MoveObject

This function will smoothly move an object from its current position to a specified rotation and position.

Syntax

bool moveObject ( object theObject, int time, float targetx, float targety, float targetz, [ float moverx, float movery, float moverz ] )

Required Arguments

• theObject: The object that will be moved.
• time: The time in milliseconds the object will arrive at the destination.
• targetx: The X value of the target position
• targety: The Y value of the target position
• targetz: The Z value of the target position

Optional Arguments

• moverx: The rotation along the X axis relative to its current rotation, which is its starting angle.
• movery: The rotation along the Y axis relative to its current rotation, which is its starting angle.
• moverz: The rotation along the Z axis relative to its current rotation, which is its starting angle.

Relative rotation arguments allow for an object to spin multiple times within a single move.

Returns

Returns true if the function moved the object succesfully, and returns false otherwise.

Example

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Example 1: This example moves every object in the game up 100 units in ten seconds.

allObjects = getElementsByType ( "object" )
for key, theObject in ipairs ( allObjects ) do
	local origX, origY, origZ = getElementPosition ( theObject ) --get the origanal position
	local newZ = origZ + 100 -- make a new z position
	moveObject ( theObject, 10000, origX, origY, newZ ) --move the object to this position in 10 seconds.
end

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Example 2: This example created a model (of a bed) near a player called someguy, if they exist in the game. It will then move the model towards the player over 3 seconds.

-- Find a player called 'someguy'
someGuy = getPlayerFromNick ( "someguy" )
-- If a player called someguy was found then
if ( someGuy ) then
	-- Get the player's position
	x, y, z = getElementPosition ( someGuy )
	-- Create a bed (1700) object near to the player
	bed = createObject ( 1700, x + 5, y, z )
	-- Move the bed towards the player over 3 seconds (3000 milliseconds)
	moveObject ( bed, 3000, x, y, z )
	-- Tell the player in the chat box
	outputChatBox ( "Moving a bed towards you!", someGuy )
else
	-- Tell everyone that a player called 'someguy' could not be found
	outputChatBox ( "Player someguy doesn't exist" )
end

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Example 3:

function createGate ()
gatePolice = createObject ( 987, -2494.3918457031, 1199.9107666016, 36.207420349121, 0, 0, 41.605255126953 )
end

addEventHandler ( "onResourceStart", getResourceRootElement ( getThisResource () ), createGate )

function openGate(playerSource, commandName)
		moveObject ( gatePolice, 3000, -2494.3918457031, 1199.9107666016, 43.207420349121)
end
addCommandHandler("open", openGate)

See Also

• createObject
• getObjectScale
• moveObject
• setObjectScale
• stopObject
ADDED/UPDATED IN VERSION 1.6.0 r21765:
isObjectBreakable
setObjectBreakable