Is it possible to attach a variable to an player itself? (Verse)

[LyssaSugarNya (Ego 神)]

Hello, I have been wondering if you can give individual players a variable in verse… Like giving them a class of their own. Like, when a player presses a specific button that player will be given a variable exclusive for that player alone in verse.

[summergrrrl (Sarah Rust)]

Hi @LyssaSugarNya , do you have a specific example in mind? You can create a map where the player is the key and you specify what value you want associated with the player.

For example:

player_info := class:
    # Data to associate with player goes here
    var MyData:float = 0.0

my_device := class(creative_device):
    # Map between player type and player_info class created above.
    var PlayerInfoMap:[player]player_info = map{}

You can learn more about map at Map

[EV_WAKA]

I read somewhere that classes needed the specifier to be used in maps. Does this code work for you regardless?

[summergrrrl (Sarah Rust)]

You don’t need a specifier to use classes in a map but if you’re using a class as the key to a map it must be comparable as stated in the documentation for map Map. Do you remember where you read that?

[EV_WAKA]

I’m sorry I left out which specifier. It was the *unique specifier i was referring to. This was explained on a Youtube tutorial I watched.

[LoPing]

I do this all the time, and generally end up initializing the map on the player spawned event which entails having an @editable array of player spawners in your device. And since UEFN/Verse is new and still in the not-totally-predictable stage, it’s worth saying that maps work as advertised.

I do custom classes and attach them to the players and this turns out to be useful for many functions.