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This function allows changing the type of a pickup to a Weapon, Armour or Health pickup, and allows you to set the health points or the weapon and ammo that the pickup will give.

Syntax

bool setPickupType ( pickup thePickup, int theType, int amount/weapon/model, int ammo )

Required Arguments

• thePickup: The pickup which you wish to change the settings of
• theType: An integer representing the type of pickup. You can choose from: 0 : Health Pickup 1 : Armour Pickup 2 : Weapon Pickup 3 : Custom Pickup
• amount/weapon/model: MISSING_PARAM_DESC
• ammo: An integer representing the amount of ammo a pickup contains. This argument is only valid when the pickup type is a Weapon Pickup, and must be specified in that case.

Returns

• bool: value

Returns true if successful, false otherwise.

Code Examples

Example 1 Example 2

shared

function onPickupHit ( )                          -- when a pickup is hit
    local currenttype = getPickupType ( source )  -- get the current type of the pickup and store it in 'currenttype'
    if currenttype == 0 then                      -- if it is currently a health pickup
        setPickupType ( source, 1, 100 )          -- change it to an armour pickup with 100 hp
    elseif currenttype == 1 then                  -- else, if it is currently an armour pickup
        setPickupType ( source, 2, 29, 100 )      -- change it to an mp5 weapon pickup with 100 ammo
    elseif currenttype == 2 then                  -- lastly, if it is already a weapon
        setPickupType ( source, 0, 100 )           -- change it to a health pickup
    end
end
addEventHandler ( "onPickupHit", root, onPickupHit ) -- add an event handler for onPickupHit

shared

function changeMyPickupType ( key, keyState )
    local currenttype = getPickupType ( myPickup )  -- get the current type of the pickup and store it in 'currenttype'
    if currenttype == 0 then                      -- if it is currently a health pickup
        setPickupType ( myPickup, 1, 100 )          -- change it to an armour pickup with 100 hp
    elseif currenttype == 1 then                  -- else, if it is currently an armour pickup
        setPickupType ( myPickup, 2, 29, 100 )      -- change it to an mp5 weapon pickup with 100 ammo
    elseif currenttype == 2 then                  -- lastly, if it is already a weapon
        setPickupType ( myPickup, 0, 100 )          -- change it to a health pickup
    end
end

function clientsideResourceStart ()
  myPickup = createPickup ( 10.0, 10.0, 3.11, 0, 100 ) -- create myPickup at resource start
  bindKey ( "space", "down", changeMyPickupType ) --bind spacebar to changeMyPickupType function
end
addEventHandler ( "onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot, clientsideResourceStart )

See Also

Pickup Functions

• createPickup
• getPickupAmmo
• getPickupAmount
• getPickupRespawnInterval
• getPickupType
• getPickupWeapon
• isPickupSpawned
• setPickupRespawnInterval
• setPickupType
• usePickup

Pickup Events

• onClientPickupHit
• onClientPickupLeave
• onPickupHit
• onPickupLeave
• onPickupSpawn
• onPickupUse

Reference

• Scripting Functions