[AndrewBones]

So I'm new to scripting and I want to script something that would, for example:
The server has 10 players.
3 random players get picked to be criminals, 7 get to be cops and spawn in random places around the town.
Southclaws tried helping me but what he said seems out of my league so.

Southclaws - Today at 12:22 AM
if you use y_iterate, you can simply create an iterator then iterate through it and use Iter_Random to select one, then remove it with Iter_SafeRemove
you end up with two iterators, one for one team and one for another
if you're not using iterators, it will require a bit more code

So how do I actually put this in practice?

[Logic_]

You can do a few tricks to detect when there are 10 players in the server:

1. Create a timer

PHP код:

new gChaosTimer;
public OnGameModeInit() {
    gChaosTimer = SetTimer("OnTenPlayers", 2000, true);
    return 1;
}
forward OnTenPlayers();
public    OnTenPlayers() {
    if (Iter_Count(Player) == 10) {
        InitiateChaos();
    }
    KillTimer(gChaosTimer);
    return 1;
} 


2. Use OnPlayerConnect and a variable

Once you've detected using one of the methods, you actually need to make a function, name it whatever you want but be sure that you need to name it properly that it makes sense and is properly named, for example, I'd name it: InitiateChaos.

Under that, you can actually run a foreach (y_iterate) loop and use random or Iter_Random to help me with it. For example:

PHP код:

InitiateChaos() {
    // When there are 10 players in the server - I want 7 cops and 3 criminals
    new Criminals_Selected = 0; // Make a new variable and set it's value to 0 (the default value of a variable is 0 by default, I just like to define it like this for no reason)
    foreach (new i : Player) { // Alternative loop would be to use GetPlayerPoolSize function
        
        if (Criminals_Selected == 3) { // Maximum number of criminals are selected? Set the player team to cops!
            
            // Set their team to Cops
        }
        else { // Not enough criminals selected?
            
            new Team = random(2); // Randomize their team!! random (2) will return either 0 or 1
            if (Team) { // if random is 1
            
                // set their team to cops
            }
            else {
            
                // set their team to criminals
                Criminals_Selected += 1; // Increase the value of Criminals_Selected variable to keep a track of how many Criminals are selected
            }
        }
    }
    return 1;
}