Trying to get the active weapon that a player is using?

[KoRaLLL]

Hey all,

I was just wondering how you'd go about 'detecting' the current weapon that a player is using?

I figured it would be something like:

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local weapon = p.get_inventory(defines.inventory.character_guns).get_contents()

Where p = player - but this returns 'Unknown key: "1"'

Thanks

[KoRaLLL]

I realised that I was using print() instead of serpent.block to output this.

So I'm one step closer, however, the real output is something like:

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}
  65.917 Script @__code__/control.lua:19: {
  ["combat-shotgun"] = 1,
  ["pistol"] = 1,
  shotgun = 1
}

How would I be able to get which of these is the active item in the players hand?

[Silari]

It's part of the character entity: https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/Lua ... _gun_index . You can get the player's character, if any, using the LUAPlayer.character attribute.

Be sure to check if the player has a character first - they may not if they are using sandbox, or mods. If the player doesn't have a character they won't have any guns.

[KoRaLLL]

It's part of the character entity: https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/Lua ... _gun_index . You can get the player's character, if any, using the LUAPlayer.character attribute.

Be sure to check if the player has a character first - they may not if they are using sandbox, or mods. If the player doesn't have a character they won't have any guns.

Ahh - this makes perfect sense, thank you.

Do you have any guidance on navigating the docs? I spent hours googling things like 'factorio player active weapon modding' 'player active item factorio' and nothing came up.

I'm struggling to find the right pointers within the docs, and as far as I'm aware there's no search functionality

[Klonan]

I'm struggling to find the right pointers within the docs, and as far as I'm aware there's no search functionality

Search is here:

[Bilka]

Do you have any guidance on navigating the docs? I spent hours googling things like 'factorio player active weapon modding' 'player active item factorio' and nothing came up.

I'm struggling to find the right pointers within the docs, and as far as I'm aware there's no search functionality

There is a search bar for most objects, methods and attributes on the left, in the sidebar.

You can also open https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/Classes.html and use your browser's search function (usually under ctrl +f) to search through all objects, methods, attributes and their short descriptions. Since the short descriptions are on the page, it tends to be more useful than the sidebar search. E.g. for the question here you could search for "weapon" on the Classes page and find it right away.

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[KoRaLLL]

I'm struggling to find the right pointers within the docs, and as far as I'm aware there's no search functionality

Search is here:

You are a life saver. Thank you so much!

Do you have any guidance on navigating the docs? I spent hours googling things like 'factorio player active weapon modding' 'player active item factorio' and nothing came up.

I'm struggling to find the right pointers within the docs, and as far as I'm aware there's no search functionality

There is a search bar for most objects, methods and attributes on the left, in the sidebar.

You can also open https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/Classes.html and use your browser's search function (usually under ctrl +f) to search through all objects, methods, attributes and their short descriptions. Since the short descriptions are on the page, it tends to be more useful than the sidebar search. E.g. for the question here you could search for "weapon" on the Classes page and find it right away.
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Yeah, CTRL + F'ing is what I've been doing, but obviously it meant that I glanced over things like in my original request.

Thank you both so much for your guidance here!