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getPlayerPing

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This function returns the ping of a specified player. The ping is the number of milliseconds that data takes to travel from the player's client to the server or vice versa. If a player is using a VPN their ping will still be returned correctly.

Syntax

getPlayerPing ( )

Code Examples

server

This example checks every players ping every 5 seconds and if it's over 500 they get kicked.

function kickPing() -- Creates a function called kickPing
for i, player in ipairs(getElementsByType("player")) do -- Loop every player
if (getPlayerPing(player) >= 500) then -- If their ping is over 500
kickPlayer(player, "Ping over 500!") -- Kick them
end
end
end
setTimer(kickPing, 5000, 0) -- Every 5 seconds, the kickPing function is called.

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