From 5b17317f73937b907cae1379891cd04b628f7cd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tabarra <tabarra@vexguard.net>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2022 15:28:50 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] feat(core): resolve online player by license search if
 possible

---
 core/components/PlayerlistManager/index.ts | 8 ++++++++
 core/playerLogic/playerResolver.ts         | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/components/PlayerlistManager/index.ts b/core/components/PlayerlistManager/index.ts
index 24acc146b..0bc2ebacd 100644
--- a/core/components/PlayerlistManager/index.ts
+++ b/core/components/PlayerlistManager/index.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,14 @@ export default class PlayerlistManager {
         return this.#playerlist[netid];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a specifc ServerPlayer or undefined.
+     * NOTE: this returns the actual object and not a deep clone!
+     */
+     getOnlinePlayersByLicense(searchLicense: string) {
+        return this.#playerlist.filter(p => p && p.license === searchLicense && p.isConnected) as ServerPlayer[];
+    }
+
 
     /**
      * Handler for all txAdminPlayerlistEvent structured trace events
diff --git a/core/playerLogic/playerResolver.ts b/core/playerLogic/playerResolver.ts
index 1c9931366..5ec1ae3d7 100644
--- a/core/playerLogic/playerResolver.ts
+++ b/core/playerLogic/playerResolver.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ export default (mutex: any, netid: any, license: any) => {
 
     //If license provided or resolved through licenseCache, search in the database
     if (typeof searchLicense === 'string' && searchLicense.length) {
-        return new DatabasePlayer(searchLicense, playerDatabase);
+        const onlineMatches = playerlistManager.getOnlinePlayersByLicense(searchLicense);
+        if(onlineMatches.length){
+            return onlineMatches.at(-1);
+        }else{
+            return new DatabasePlayer(searchLicense, playerDatabase);
+        }
     }
 
     //Player not found