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player_connect

Description

Called when a player connects to the server.

This is only called serverside AND clientside for the listen server host. In other cases it's called serverside.

Members

number bot
0 if the player isn't a bot, 1 if they are.
string networkid
The SteamID the player has.
Will be BOT for bots, STEAM_0:0:0 or STEAM_ID_PENDING in single-player, and STEAM_ID_LAN when using the -multirun client option.
string name
The name the player has.
number userid
The UserID the player has.
number index
The entity index of the player, minus one.
string address
The IPAddress of the connecting player. Will be none for bots and loopback for listen server and single-player hosts.

Examples

Example

Announce to everyone that a player has connected.

gameevent.Listen( "player_connect" ) hook.Add("player_connect", "AnnounceConnection", function( data ) for i, ply in ipairs( player.GetAll() ) do ply:ChatPrint( data.name .. " has connected to the server." ) end end)
Output: Player1 has connected to the server.

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