Shared

Export(s) available for use on the client & server.

GetPlayerData

Retrieves player data. Optionally, you can pass a string to get a specific piece of data.

Syntax

Client

exports.lation_detecting:GetPlayerData(key)

• key (optional, string): The specific player data field you want to retrieve (e.g., "level", "experience", "items_found"). If omitted, returns a table with all player data.

Server

exports.lation_detecting:GetPlayerData(source, key)

• source (required, number): The player’s source
• key (optional, string): The specific player data field you want to retrieve (e.g., "level", "experience", "items_found"). If omitted, returns a table with all player data.

Returns

• If key is provided; returns the value of the specified data field.
• If key is not provided; returns a table containing all player data fields.

Examples

local data = exports.lation_detecting:GetPlayerData()
print('All player data: ', json.encode(data, {indent=true}))
 
local level = exports.lation_detecting:GetPlayerData('level')
print('Player\'s level: ', level)

local source = 1 -- Replace with player's source
 
local data = exports.lation_detecting:GetPlayerData(source)
print('All player data: ', json.encode(data, {indent=true}))
 
local level = exports.lation_detecting:GetPlayerData(source, 'level')
print('Player\'s level: ', level)

Client

Export(s) available for use on the client only.

OpenMenu

Opens the main metal detecting stats menu.

Syntax

Client

exports.lation_detecting:OpenMenu()

Examples

exports.lation_detecting:OpenMenu()
print('You opened the stats menu!')

Server

Export(s) available for use on the server only.

AddPlayerData

Adds an amount to a player’s specified data field.

Syntax

exports.lation_detecting:AddPlayerData(source, dataType, amount)

• source (required, number): The player’s source
• dataType (required, string): The data field to modify (e.g., "experience", "items_found", "money_earned")
• amount (required, number): The amount to add to the specified data field

Examples

local source = 1 -- Replace with player's source
exports.lation_detecting:AddPlayerData(source, 'experience', 100)
print('Added +100 XP to player!')
 
exports.lation_detecting:AddPlayerData(source, 'items_found', 1)
print('Added +1 plants grown to player\'s total items found!')