Equipping Objects Based on Player's Index

[shrewd egret]

How would I equip a certain object based on which index a player is?

I'm trying to make a system where when you "join" the game, a flashlight get's put in your hand... each flashlight is different based on which player you are in the lobby...

[flint sigil]

Give each object a tag, like Flashlight0, Flashlight1, Flashlight2, etc all the way up to max player count - 1, (So if the game has a max of 10 players, you would have objects tagged Flashlight0 through Flashlight9)

When the local player joins, equip the object with the tag Flashlight concatted with your room index

[shrewd egret]

Oh I got it to work but thank you!

On a seperate note, if someone is already holding that flashlihgt, how would I combat that?

[flint sigil]

if you are using room index, that shouldnt be possible
however, if you are doing nothing to prevent a user from dropping their flashlight, which is always nice:

Whoever owns the flashlight knows what flashlight is theirs, so using an Event Receiver (Update 30hz), you need to check "Is there a person who is not me holding my flashlight?", you can do this with Rec Room Object Get Last Equipping Player

If the object is currently being held and the person holding it is not local, unequip flashlight

[shrewd egret]

Ok thank you!

[shrewd egret]

One question that comes with that... There are 6 flashlights in a list and I'm getting the element of that list with the player's room index. Do I use that index's value as the object for the last equipping player?

[flint sigil]

Where are you getting this list from?

[shrewd egret]

Here's a ss just in case

[shrewd egret]

All the trigger handles which are "flashlights"

[flint sigil]

And how are you getting this list? a List Create?

[shrewd egret]

yes

[flint sigil]

Then yes, this setup is perfect

[shrewd egret]

cool

[flint sigil]

If you were using Rec Room Object Get All With Tag, that would be different, as the order of that list changes frequently and is not synced

[shrewd egret]

yeah...

[slow locust]

Oh my lord I'm reading this almost a year later THANK YOU SO MUCH