GetLocalPlayer

This function gets the player element of the client running the current script.

You should use predefined variable localPlayer instead of typing getLocalPlayer() for better readability.

Syntax

player getLocalPlayer ( )

Returns

Returns the local player element.

Example

Example 1: This client side function outputs the player's current location to the console.

function outputLocalPlayerPosition()
	-- get the local player's position
	local px, py, pz = getElementPosition(localPlayer)
	-- output it to the console
	outputConsole("Your location: "..px.." "..py .." "..pz)
end

Example 2: This client side script makes the local player's camera flash red after being hit.

function flashRed()
	-- fade out the local player's camera to red during a second
	fadeCamera(false, 1.0, 255, 0, 0)
	-- set a 500 ms (0.5 sec) timer to fade it back in before it has completely faded out
	setTimer(fadeCamera, 500, 1, true, 1.0)
end
-- we attach our 'flashRed' function to be a handler of "onClientPlayerDamage" when its source (that is, the hit player) is the local player
addEventHandler("onClientPlayerDamage", localPlayer, flashRed)

See Also

• forcePlayerMap
• getLocalPlayer
• getPlayerBlurLevel
• getPlayerFromName
• getPlayerMapBoundingBox
• getPlayerMapOpacity
• getPlayerMoney
• getPlayerName
• getPlayerNametagColor
• getPlayerNametagText
• getPlayerPing
• getPlayerTeam
• getPlayerWantedLevel
• givePlayerMoney
• isPlayerHudComponentVisible
• isPlayerMapForced
• isPlayerMapVisible
• isPlayerNametagShowing
• isVoiceEnabled
• resetBlurLevel
• setPlayerBlurLevel
• setPlayerHudComponentVisible
• setPlayerMoney
• setPlayerNametagColor
• setPlayerNametagShowing
• setPlayerNametagText
• takePlayerMoney