GetElementAttachedOffsets

This function returns the offsets of an element that has been attached to another element using attachElements.

Syntax

float, float, float, float, float, float getElementAttachedOffsets ( element theElement )

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Method: element:getAttachedOffsets(...)

Counterpart: setElementAttachedOffsets

Required Arguments

• theElement: The attached element.

Returns

Returns 6 floats, of which the first 3 indicate the position offset (x, y, z), and the last 3 indicate the rotation offset (x, y, z), if successful. false otherwise.

Example

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Client

Example: This example creates a car with a minigun

-- Offsets
local x,y,z,rx,ry,rz= 0,-1.5,-0.1,0,0,-90

function createArmedBobcat(cmd)
    local lx, ly, lz = getElementPosition(localPlayer) -- get the position of the player
    lx = lx + 5 -- add 5 units to the x position
    
    veh = createVehicle( 422, lx, ly, lz) -- create a bobcat
    base = createObject( 2985, 2,2,2) -- create a minigun_base object
    setElementCollisionsEnabled ( base, false ) -- the minigun_base damages the car
    -- you could alternatively load an empty col file for the minigun object
    attachElements ( base, veh,  x,y,z,rx,ry,rz) -- attach the base to the bobcat
end

function rotateIt(cmd, addZ)
    if(addZ) then
        local x, y, z, rx, ry, rz = getElementAttachedOffsets (base) -- get the offsets
        rz = rz + addZ
        setElementAttachedOffsets (base, x, y, z, rx, ry, rz) -- update offsets
    end
end

addCommandHandler("bobcat", createArmedBobcat)
addCommandHandler("rotate", rotateIt)

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