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Re: Any way to get gender of a player?

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xFortunato is not online. xFortunato
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31 Mar 2012 06:14 PM
Is there any way to do it directly? Like getting the age property from Player?
Is there another way if there's no direct way? Like testing for certain character/hair meshes?
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Flurite is not online. Flurite
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31 Mar 2012 06:18 PM
There is no way that is 100% correct.
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MrNicNac is not online. MrNicNac
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31 Mar 2012 06:22 PM
Not unless you do a harmless psychology test of simple choice and compare them against the most widely known answer based on gender.

A simple question which is widely accepted as a good distinction of gender (unless known before hand) is:

"Would you want a baby sister or baby brother?"

To that question, the US Journal of Psychology says that 89% of boys would pick baby brother.

But that is just too much work...huh?
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AboveAwesome is not online. AboveAwesome
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31 Mar 2012 06:24 PM
I think it's against ROBLOX's privacy policy to give out users' personal information.
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CERE4LKILLER is not online. CERE4LKILLER
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31 Mar 2012 06:32 PM
that would promote oding and is not possible in the current meta
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xFortunato is not online. xFortunato
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31 Mar 2012 07:09 PM
Thanks for the feedback. I guess I'll just define the player as female if she is wearing a female mesh or female hair. This isn't to tag players as a certain gender, I just have a gui with a 'Mr' or 'Mrs' field and would have liked to made it specific to the player.
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WhoBloxedWho is online. WhoBloxedWho
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31 Mar 2012 07:21 PM
Eh. not really 100% reliable but.

Just check if theres a charactermesh with the Female torso ID.

REALLY unreliable in most cases, but it's the only way I can think of.
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Phellem is not online. Phellem
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31 Mar 2012 07:26 PM
I would just allow them player to choose what gender they want to be.
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ElectricBlaze is not online. ElectricBlaze
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31 Mar 2012 07:39 PM
Agreed with Phellem. Besides, there may be some transgenders playing, some girls may want to be boys, and some boys may want to girls.
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plolplplelr is not online. plolplplelr
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31 Mar 2012 07:41 PM
if they are a guest, you can check if they have the hat or the hair. be a guest and see what I mean.
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AboveAwesome is not online. AboveAwesome
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31 Mar 2012 09:25 PM
Agreed with Phellem. The easiest and most foolproof way.

○ Interpret that any way you want. ○
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epicfail22 is not online. epicfail22
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31 Mar 2012 09:30 PM
I also agree with Phellem.
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AboveAwesome is not online. AboveAwesome
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31 Mar 2012 09:32 PM
Let's all give him a big hug.

○ Interpret that any way you want. ○
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1Ra is not online. 1Ra
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31 Mar 2012 09:33 PM
*hug*
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peanutbutter49 is not online. peanutbutter49
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31 Mar 2012 09:48 PM
Make a GUI when you spawn that says "BOY or GIRL".

Whichever one you click appears above your head or whatever.
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miz656 is not online. miz656
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31 Mar 2012 09:50 PM
Well, there is one way... But some girls may not have it.

Check to see if the robloxian has a pink hair due, the one girls have.
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epicfail22 is not online. epicfail22
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31 Mar 2012 09:54 PM
The girls that joined Roblox before that update would not be recognized as girls though.
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kingkiller1000 is not online. kingkiller1000
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31 Mar 2012 09:59 PM
Just ask in a Gui, "are you a boy or a girl?" It's a common question to find on websites (such as Roblox), and they can't complain for it being inaccurate.
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miz656 is not online. miz656
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31 Mar 2012 10:01 PM
@kingkiller

What if one day a boy wanted to try to be like a girl?
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KnightmareXD is not online. KnightmareXD
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31 Mar 2012 10:02 PM
@Miz

What if a guy bought the hair? And even so, anyone could do anything they'd like so it wouldn't matter.

† KMXD †
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KnightmareXD is not online. KnightmareXD
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31 Mar 2012 10:04 PM
Ah, my bad. Thought you could buy the girl hair, it was just the guy's. But what if a guy chose to click to be a girl?

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miz656 is not online. miz656
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31 Mar 2012 10:06 PM
That's what I said...
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KnightmareXD is not online. KnightmareXD
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31 Mar 2012 10:07 PM
Sorry, meant when creating a player. Whatever, my head's not in it this week...

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miz656 is not online. miz656
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31 Mar 2012 10:09 PM
Don't worry...
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FisherPenguin is not online. FisherPenguin
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31 Mar 2012 10:10 PM
How about you check more than one thing. Check the hair if they're a guest, Check the meshes, and maybe even faces? I think there may be some faces that are more lent towards boys or girls. And it also wouldn't matter if it was a chick wanting to be a dude, or vice versa because if they want to act like the opposite gender, then wouldn't they play as it too?

+-Fishy
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