What is the relationship between teams & devices?

[TheDadXI]

I have a custom class with 2 [team_settings_and_inventory_device] editables & then in the main device code I call GetPlayspace().GetTeamCollection() … How do I determine which item in the collection relates to my device?

Sample Code ( assign 1 player to first team & then ALL other players to second team)

    AssignTeams():void={
        #randomly select 1 player at the beginning 
        AllPlayers := GetPlayspace().GetPlayers()
        PlayerIndex := GetRandomInt(0,AllPlayers.Length-1)
        if(SelectedPlayer := AllPlayers[PlayerIndex]){
            #(move player to first team & apply the class)
            
        }

        var curIndex : int = 0
        Teams := GetPlayspace().GetTeamCollection()
        for(CustomPlayer : AllPlayers){
            if(curIndex <> PlayerIndex){
                #Move ALL other player to other Team
                
            }
            set curIndex += 1
        }
    }

[im_a_lama (LAMA)]

So the GetTeamCollection() does not return a team_settings_and_inventory_device device, it’s a pure Verse class that allows you to access team related functions.

If you want a specific team (let’s say team 1), you’ll do :

if(TeamOne := GetPlayspace().GetTeamCollection().GetTeams()[0]):
    # TeamOne is a instance of the class 'team'

TeamOne can then be used in other functions that require any team type variable. I’m not sure what you’re trying to do exactly so I might need more intel on the best solution to provide here

[TheDadXI]

As denoted in my sample code, I want to assign 1 random player to a specific team on game start… as said player eliminates others, they are then also moved to that team (an infection style game).

If the team_settings_and_inventory_device is not the route I should take then I am lost. I need to be able to know the team a player is on and then move said player to another team. I don’t think assuming team 1 (team index 0) is a good idea, but maybe that is how I should approach this.

Thoughts?

[TheDadXI]

Additionally, I need to add custom code to events from team_settings_and_inventory_device

[im_a_lama (LAMA)]

Sorry for not reading your comments properly, if you want to do an infection game, you could just use the following Island Settings ?

“Teams” / “Spawn Limit” / “After Last Spawn Go To”

Then in you Team settings and inventory for team 2, override the spawn limit and set it to 0? or 999?

[TheDadXI]

Well, I really do need to read up on existing device functionality

Even so, if those weren’t settings I had available, within Verse, how would I associate a Team object to a device? … or maybe that isn’t even a reasonable idea… I really don’t know yet. Regardless, thanks for the continued support. I’ll keep digging & learning.

[im_a_lama (LAMA)]

So, I think I’d do :

@editable
TeamOneSettingsDevice : team_settings_and_inventory_device  = team_settings_and_inventory_device {}

@editable
TeamTwoSettingsDevice : team_settings_and_inventory_device  = team_settings_and_inventory_device {}

or maybe :

@editable
TeamsSettingsDevice : []team_settings_and_inventory_device  = array{}

And then use the array index to compare to the player’s team index, but I’m not sure you’re looking for this answer either ?

[TheDadXI]

Ok, I figured out how to force a team to use the indexes… but in verse, when a player respawns, I need to check their team and call specific code…

                #Check Team... use Infected Or Human 
                AllTeams := GetPlayspace().GetTeamCollection()
                if(AssignedTeam := AllTeams.GetTeam[Agent]){
                    #Infected Team is index 2 (or 1 if it is zero based ???)
                    *if player is on Infected team then custom code here.*
                }

[TheDadXI]

I think I got it…

AllTeams := GetPlayspace().GetTeamCollection()
                if(AssignedTeam := AllTeams.GetTeam[Agent], 
                    TargetTeam := AllTeams.GetTeams()[1],
                    AssignedTeam = TargetTeam
                ){ custom code here }

Does that look legit?

[im_a_lama (LAMA)]

This is exactly what you should do

[TheDadXI]

Ok, I am certainly progressing and I am trying to move forward… I have my code in a fresh project ( I was in a test project where I have a bunch of other test code ).

When my map starts, it is only finding 1 team when I call GetPlayspace().GetTeamCollection().GetTeams().Length even though I have 2 team designers created.

So, my previous code is no longer working as index 1 does not exist…

AllTeams := GetPlayspace().GetTeamCollection()
                if(AssignedTeam := AllTeams.GetTeam[Agent], 
                    TargetTeam := AllTeams.GetTeams()[1] <-- Fails

Team 1 is default & Team 2 (red) is the team I am targeting in the above code.

What am I missing?

[im_a_lama (LAMA)]

Even though you can define any team settings with the team settings and inventory device, the count of existing team is defined by your IslandSettings, by both those parameters :

In my exemple it’s FFA so I guess there’s like 100 available teams, but if you choose Team Index, you can choose the number of teams with the number on the right.

[2GHSamburskoy]

1. Get the team of the player who eliminating.
2. Transfer the player who eliminated
   
   to the player’s team