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| 19 Mar 2015 05:40 PM |
Hello,
I wanted to get a player's IP address. I read the article: http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=Cookbook_%28Chapter_6%29#Retrieving_IPs
It says "Due to a recent update, you can no longer do this!" BUT it also says at the bottom: "You can still do this using the .Disconnection event, but it is not recommended as IP addresses are private information."
How do I use the .Disconnection event to get a player's IP address?
Thanks in advance |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:41 PM |
Nope.
Not possible anymore.
Well it technically might be possible but that's another topic. |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:41 PM |
| You will never need someone's IP. |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:43 PM |
I know I don't need a player's IP address, but I just want to know how to do this.
If it's not possible, why would it say it's possible at the bottom?
Please explain.
Thanks in advance! |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:43 PM |
I don't think the Cookbook has been updated for years. It's still pretty useful for beginners but it teaches a lot of bad techniques now that it's 2015.
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:44 PM |
It is possible, although it clearly says it's private information. I guess I'm out of here..
[] <-- ^Letting myself out. |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:45 PM |
Aww. That's too bad.
Could you answer this for me?
http://www.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=158217301 |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:46 PM |
How is it possible lol?
There's one way I can think of but if you could do that, you would be way too busy with other stuff to think about IPs. |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:47 PM |
[]] <-- Coming back in for dis
Plugins. |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:47 PM |
| I was thinking of making an analytics script that tracks where in the world visitors are from, so that's why I was asking about IPs. |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:49 PM |
No, I don't mean plugins, though you're on the right path.
Higher context |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:50 PM |
| @Chief, You can do it through plugins.. However thats the only way I know thats possible. |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:50 PM |
| Is there any way to know where a player is playing from? |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:51 PM |
but if you had higher context than you could in-game amirite
@seash what do you mean? |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:52 PM |
| You could, yes. However scripts don't have the right permissions. |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:53 PM |
| I mean, if a player was playing my game from New York, how could I be able to know that? |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:54 PM |
| If you wanna know where a player is playing from, why not try using a poll and use the HTML service in order to keep track of votes? |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:54 PM |
| Polls wouldn't be as accurate. |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:54 PM |
@epicbreaker i mean if ur 1337 h4x0r. of course with higher context you would NOT be worrying about IPs- well if they dont have a firewall u might be but anyway, you'd be too busy getting robux
@seashells absolutely virtually impossibl |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:55 PM |
| I don't want a poll because it would sort of ruin the player's experience |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:55 PM |
| Best you can do is figure out what timezone they are from |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:56 PM |
ah yes!
you could use tick() and detect their timezone, os.time() will return the GMT time so compare it |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:56 PM |
| Is there any way to find out what timezone they are from in a script? |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:56 PM |
| lol sorry I posted the same time as you |
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| 19 Mar 2015 05:57 PM |
| That would at least get you the continent. Probably the closest you would get. |
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