GetVehicleType
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This function retrieves the type of a vehicle (such as if it is a car or a boat).
Syntax
string getVehicleType ( vehicle theVehicle )
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- Method: vehicle:getVehicleType(...)
- Variable: .vehicleType
OR
string getVehicleType ( int modelId )
Required Arguments
- vehicle: The vehicle element to get the type of.
OR
- modelID: A vehicle model ID
Returns
Returns a string with vehicle type or false if an invalid modelID has been supplied, or an empty string if the vehicle is blocked internally (some trailers).
Possible strings returned:
- Automobile: Cars, vans and trucks
- Plane
- Bike: Motorbikes
- Helicopter
- Boat
- Train
- Trailer: A trailer for a truck
- BMX
- Monster Truck
- Quad: Quadbikes
Example
Example 1: In this example when a player enters an airplane, it displays a message welcoming the player onboard.
function enterPlane(theVehicle, seat, jacked)
if (getVehicleType(theVehicle) == "Plane") then
outputChatBox("Welcome onboard!", source)
end
end
addEventHandler("onPlayerVehicleEnter", getRootElement(), enterPlane)
Example 2: In this example player gets message what type of vehicle he just entered.
function enteredVehicleType(theVehicle, seat, jacked)
outputChatBox("You entered ".. getVehicleType(theVehicle) ..".", source)
end
addEventHandler("onPlayerVehicleEnter", getRootElement(), enteredVehicleType)
See Also
- addVehicleSirens
- addVehicleUpgrade
- attachTrailerToVehicle
- blowVehicle
- createVehicle
- detachTrailerFromVehicle
- fixVehicle
- getModelHandling
- getOriginalHandling
- getTrainDirection
- getTrainPosition
- getTrainSpeed
FROM VERSION 1.6 r7485 ONWARDS
- getVehicleColor
- getVehicleCompatibleUpgrades
- getVehicleController
- getVehicleDoorOpenRatio
- getVehicleDoorState
- getVehicleEngineState
- getVehicleHandling
- getVehicleHeadLightColor
- getVehicleLandingGearDown
- getVehicleLightState
- getVehicleMaxPassengers
- getVehicleModelFromName
- getVehicleName
- getVehicleNameFromModel
- getVehicleOccupant
- getVehicleOccupants
- getVehicleOverrideLights
- getVehiclePaintjob
- getVehiclePanelState
- getVehiclePlateText
- getVehicleRespawnPosition
- getVehicleRespawnRotation
- getVehicleSirenParams
- getVehicleSirens
- getVehicleSirensOn
- getVehicleTowedByVehicle
- getVehicleTowingVehicle
- getVehicleTurretPosition
- getVehicleType
- getVehicleUpgradeOnSlot
- getVehicleUpgradeSlotName
- getVehicleUpgrades
- getVehicleVariant
- getVehicleWheelStates
- getVehiclesOfType
- isTrainDerailable
- isTrainDerailed
- isVehicleBlown
- isVehicleDamageProof
- isVehicleFuelTankExplodable
- isVehicleLocked
- isVehicleOnGround
- isVehicleTaxiLightOn
- removeVehicleSirens
- removeVehicleUpgrade
- resetVehicleExplosionTime
- resetVehicleIdleTime
- respawnVehicle
- setModelHandling
- setTrainDerailable
- setTrainDerailed
- setTrainDirection
- setTrainPosition
- setTrainSpeed
FROM VERSION 1.6 r7485 ONWARDS
- setVehicleColor
- setVehicleDamageProof
- setVehicleDoorOpenRatio
- setVehicleDoorState
- setVehicleDoorsUndamageable
- setVehicleEngineState
- setVehicleFuelTankExplodable
- setVehicleHandling
- setVehicleHeadLightColor
- setVehicleIdleRespawnDelay
- setVehicleLandingGearDown
- setVehicleLightState
- setVehicleLocked
- setVehicleOverrideLights
- setVehiclePaintjob
- setVehiclePanelState
- setVehiclePlateText
- setVehicleRespawnDelay
- setVehicleRespawnPosition
- setVehicleRespawnRotation
- setVehicleSirens
- setVehicleSirensOn
- setVehicleTaxiLightOn
- setVehicleTurretPosition
