GetPickupAmmo

This function retreives the amount of ammo in a Weapon Pickup

Syntax

int getPickupAmmo ( pickup thePickup )         

Required Arguments

• thePickup: The pickup in which you wish to retrieve the ammo of

Returns

Returns an integer of the amount of ammo in the pickup, false if the pickup element is invalid, 0 if it's no weapon pickup.

Example

This example outputs a message with the picked up weapon and ammo to the player.

function onPickupHitFunction ( player ) --when a pickup is hit
	if (getPickupType(source) ~= 2) then return end -- if the pickup is no weapon, stop
	local ammo = getPickupAmmo ( source ) -- get the amount of ammo
	local weapon = getPickupWeapon ( source ) -- define weapon as the weapon of the pickup
	outputChatBox("You just picked up "..getWeaponNameFromID(weapon).." with "..ammo.." ammo",player) -- output a message to the player
end
addEventHandler ( "onPickupHit", getRootElement(), onPickupHitFunction ) -- add an event for onPickupHit

See Also

• createPickup
• getPickupAmmo
• getPickupAmount
• getPickupType
• setPickupType
• getPickupWeapon