From 8f4f63bfaa2e5f341ff4c2f9086646ebefe06408 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Logan Gartner <logan@qtechofficial.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 23:46:18 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Added more helper functions

---
 sv_lsft.txt | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sv_lsft.txt b/sv_lsft.txt
index 0e5d4e8..52d4984 100644
--- a/sv_lsft.txt
+++ b/sv_lsft.txt
@@ -270,6 +270,48 @@ function core:log(...)
     print(core.colors.logo, "[L-SFT] ", color, unpack(message))
 end
 
+function core:logConsole(...)
+    local args = {...}
+    local loglevel = args[1]
+    local message = { unpack(args, 2, #args) }
+    local color = Color(0,0,0)
+    
+    if loglevel == log.ERROR then color = core.colors.error
+    elseif loglevel == log.WARNING then color = core.colors.warn
+    elseif loglevel == log.INFO then color = core.colors.info
+    elseif loglevel == log.TEXT then color = core.colors.text
+    end
+    
+    printConsole(core.colors.logo, "[L-SFT] ", color, unpack(message))
+end
+
+-- Get's a player's entity by searching for it via an inputted string
+function core:get_entity(ply)
+    if type(ply) == "Player" then
+        return ply
+    elseif ply == "^" then
+        return owner()
+    end
+
+    local targets = find.playersByName(ply)
+        
+    if #targets == 0 or targets == nil then
+        core:log(log.ERROR, "No targets found!")
+        return nil
+    elseif #targets > 1 then
+        local list = ""
+        for i, v in pairs(target) do
+            list = list..v..", "
+        end
+            
+        list:sub(1, -2)
+        core:log(log.ERROR, "Muliple targets found! ("..list..")")
+        return nil
+    end
+    
+    return targets[1]
+end
+
 net.receive("LSFT-Config-Read", function(len, ply)
     if ply == owner() then
         -- Colors settings aren't loaded yet, so use dumb printing method with default colors (Don't ever do this >:c)