Pair: setWeaponTarget

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This functions gets the target of a custom weapon.

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• Note: Variable is read only.

• Method: weapon:getTarget(...)
• Variable: .target

Syntax

nil/element/float getWeaponTarget ( weapon theWeapon )

Required Arguments

• theWeapon: The weapon to get the target of.

Returns

• nil/element/float: value

This example gets the weapon target when the player hit the colshape and outputs it to the chatbox.

Code Examples

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This example gets the weapon target when the player hit the colshape and outputs it to the chatbox.

local col = createColSphere(1647.33984375,1785.03125,10.671875,8) -- Create col sphere near to LV hospital
local weapon = createWeapon ("m4",1647.33984375,1785.03125,10.671875) -- Create the weapon

function onClientColShapeHit(element, matchDim )
   if (element == getLocalPlayer()) then  -- Checks whether the entering element is the local player
     if weapon then -- if the weapon exist then
        setWeaponTarget (weapon,element,8) -- Set the weapon target to the localPlayer
        local target = getWeaponTarget (weapon) -- get weapon target
          if target and isElement(target) and getElementType(target) == "player" then
            outputChatBox("The target of the custom weapon: "..getPlayerName(target)) -- output to the chatbox
          end
       end
    end
end
addEventHandler("onClientColShapeHit",col,onClientColShapeHit)

See Also

Reference

• Scripting Functions