DxGetStatus

This function gets information about various internal datum

Syntax

table dxGetStatus ()

Returns

Returns a table with the following entries:

• TestMode : The current dx test mode. See dxSetTestMode.
• VideoCardName : The name of the graphics card.
• VideoCardRAM : The installed memory in MB of the graphics card.
• VideoCardPSVersion : The maximum pixel shader version of the graphics card.
• VideoMemoryFreeForMTA : The amount of memory in MB available for MTA to use. When this gets to zero, guiCreateFont, dxCreateFont and dxCreateRenderTarget will fail.
• VideoMemoryUsedByFonts : The amount of graphic memory in MB used by custom fonts.
• VideoMemoryUsedByTextures : The amount of graphic memory in MB used by textures.
• VideoMemoryUsedByRenderTargets : The amount of graphic memory in MB used by render targets.
• SettingWindowed : The windowed setting. (true/false)
• SettingFXQuality : The FX Quality. (0-3)
• SettingDrawDistance : The draw distance setting. (0-100)
• SettingVolumetricShadows : The volumetric shadows setting. (true/false)
• SettingStreamingVideoMemoryForGTA : The usable graphics memory setting. (64-256)
• AllowScreenUpload : The allows screen uploads setting. (true/false)

ADDED/UPDATED IN VERSION 1.3.2 r4715:

• DepthBufferFormat: The format of the shader readable depth buffer, or 'unknown' if not available

ADDED/UPDATED IN VERSION 1.3.2 r4811:

• VideoCardMaxAnisotropy: The maximum anisotropic filtering available. (0-4 which respectively mean: off,2x,4x,8x,16x)
• SettingAnisotropicFiltering: The anisotropic filtering setting. (0-4 which respectively mean: off,2x,4x,8x,16x)
• SettingAntiAliasing: The anti-aliasing setting. (0-3 which respectively mean: off,1x,2x,3x)
• SettingHeatHaze: The heat haze setting. (true/false)
• SettingGrassEffect: The grass effect setting. (true/false)
• Setting32BitColor: The color depth of the screen. (false is 16bit, true is 32bit)

Example

addCommandHandler("getinfo",function()
    local info=dxGetStatus()
    for k,v in pairs(info) do
        outputChatBox(k.." : "..tostring(v),root,255,0,0,true)
    end
end)

Changelog

Version	Description

1.3.0-9.04715

Added DepthBufferFormat argument

1.3.0-9.04811

Added VideoCardMaxAnisotropy, SettingAnisotropicFiltering, SettingAntiAliasing, SettingHeatHaze, SettingGrassEffect and Setting32BitColor arguments

See Also

• dxConvertPixels
• dxCreateFont
• dxCreateRenderTarget
• dxCreateScreenSource
• dxCreateShader
• dxCreateTexture
• dxDrawCircle
• dxDrawImage
• dxDrawImageSection
• dxDrawLine
• dxDrawLine3D
• dxDrawMaterialLine3D
• dxDrawMaterialPrimitive
• dxDrawMaterialPrimitive3D
• dxDrawMaterialSectionLine3D
ADDED/UPDATED IN VERSION 1.6.0 r22271:
dxDrawModel3D
• dxDrawPrimitive
• dxDrawPrimitive3D
• dxDrawRectangle
• dxDrawText
• dxDrawWiredSphere
• dxGetBlendMode
• dxGetFontHeight
• dxGetMaterialSize
• dxGetPixelColor
• dxGetPixelsSize
• dxGetPixelsFormat
• dxGetStatus
• dxGetTextSize
• dxGetTextWidth
• dxGetTexturePixels
• dxIsAspectRatioAdjustmentEnabled
• dxSetAspectRatioAdjustmentEnabled
• dxSetBlendMode
• dxSetPixelColor
• dxSetRenderTarget
• dxSetShaderValue
• dxSetShaderTessellation
• dxSetShaderTransform
• dxSetTestMode
• dxSetTextureEdge
• dxSetTexturePixels
• dxUpdateScreenSource