Player object

Specifies useful static information about a specific player in the game.

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Game version

Property	Type	Description	Game version
difficulty	Constant	The player's difficulty level, which can be set for AI players on the game set-up screen: Human players currently default to MEDIUM difficulty.	3.1
colour	Integer	The numeric Colour ID of the colour that's used on the player's units and buildings. They are also shown as this colour on the mini map. Refer to "Colour ID" in the Colour Palette to determine what the actual colour is.	3.1
position	Integer	The map position to which the player is assigned. You can find it's x,y co-ordinates by cross-referencing against the startPositions[] array. Note: This is not the same as the player ID. You can determine the player ID associated with your script using the "me" global.	3.1
team	Integer	The team to which the player is assigned, represented as a number (0 = A, 1 = B, etc). The team is always specified, regardless of alliancesType mode: in ALLIANCES_TEAMS mode, multiple players can be in the same team in ALLIANCES and NO_ALLIANCES modes, each player has their own unique team Note: Maps can specify defaults for teams, see <mapname>.ini for details.	3.1
type	Constant	PLAYER_DATA	3.1 Beta 11
isHuman	Boolean	Is the player a human being? `true` – yes `false` – no, or the player slot is empty	3.2
isAI	Boolean	Is the player an AI bot? `true` – yes `false` – no, or the player slot is empty	3.2
name	String	Player's name	3.2

Scavengers

The Scavenger Faction does not have an associated player object.

If they did, it would look something like this:

difficulty == MEDIUM (if you've got Ultimate Scavenger Mod installed) or EASY if you've not.
colour == undefined (it's set automatically but there isn't any way to work out what it is currently)
position == undefined (you could look for scavenger factories to get a rough location)
team == undefined (scavengers currently can't be allied with players)
type == PLAYER_DATA
isHuman == false
isAI == true (controlled by scavfact.js)
name == "Ultimate Scavenger Mod" (if USM installed) or "Scavengers"

The scavenger player ID is defined by scavengerPlayer. You can determine if scavengers are enabled via the scavengers global – note that this doesn't guarantee that the map maker added Scavengers to their map; if they didn't then regardless of scavengers being enabled there won't be any scavengers.

Notes

The player objects are based on the players in the current game. Depending on the type of the game, the source of the information is different:

Campaign: no idea how it gets defined
Challenges: Players predefined in an ini file – see Challenge Games for more info.
Skirmish and MP: Players defined on the game set-up screen.
Tutorial: no idea how it gets defined
Fast Play: no idea how it gets defined

The playerData[] array and the player objects it contains are static during a game – the information is created prior to eventGameInit() being triggered. In campaign games, it is assumed (but not verified) that the information will be updated during eventStartLevel() as there could be different factions in a level.