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Re: Get a player's IP address

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SeashellsAndSand is not online. SeashellsAndSand
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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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ChiefDelta is not online. ChiefDelta
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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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epicbreaker is not online. epicbreaker
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19 Mar 2015 05:41 PM
You will never need someone's IP.
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SeashellsAndSand is not online. SeashellsAndSand
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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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ChiefDelta is not online. ChiefDelta
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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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epicbreaker is not online. epicbreaker
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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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SeashellsAndSand is not online. SeashellsAndSand
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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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ChiefDelta is not online. ChiefDelta
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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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epicbreaker is not online. epicbreaker
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19 Mar 2015 05:47 PM
[]] <-- Coming back in for dis

Plugins.
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SeashellsAndSand is not online. SeashellsAndSand
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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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ChiefDelta is not online. ChiefDelta
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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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epicbreaker is not online. epicbreaker
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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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SeashellsAndSand is not online. SeashellsAndSand
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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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ChiefDelta is not online. ChiefDelta
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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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epicbreaker is not online. epicbreaker
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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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SeashellsAndSand is not online. SeashellsAndSand
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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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BossfightX is not online. BossfightX
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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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SeashellsAndSand is not online. SeashellsAndSand
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19 Mar 2015 05:54 PM
Polls wouldn't be as accurate.
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ChiefDelta is not online. ChiefDelta
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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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SeashellsAndSand is not online. SeashellsAndSand
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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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Casualist is not online. Casualist
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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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ChiefDelta is not online. ChiefDelta
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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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SeashellsAndSand is not online. SeashellsAndSand
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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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SeashellsAndSand is not online. SeashellsAndSand
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19 Mar 2015 05:56 PM
lol sorry I posted the same time as you
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iondriver is not online. iondriver
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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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