player Selector

Get a game Player using a player selector.

mp.playerSelector(mp.PlayerNumber.One)

Players in a multiplayer game are represented by the Player game object. Player objects are usually referenced using a player selector. The selectors are named as a player number, like player 1, player 2, etc. To use many of the multiplayer game blocks, you need a selector to specify which player or players you’re using with the block.

Parameters

  • player: a Player to get using the selector.

Returns

  • the Player chosen by the selector in player.

Example

Set a character sprite for the player selected by ||mp:player 2||.

mp.setPlayerSprite(mp.playerSelector(mp.PlayerNumber.Two), sprites.create(img`
    . . . . f f f f f . . . . . . . 
    . . . f e e e e e f . . . . . . 
    . . f d d d d e e e f . . . . . 
    . c d f d d f d e e f f . . . . 
    . c d f d d f d e e d d f . . . 
    c d e e d d d d e e b d c . . . 
    c d d d d c d d e e b d c . . . 
    c c c c c d d e e e f c . . . . 
    . f d d d d e e e f f . . . . . 
    . . f f f f f e e e e f . . . . 
    . . . . f f e e e e e e f . f f 
    . . . f e e f e e f e e f . e f 
    . . f e e f e e f e e e f . e f 
    . f b d f d b f b b f e f f e f 
    . f d d f d d f d d b e f f f f 
    . . f f f f f f f f f f f f f . 
    `, SpriteKind.Player))

See also

get player by number, get player by index

multiplayer