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==Example==  
==Example==  
If a player points at a player element with a gun, its rotation will appear in the chat box.
If a player points at a player element with a gun, its rotation will appear in the chat box.
<section name="Client" class="client">
<section name="Client" class="client" show="true">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
function onPlayerTargeted ( targetElem )
function onPlayerTargeted ( targetElem )

Revision as of 02:22, 25 November 2008

Retrieve the rotation of elements.

Syntax

float float float getElementRotation ( element theElement )       

Required Arguments

  • theElement: The element whose rotation will be retrieved

Returns

Returns three floats if element exists and is a valid element, false in if it's invalid.

Example

If a player points at a player element with a gun, its rotation will appear in the chat box.

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Client
function onPlayerTargeted ( targetElem )
    if ( isElement(targetElem) and getElementType (targetElem) == "player" ) then
        local x,y,z = getElementRotation ( targetElem )
        outputChatBox ( "Target player rotation: " .. x .. " " .. y .. " " .. z )
    end
end
addEventHandler ( "onClientPlayerTarget", getRootElement(), onPlayerTargeted )

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