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===Returns===
===Returns===
There are a total of 10 strings this function returns:
There are a total of 11 strings this function returns:
*'''"player":''' A player connected to the server
*'''"player":''' A player connected to the server
*'''"vehicle":''': A vehicle
*'''"vehicle":''': A vehicle
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*'''"spawnpoint":''' A spawnpoint
*'''"spawnpoint":''' A spawnpoint
*'''"remoteclient":''' A remote client connected to the server
*'''"remoteclient":''' A remote client connected to the server
*'''"colshape":''' A collision shape
*'''"console":''' The server Console
*'''"console":''' The server Console
*'''"unknown":''' Unknown element type
*'''"unknown":''' Unknown element type

Revision as of 18:03, 19 November 2006

This function is used to retrieve the type of an Element.

Syntax

string getElementType ( element theElement )

Required Arguments

  • theElement: The element you wish to get the type of.

Returns

There are a total of 11 strings this function returns:

  • "player": A player connected to the server
  • "vehicle":: A vehicle
  • "object": An object
  • "pickup": A pickup
  • "blip": A blip
  • "marker": A marker
  • "spawnpoint": A spawnpoint
  • "remoteclient": A remote client connected to the server
  • "colshape": A collision shape
  • "console": The server Console
  • "unknown": Unknown element type

This function will return false if theElement is invalid.

Example

This example destroys a haystack when a player targets it 

--Add an event, so the server knows to wait for someone to start targeting stuff
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerTargeted", root, "onPlayerTargeted" )
--Add the function that runs when the event is tripped
function onPlayerTargeted ( element )
    --If the targetted object is a haystack remove it from the game.
    if ( getElementType ( element ) == "object" ) and ( getObjectModel ( element ) == 3374 ) then
        destroyElement ( element )
    end
end

See Also


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