<function name="GetByUniqueID" parent="player" type="libraryfunc"> <description><deprecated>Use <page>player.GetBySteamID64</page>, <page>player.GetBySteamID</page> or <page>player.GetByAccountID</page> to get a player by a unique identifier instead.</deprecated> Gets the player with the specified uniqueID (not recommended way to identify players). <warning>It is highly recommended to use <page>player.GetByAccountID</page>, <page>player.GetBySteamID</page> or <page>player.GetBySteamID64</page> instead as this function can have collisions ( be same for different people ) while SteamID is guaranteed to unique to each player.</warning> <warning>Internally this function iterates over all players in the server, meaning it can be quite expensive in a performance-critical context.</warning> <warning>This function now uses <page>player.Iterator</page>. This means it can't run all the time, as an error in the <page>GM:OnEntityCreated</page> or <page>GM:EntityRemoved</page> hooks is likely to interrupt it. Make sure that no addon causes an error in these hooks.</warning>⤶ </description> <realm>Shared</realm> <file line="276-L285">lua/includes/extensions/player.lua</file> <args> <arg name="uniqueID" type="string">The <page>Player:UniqueID</page> to find the player by.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="Player|boolean">Player if one is found, `false` otherwise.</ret> </rets> </function>