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setSearchLightStartRadius

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This function sets the start radius of a searchlight element.

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  • Method: searchlight:setStartRadius(...)
  • Variable: .startRadius

Syntax

bool setSearchLightStartRadius ( searchlight theSearchlight, float startRadius )
Required Arguments
  • theSearchlight: MISSING_PARAM_DESC
  • startRadius: the radius of the searchlight's light cone in its beginning.

Returns

  • bool: value

If every argument is correct, this function returns true . If not, it will return false plus an error message.

Code Examples

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This example creates a skywalker light on top of Los Santos' skyscraper and turns it on/off every second by setting it's ending radius and starting radius to 0.

skywalkerLight = createSearchLight (1544, -1353.5, 330, 1528, -1347, 360, 0.2, 3, false)


setTimer (function ()
  if not off then
    setSearchLightStartRadius (skywalkerLight, 0)
    setSearchLightEndRadius (skywalkerLight, 0)
    off = true
  else
    setSearchLightStartRadius (skywalkerLight, 0.2)
    setSearchLightEndRadius (skywalkerLight, 3)
    off = false
  end
end, 1000, 0)

See Also

Searchlight Functions
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