In order to perform operations on MTA objects via scripting, pointers to internal classes are exported to scripts as Lua userdata. Each of these classes has a number of exported scripting functions associated with them. Elements that have a physical representation in the game are also known as Entities. An element is a generic class that can represent almost all in-game entities. The built-in element types are:

ACL elements

• acl
• aclgroup

DB elements

• db-connection

Drawing elements

• shader
• dx-font
• texture

Engine elements

• col
• txd
• dff

Account elements

• account

Ban elements

• ban

Audio elements

• sound

Entity elements

• building
• camera
• colshape
• effect
• light
• marker
• blip
• object
• ped
• pickup
• player
• projectile
• searchlight
• vehicle
• radararea
• water
• weapon

Matrix elements

• Matrix [OOP]

File elements

• file

Text elements

• textdisplay
• textitem

Resource elements

• resource

Timer elements

• timer

XML elements

• xmlnode

Vector elements

• Vector2 [OOP]
• Vector3 [OOP]
• Vector4 [OOP]

Team elements

• team

GUI elements

• gui-button
• gui-checkbox
• gui-combobox
• gui-edit
• gui-font
• gui-gridlist
• gui-label
• gui-memo
• gui-progressbar
• gui-radiobutton
• gui-scrollbar
• gui-scrollpane
• gui-tab
• gui-window
• gui-tabpanel
• gui-staticimage

Server elements

• console

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OOP Methods and Variables

• element:getHealth(...) Variable: .health
• element:getPosition(...) Variable: .position
• element:setHealth(...) Variable: .health
• element:setPosition(...) Variable: .position

See Also

Reference

• Element tree
• Entity