GetElementAlpha

This function returns the alpha (transparency) value for the specified element. This can be a player, ped, object, vehicle or weapon.

Syntax

int getElementAlpha ( element theElement )

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Method: element:getAlpha(...)

Variable: .alpha

Counterpart: setElementAlpha

Required Arguments

• theElement: The element whose alpha you want to retrieve.

Returns

Returns an integer (0-255; 0 = transparent) indicating the element's alpha, or false if invalid arguments were passed.

Example

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Clientside example

This example outputs whether the player is invisible.

function amIVisible()
	if getElementAlpha(localPlayer) == 0 then
            outputChatBox("I'm invisible")
        else
            outputChatBox("I'm not invisible")
        end
end
addCommandHandler ( "amivisible", amIVisible )

See Also

• attachElements
• createElement
• destroyElement
• detachElements
• getAttachedElements
• getElementAlpha
• getElementAttachedOffsets
• getElementAttachedTo
• getElementByIndex
• getElementByID
• getElementChild
• getElementChildren
• getElementChildrenCount
• getElementCollisionsEnabled
• getElementColShape
• getElementData
• getAllElementData
• hasElementData
• getElementDimension
• getElementHealth
• getElementID
• getElementInterior
• getElementMatrix
• getElementModel
• getElementParent
• getElementPosition
• getElementRotation
• getElementsByType
• getElementsWithinColShape
• getElementsWithinRange
• getElementType
• getElementVelocity
• getLowLODElement
• getRootElement
• isElement
• isElementAttached
• isElementCallPropagationEnabled
• isElementDoubleSided
• isElementFrozen
• isElementInWater
• isElementLowLOD
• isElementWithinColShape
• isElementWithinMarker
• setElementAlpha
• setElementAngularVelocity
• getElementAngularVelocity
• setElementAttachedOffsets
• setElementCallPropagationEnabled
• setElementCollisionsEnabled
• setElementData
• setElementDimension
• setElementDoubleSided
• setElementFrozen
• setElementHealth
• setElementID
• setElementInterior
• setElementModel
• setElementParent
• setElementPosition
• setElementRotation
• setElementVelocity
• setLowLODElement
• getPedContactElement
• getResourceDynamicElementRoot
• getResourceRootElement