How to listen when a player chop down a tree

[samjviana]

I'm trying to keep track of when the player chops down a tree, but i can't figure it out
i have this code right now:

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function TreePostInit(inst)
	print("[Analytics] Tree evergreen_sparse spawned!")
	print("[Analytics] components: ")
	printTable(inst.components)
	if inst.components.workable == nil then
		print("[Analytics] components.workable is nil!")
		return
	end
	local oldonfinish = inst.components.workable.onfinish
	inst.components.workable.onfinish = function(inst, chopper)
		if chopper then
			print("[Analytics] Tree chopped down!")
			print("[Analytics] Chopped by: " .. chopper.name)
		end
		oldonfinish(inst, chopper)
	end
end

local trees = {
	"evergreen",
	"evergreen_normal",
	"evergreen_tall",
	"evergreen_short",
	"twiggy_short"
}
for k,v in pairs(trees) do
	AddPrefabPostInit(v, TreePostInit)
end

 

 

[-LukaS-]

Instead of editing the tree prefabs it would be better to override the player prefab. Something like this should do the trick:

local function OnFinishWork(inst, data)
    if data.action == ACTIONS.CHOP then
        -- Your code here
    end
end

inst:ListenForEvent("finishedwork", OnFinishWork)

 

[samjviana]

this worked, thanks

one more thing, this works for server side, can i do something like for the client?

[-LukaS-]

`finishedwork` is pushed only on the server so it's not possible but you can send an RPC to the client and send information that way.

Here's a post on RPCs in case you want to look further into it: