Faction - Character Name Prefix Function

[LukeTheDamnBrit]

Hey!

Just wondering what the function would be to set a prefix for a faction? Unlike Civil Protection where it calls three parts of a name, the cpPrefix, then cpDefaultRank and the digits; I want a function that simply adds "Rct. " to the beginning of a name, that someone can make themselves. For instance, when creating a new character of the "Lambda" faction, I want them to be able to create their own name, but it forces the "Rct. " prefix onto their name.

I've tried using such as
function FACTION:onGetDefaultName(client, digits)
local name = SCHEMA.lambdaPrefix
so forth, so on. Having also identified the "SCHEMA.lambdaPrefix" in the config.lua along with the ota and cp ones also.

Anyone got any idea what the function could be?

[Deleted user]

SCHEMA.config.owPrefix = "C17.OTA."
SCHEMA.config.owDigitsLen = 5
SCHEMA.config.owDivisions = {"ECHO", "SENTINEL", "HURRICANE", "APHELLION", "SHIELD", "SWORD", "RANGER", "SHELL", "PACE", "KING"} Ehhh?

[Deleted user]

function FACTION:onGetDefaultName(client)
if (SCHEMA.config.owDigitsLen >= 1) then
local digits = math.random(tonumber("1"..string.rep("0", SCHEMA.config.owDigitsLen - 1)), tonumber(string.rep("9", SCHEMA.config.owDigitsLen)))

	return SCHEMA.config.owPrefix..table.GetFirstValue(SCHEMA.config.owRanks.unitRanks).."."..digits, true
else
	return SCHEMA.config.owPrefix..table.GetFirstValue(SCHEMA.config.owRanks.unitRanks), true
end

end

[LukeTheDamnBrit]

SCHEMA.config.owPrefix = "C17.OTA."
SCHEMA.config.owDigitsLen = 5
SCHEMA.config.owDivisions = {"ECHO", "SENTINEL", "HURRICANE", "APHELLION", "SHIELD", "SWORD", "RANGER", "SHELL", "PACE", "KING"} Ehhh?

Cheers, but I'm looking for a function that simply puts a prefix, in my case "Rct." is the prefix. So someone would create the character "David Barnes" and when he spawns, "Rct. " will be in front of his name. I don't want any digits, specified by the "config.owDigits" or "config.cpDigits" function. Just the first bit, before the name. hence prefix.

[LukeTheDamnBrit]

SCHEMA.config.owPrefix = "C17.OTA."
SCHEMA.config.owDigitsLen = 5
SCHEMA.config.owDivisions = {"ECHO", "SENTINEL", "HURRICANE", "APHELLION", "SHIELD", "SWORD", "RANGER", "SHELL", "PACE", "KING"} Ehhh?

For instance; is there a function that can go in the faction file, in this case sh_lambda.lua, like "FUNCTION.prefix = "Rct. " or something like that?

[LukeTheDamnBrit]

Anyone?

[SleepyMode]

Could just add an hook to modify the name after the character was created?

[LukeTheDamnBrit]

Could just add an hook to modify the name after the character was created?

I could, but of course I'd need to know what to put IN the hook. What function and such, as I've tried stripping down the naming function in the Civil Protection faction which was in there, but to no avail.

[SleepyMode]

Could just add an hook to modify the name after the character was created?

I could, but of course I'd need to know what to put IN the hook. What function and such, as I've tried stripping down the naming function in the Civil Protection faction which was in there, but to no avail.

character:setName("Rct. " .. character:getName())

[SleepyMode]

You can put it down in CreateDefaultInventory I suppose, as it's the only hook that runs following character creation at 1.1-beta at the moment.

function SCHEMA:CreateDefaultInventory(character)
	if (character:getFaction() == FACTION_MPF) then
		character:setName("Rct. " .. character:getName())
	end
end

Or, if you're looking for prefixes for different factions:

local factionPrefixes = {
	[FACTION_MPF] = "Rct. ",
	[FACTION_CONSCRIPT] = "Pvt. "
}

function SCHEMA:CreateDefaultInventory(character)
	local factionPrefix = factionPrefixes[character:getFaction()]

	if (factionPrefix) then
		character:setName(factionPrefix .. character:getName())
	end
end