CreateMarker

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	Reason(s): Are there going to be more than the two marker types? what about ring markers? (Note from EAi: isn't that what coronas are?)

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	Reason(s): Shouldn't we support triangle/upside down cone markers too?

Description

This function creates a marker and returns a handle to the created marker. If it fails, it will return false.

Syntax

marker createMarker ( float x, float y, float z, [int type, int size, int r, int g, int b, int a] )

Required Arguments

• x: A floating point number representing the X coordinate on the map.
• y: A floating point number representing the Y coordinate on the map.
• z: A floating point number representing the Z coordinate on the map.
• type: The visual type of the marker to be created.
• size: The size of the marker to be created.
• r: An integer number representing the amount of red to use in the colouring of the marker.
• g: An integer number representing the amount of green to use in the colouring of the marker.
• b: An integer number representing the amount of blue to use in the colouring of the marker.
• a: An integer number representing the amount of alpha to use in the colouring of the marker.

Acceptable type values

• 0: Checkpoint
• 1: Corona (doughnut-shaped)
• 2: Cylinder
• 3: Cone

Example

function onPlayerChat ( player, chat )
  if ( strtok ( chat, 1, 32 ) == "!createmarker" ) then
    x, y, z = getPlayerPosition ( player )
    createMarker ( x + 5, y, z, 0, 1, 255, 0, 0, 255 )
    playerPM ( player, "You got a red marker" )
  end
end