Pair: getTeamName

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This function is used to set a team's name.

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• Method: team:setName(...)
• Variable: .name

Syntax

bool setTeamName ( team theTeam, string newName )

Required Arguments

• theTeam: The team you want to change the name of.
• newName: A string representing the name you want the team to be called.

Returns

• bool: value

Returns true if the team was valid and the name was changed, false otherwise.

Code Examples

shared

This example gets the current team of a player, then changes its name.

function changeMyTeamName ( source, key, newName )
    playerteam = getPlayerTeam ( source )            -- get the player's team
    if ( playerteam ) then                           -- if he was on a team
        oldName = getTeamName ( playerteam )         -- get the teams current name
        setTeamName ( playerteam, newName )          -- change the teams name to blue
        outputChatBox ( "Changed " .. getPlayerName ( source ) .. "'s team name from " .. oldName .. " to " .. newName )
    end
end
addCommandHandler ( "changeteamname", changeMyTeamName )

See Also

Team Functions

• createTeam
• getTeamColor
• getTeamFriendlyFire
• getTeamFromName
• getTeamName
• setTeamColor
• setTeamFriendlyFire
• setTeamName

Team Elements

• team

Reference

• Scripting Functions