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IsTransferBoxActive

2008-04-25T20:48:49Z

Jflm:

__NOTOC__
{{Client function}}
This function returns whether the transferbox is visible or not.

==Syntax==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
bool isTransferBoxActive ()
</syntaxhighlight>

===Returns===
Returns ''true'' if the transferbox is visible, ''false'' if not.

==Example==
This will camera fade in, when resource transfere will be finished.
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
resourceRoot = getResourceRootElement(getThisResource())
function checkTransfer()
if isTransferBoxActive() == true then
setTimer(checkTransfer,2000,1) -- Check again after 2 seconds
else
fadeCamera(true) -- TransferBox isnt active, fade in camera
end
end
addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart",resourceRoot,checkTransfer)
</syntaxhighlight>

==See Also==
{{GUI_functions}}

Getting MTA:SA to work with wine

2008-04-13T00:06:35Z

Jflm:

You will need the latest version of Wine to get the installer working.

Install MTA:SA:DM, it does not matter wherever you install MTA, and the GTA:SA path.

You will need the version of Wine greater than 0.9.49 to run MTA:SA:DM.

Once you installed it, download this [http://mtabeta.com/mtasadm_unix.zip "hack"] by Tweak, and extract it to your GTA:SA directory.

Download the fonts [http://www.afosteo.org/Download/Fonts/verdana.ttf verdana], [http://www.bikeparadise.cz/jpgraph/ttf/tahoma.ttf tahoma] and [http://www.bikeparadise.cz/jpgraph/ttf/tahomabd.ttf tahomabd] needed by CEGUI, and place them in $HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/fonts/

Open <syntaxhighlight lang="lua">winecfg</syntaxhighlight>, go to the graphics tab, and uncheck "Allow Pixel Shader".

Remove in your GTA:SA directory MTA/data/menu.mkv

Paste [http://pastebin.com/f4c91e22b this] in MTA/coreconfig.xml (menu_options must be always 7).

Run MTA_SA_unix.exe

Getting MTA:SA to work with wine

2008-04-01T11:52:06Z

Jflm: New page: You will need the latest version of Wine to get the installer working. Install MTA:SA:DM, it does not matter wherever you install MTA, and the GTA:SA path. You will need the version of W...

You will need the latest version of Wine to get the installer working.

Install MTA:SA:DM, it does not matter wherever you install MTA, and the GTA:SA path.

You will need the version of Wine greater than 0.9.49 to run MTA:SA:DM.

Once you installed it, download this [http://mtabeta.com/mtasadm_unix.zip "hack"] by Tweak, and extract it to your GTA:SA directory.

Download the fonts [http://www.afosteo.org/Download/Fonts/verdana.ttf verdana], [http://www.bikeparadise.cz/jpgraph/ttf/tahoma.ttf tahoma] and [http://www.bikeparadise.cz/jpgraph/ttf/tahomabd.ttf tahomabd] needed by CEGUI, and place them in $HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/fonts/

Open <syntaxhighlight lang="lua">winecfg</syntaxhighlight>, go to the graphics tab, and uncheck "Allow Pixel Shader".

Remove in your GTA:SA directory, MTA/coreconfig.xml and MTA/data/menu.mkv

Run MTA_SA_unix.exe

SetVehicleGunsEnabled

2008-01-28T12:42:09Z

Jflm:

{{Server client function}}
__NOTOC__
This function enables or disables the weapons on a vehicle

==Syntax==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">bool setVehicleGunsEnabled ( vehicle theVehicle, bool gunsEnabled )</syntaxhighlight>

===Required Arguments===
*'''theVehicle''': The [[element]] representing the [[vehicle]] whose guns you want to toggle.
*'''gunsEnabled''': A bool representing whether guns are enabled or disabled. ''false'' will disable them, ''true'' will enable them.

===Returns===
Returns ''true'' if the guns were toggled succesfully, ''false'' if arguments passed were invalid.

==Example==
<section name="Example 1" class="server" show="true">
This function will disables the ability to fire rockets on a hydra.
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
function disableFireForHydra ( theVehicle, seat, jacked )
if ( getVehicleID ( theVehicle ) == 520 ) then -- if they entered a hydra
setVehicleGunsEnabled ( theVehicle, false ) -- disable their guns
else -- if they entered another vehicle
setVehicleGunsEnabled ( theVehicle, true ) -- enable their guns
end
end
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerVehicleEnter", getRootElement(), disableFireForHydra )
</syntaxhighlight>
</section>
<section name="Example 2" class="client" show="false">
This function will disables the ability to fire rockets on a hydra.
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
function disableFireForHydra ( theVehicle, seat )
if ( getVehicleID ( theVehicle ) == 520 ) then -- if they entered a hydra
setVehicleGunsEnabled ( theVehicle, false ) -- disable their guns
else -- if they entered another vehicle
setVehicleGunsEnabled ( theVehicle, true ) -- enable their guns
end
end
addEventHandler ( "onClientPlayerEnterVehicle", getLocalPlayer(), disableFireForHydra )
</syntaxhighlight>
</section>

==See Also==
{{Vehicle functions}}

ToggleControl

2008-01-28T12:41:56Z

Jflm:

__NOTOC__
{{Server client function}}
Enables or disables the use of a GTA control for a specific player.

==Syntax==
<section name="Server" class="server" show="true">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">bool toggleControl ( player thePlayer, string control, bool enabled ) </syntaxhighlight>

===Required Arguments===
*'''thePlayer:''' The player you wish to toggle the control ability of.
*'''control:''' The control that you want to toggle the ability of. See [[control names]] for a list of possible controls.
*'''enable:''' A boolean value representing whether or not the key will be usable or not.
</section>
<section name="Client" class="client" show="true">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">bool toggleControl ( string control, bool enabled ) </syntaxhighlight>

===Required Arguments===
*'''control:''' The control that you want to toggle the ability of. See [[control names]] for a list of possible controls.
*'''enable:''' A boolean value representing whether or not the key will be usable or not.
</section>

==Returns==
This function ''true'' if the control was set successfully, ''false'' otherwise.

==Example==
<section name="Example 1" class="server" show="true">
This function will disable the use of the vehicle secondary-fire key for anyone in a Hydra, consequently removing the ability to fire rockets.
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
function disableFireForHydra ( theVehicle, seat, jacked )
if ( getVehicleID ( theVehicle ) == 520 ) then -- if they entered a hydra
toggleControl ( source, "vehicle_secondary_fire", false ) -- disable their fire key
else -- if they entered another vehicle
toggleControl ( source, "vehicle_secondary_fire", true ) -- enable their fire key
end
end
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerVehicleEnter", getRootElement(), disableFireForHydra )
</syntaxhighlight>
''Note: The same can be achieved by using [[setVehicleGunsEnabled]]''.
</section>
<section name="Example 2" class="client" show="false">
This function will disable the use of the vehicle secondary-fire key for anyone in a Hydra, consequently removing the ability to fire rockets.
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
function disableFireForHydra ( theVehicle, seat )
if ( getVehicleID ( theVehicle ) == 520 ) then -- if they entered a hydra
toggleControl ( "vehicle_secondary_fire", false ) -- disable their fire key
else -- if they entered another vehicle
toggleControl ( "vehicle_secondary_fire", true ) -- enable their fire key
end
end
addEventHandler ( "onClientPlayerEnterVehicle", getLocalPlayer(), disableFireForHydra )
</syntaxhighlight>
''Note: The same can be achieved by using [[setVehicleGunsEnabled]]''.
</section>

==See Also==
{{Input functions}}