cl_hooks GetSharedVar GetCharacterData Issues

So, trying to make a plugin here for cl_hooks that shows some information through DrawTargetPlayerStatus; but I'm having quite a bit of an issue. I've tried using target:GetSharedVar or even target:GetCharacterData and they keep coming up as nil despite knowing that they shouldn't be.

I have a sh_hooks that uses ClockworkAddSharedVars to add both the playerVars: and a sv_hooks that set the vars as the character loads in, just like how it gets if the character is tied or not.

However, it's not working at all. I even tried Clockwork.Client:GetSharedVar("") but it just keeps throwing out errors, saying that the value is nil and such.

What do?

Edit - It's strange because target:GetFaction() works and so does target:Name() and such like that, so why can't it get the characters data? Also, is there something similar or such that I could use like target:GetClass() ?

 

Any possible way to get the servers character data as a client? How would I transfer the target:GetCharacterData through to the client?

 

Post the code.

 

sv_hooks

Code:

-- Called when a player's character has loaded.
function PLUGIN:PlayerCharacterLoaded(player)
    player:SetCharacterData("showid", true);
    player:SetSharedVar("showid", true);
    player:SetSharedVar("CharFactionRankSecondary", player:GetCharacterData("CharFactionRankSecondary"));
end;

-- Called when a player's shared variables should be set.
function PLUGIN:PlayerSetSharedVars(player, curTime)
    player:SetSharedVar("showid", true);
    player:SetSharedVar("CharFactionRankSecondary", player:GetCharacterData("CharFactionRankSecondary"));
end;

sh_hooks

Code:

function PLUGIN:ClockworkAddSharedVars(globalVars, playerVars)
    playerVars:String("CharFactionRankSecondary");
    playerVars:Bool("showid");
end;

cl_hooks

Code:

function PLUGIN:DrawTargetPlayerStatus(target, alpha, x, y)
local getidvar = player:GetSharedVar("showid");
local getclassvar = player:GetSharedVar("CharFactionRankSecondary");

if(getidvar) then
        local newGender = "His";
        if(target:GetGender() == GENDER_FEMALE) then
            local newGender = "Her";
        end;
        mainStatus = newGender.." facility id says - ** Name: "..target:Name().." Position: "..getclassvar
    else
        mainStatus =  gender.." is not wearing a facility id."
    end;
if (mainStatus) then
            y = Clockwork.kernel:DrawInfo(Clockwork.kernel:ParseData(mainStatus), x, y, informationColor, alpha);
end;
     
        return y;
end;

I know it's a bit jumbly, I removed all the unrelated code.

 

You to use datastreams. I don't think that is a clientsided function.

 

How would I go about using those in place of what I have? I've never used datastreams.

 

It might not be datastreams at all, but I also see this:

Code:

local getidvar = player:GetSharedVar("showid");

Player is, of course, never defined by itself. It should be:

Code:

local getidvar = target:GetSharedVar("showid");

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For the record, you use datastreams like this:

Let's say you want to send a name from the server to the client. In a clientsided file, add the hook:

Code:

Clockwork.datastream:Hook("NameOfShitizen", function(data)
thename = data
print( thename )
end)

And in your server sided file:

Code:

Clockwork.datastream:Start("NameOfShitizen", blabla)

blabla meaning the name of the variable/table/string to send.

 

I've been getting confused and swipping and swapping through code that I must have forgot that when I tried it last. I'll try it but I doubt it'll fix it because it was target: before. ;(

 

It may just be one of the many issues.

 

Yep, It was one of the issues. The issue before that after I set it to player: acidently instead of target: was that I didn't include

Code:

function PLUGIN:PlayerSetSharedVars(player, curTime)
end;

Seems to be fixed, thanks.