GetElementType

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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 10 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
  • "console": The server Console
  • "unknown": Unknown element type

It is also possible to specify your own element types using setElementType, or by specifying it in the xml file.

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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