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How to properly get the GamerTag

Last post 23/10/2009 12:33 by Kagadome. 4 replies.
  • 22/10/2009 23:57

    How to properly get the GamerTag

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    I was hoping to use the Player.GamerId to find my Player, but no luck for me. I wrote the following, which works, but I am wondering if there is an easier way?


    private     void GamerJoinedEventHandler(object sender, GamerJoinedEventArgs e) 
    { 
        Player player = new Player { GamerId = e.Gamer.Id, GamerTag = e.Gamer.Gamertag}; 
        e.Gamer.Tag = player; 
        ... 
    } 
     
     
    public static Player GetPlayerByGamerTag(string gamerTag) 
    { 
        Player player = null; 
        foreach (Gamer gamer in NetworkGamer.SignedInGamers) 
        { 
            if (gamer.Gamertag.ToUpper().CompareTo(gamerTag.ToUpper()) == 0) 
            { 
                player = gamer.Tag as Player; 
                break; 
            } 
        } 
        return player; 
    } 
  • 23/10/2009 0:50 In reply to

    Re: How to properly get the GamerTag

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    Assuming you're the only person playing on your 360 you can just use the IsLocal property.
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  • 23/10/2009 2:29 In reply to

    Re: How to properly get the GamerTag

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    What I am implementing is a 'tell' command. The tell command parses the text and hands it off to the server so that the server can locate the recipient. Kagadome is the server. Macharia is at his house answering forum questions, but signed in and eagerly awaiting for me to buzz him (because he is the client) and praise him for his latest book.

    Tell Macharia, "Update your blog before you write another book!"

    So, Kagadome needs to find Macharia so that Kagadome can send Macharia the message.
  • 23/10/2009 6:26 In reply to

    Re: How to properly get the GamerTag

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    When you get player joined messages, you can build a Dictionary<string, Player> where you can look up players by gamer tag. Remember to remove the players again when you get the player left message :-)

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  • 23/10/2009 12:33 In reply to

    Re: How to properly get the GamerTag

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    Timely advice. Thanks guys!
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