SetBlipOrdering

This function sets the Z ordering of a blip. It allows you to make a blip appear on top of or below other blips.

Syntax

bool setBlipOrdering ( blip theBlip, int ordering )

Required Arguments

• theBlip: the blip whose Z ordering to change.
• ordering: the new Z ordering value. Blips with higher values will appear on top of blips with lower values. The default value is 0. Negative values are allowed.

Returns

Returns true if the blip ordering was changed successfully, false otherwise.

Example

This example will create a blip and make your blip on top of all other blip's.

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Server

function makeBlipHigher(thePlayer)
    local setmeup = createBlipAttachedTo ( thePlayer, 3, 3, 255, 0,0,255,0,99999.0, root)
    setBlipOrdering(setmeup, getBlipOrdering(setmeup) + 1)
    outputChatBox("*INFO: #ffff00Your blip is now on top of others!", thePlayer, 255,0,0,true)
    for i,v in ipairs(getElementsByType"player") do
          if v ~= thePlayer then
                  outputChatBox("*INFO: #ffff00" .. getPlayerName(thePlayer) .. "'s blip is now on top of your blip!",v,255,0,0,true)
          end
    end
end
addCommandHandler("incrementBlip", makeBlipHigher, false, false)

See Also

• createBlip
• createBlipAttachedTo
• getBlipColor
• getBlipIcon
• getBlipOrdering
• getBlipSize
• getBlipVisibleDistance
• setBlipColor
• setBlipIcon
• setBlipOrdering
• setBlipSize
• setBlipVisibleDistance