent access to fields may cause exceptions
 eAttacker.get("your_field_name").setText("^1Killstreak: " + eAttacker.get("kills"));
// OR
// eAttacker.get("your_field_name").setText("^1Killstreak: " + eAttacker.GetPlayerData("killstreaksState", "count"));
 ePlayer.get("your_field_name").setText("^1Killstreak: 0");
}

add_callback_player_killed(onPlayerKilled); //Copied this line from the pluto framework github

I can’t check it, but in theory it should work, but you can modify the code yourself if necessary.

the game already has some player data stores implemented

var info = player.get("FIELD NAME");
// FIELDS NAMES FOR ENTITY

code_classname
classname
origin
model
spawnflags
target
targetname
count
health
dmg 
angles 
birthtime
script_linkname
slidevelocity
name
sessionteam
sessionstate
maxhealth
score 
deaths
statusicon 
headicon 
headiconteam 
kills 
assists 
hasradar
isradarblocked
radarstrength 
radarshowenemydirection
radarmode 
forcespectatorclient
killcamentity
killcamentitylookat
archivetime
psoffsettime
pers
veh_speed
veh_pathspeed
veh_transmission
veh_pathdir
veh_pathtype
veh_topspeed
veh_brake
veh_throttle
script_linkname
script_noteworthy
speed
lookahead

// FIELDS NAMES FOR HUDS
x
y
z
fontscale
font
alignx
aligny
horzalign
vertalign
color
alpha
label
sort
foreground
lowresbackground
hidewhendead
hidewheninmenu
glowcolor
glowalpha
archived
hidein3rdperson

if you do not need kills(killsrteaks only), you can use GetPlayerData

var killsCount = player.GetPlayerData("killstreaksState", "count");

FutureRave

Thank you, I'll test it as soon as my one of my friends is online and will post an update.

naccib

I just wrote a little library to aid with this problem. You can check it here.

Magniii

How can i use this...it is confusing

Magniii

S3VDITO said in Storing players data with chaiscript:

var killsCount = player.GetPlayerData("killstreaksState", "count");

How can i not compile This

Bubbles

@Magni81YT Why would you write on a post that hasn't been touched in 2 and a half years?

Magniii

Bubbles Good question

Xerxes

Bubbles said in Storing players data with chaiscript:

@Magni81YT Why would you write on a post that hasn't been touched in 2 and a half years?

Especially when its posted in the IW5 section and you are clearly talking about T6.
And it literally mentioning that its not GSC in the title.

Plutonium

Storing players data with chaiscript