OBSOLETE WITH V2. Please see https://lualink.github.io/docs/dependencies/ for using external plugins.

LuaLink-MiniPlaceholders

Introduction

The MiniPlaceholders addon provides access to MiniPlaceholders functionality within LuaLink scripts. You can use it to retrieve placeholders and integrate them into your LuaLink scripts seamlessly.

Functions

1. getRelationalPlaceholders(player1: Player, player2: Player): Table

   • Retrieve relational placeholders between two players.
   • player1: A Player object representing the first player.
   • player2: A Player object representing the second player.
   • Returns: A Lua table containing relational placeholders.

2. getRelationalGlobalPlaceholders(player1: Player, player2: Player): Table

   • Retrieve global relational placeholders between two players.
   • player1: A Player object representing the first player.
   • player2: A Player object representing the second player.
   • Returns: A Lua table containing global relational placeholders.

3. getAudiencePlaceholders(player: Player): Table

   • Retrieve audience placeholders for a specific player.
   • player: A Player object representing the player.
   • Returns: A Lua table containing audience placeholders.

4. getAudienceGlobalPlaceholders(player: Player): Table

   • Retrieve global audience placeholders for a specific player.
   • player: A Player object representing the player.
   • Returns: A Lua table containing global audience placeholders.

5. getGlobalPlaceHolders(): Table

   • Retrieve global placeholders.
   • Returns: A Lua table containing global placeholders.

Usage Examples

Retrieving Global Placeholders

local MiniPlaceholders = addons.get("MiniPlaceholders")
local MiniMessage = import "net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.MiniMessage"

-- Retrieve global placeholders
local globalPlaceholders = MiniPlaceholders.getGlobalPlaceHolders()

-- Example message using MiniMessage
local msg = "<green>There are <yellow><server_online></yellow> players currently online!</green>"

-- Send the message with placeholders applied
sender:sendMessage(MiniMessage:miniMessage():deserialize(msg, globalPlaceholders))

Retrieving Relational Placeholders

local MiniPlaceholders = addons.get("MiniPlaceholders")
local MiniMessage = import "net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.MiniMessage"

-- Retrieve two player objects (player1 and player2)
local player1 = ... -- Get the first player
local player2 = ... -- Get the second player

-- Retrieve relational placeholders
local relationalPlaceholders = MiniPlaceholders.getRelationalPlaceholders(player1, player2)

-- Example message using MiniMessage
local msg = "<green><player1> and <player2> are friends!</green>"

-- Send the message with placeholders applied
sender:sendMessage(MiniMessage:miniMessage():deserialize(msg, relationalPlaceholders))

Retrieving Audience Placeholders

local MiniPlaceholders = addons.get("MiniPlaceholders")
local MiniMessage = import "net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.MiniMessage"

-- Retrieve a player object
local player = ... -- Get the player

-- Retrieve audience placeholders
local audiencePlaceholders = MiniPlaceholders.getAudiencePlaceholders(player)

-- Example message using MiniMessage
local msg = "<green>Welcome, <player_name>! You have <player_balance> coins.</green>"

-- Send the message with placeholders applied
sender:sendMessage(MiniMessage:miniMessage():deserialize(msg, audiencePlaceholders))

Please make sure to replace ... with actual player objects or relevant data in your script.

Online players command example

local MiniPlaceholders = addons.get("MiniPlaceholders")
local MiniMessage = import "net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.MiniMessage"
script.registerSimpleCommand(function(sender, args)
    local globalPlaceholders = MiniPlaceholders.getGlobalPlaceholders()
    local msg = "<green>There are <yellow><server_online></yellow> players currently online!</green>"

    sender:sendMessage(MiniMessage:miniMessage():deserialize(msg, globalPlaceholders))
end, {
    name = "players",
    description = "Example command to test MiniPlaceholders and MiniMessage",
})