GetPlayerTarget - Revision history

AlexTMjugador: Visual improvement

2014-06-26T11:02:07Z

Visual improvement

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	{{Server client function}}		{{Server client function}}
	~~__NOTOC__~~		{{Deprecated\|getPedTarget}}
	{{Deprecated}}

	~~Please use [[getPedTarget]]~~

	This function is used to get the element a [[player]] is currently targeting.		This function is used to get the element a [[player]] is currently targeting.

Arran Fortuna at 21:01, 20 April 2011

2011-04-20T21:01:56Z

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	{{Deprecated}}		{{Deprecated}}

			Please use [[getPedTarget]]

	This function is used to get the element a [[player]] is currently targeting.		This function is used to get the element a [[player]] is currently targeting.

Ccw at 14:15, 20 January 2009

2009-01-20T14:15:39Z

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	__NOTOC__		__NOTOC__
			{{Deprecated}}
	This function is used to get the element a [[player]] is currently targeting.		This function is used to get the element a [[player]] is currently targeting.

Talidan at 18:11, 24 August 2007

2007-08-24T18:11:23Z

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	setTimer ( playerTargetCheck, 1000, 0 ) -- call the check function every second		setTimer ( playerTargetCheck, 1000, 0 ) -- call the check function every second
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>
			''Note: A more efficient way to do this would be to use the [[onPlayerTarget]] event.''

	==See Also==		==See Also==
	{{Player functions}}		{{Player functions}}

Arc at 13:58, 19 August 2007

2007-08-19T13:58:15Z

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	__NOTOC__		__NOTOC__
	This function is used to get the ~~current~~ element a [[player]] is targeting.		This function is used to get the element a [[player]] is currently targeting.

	==Syntax==		==Syntax==
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	===Required Arguments===		===Required Arguments===
	*'''thePlayer''': The [[player]] whose target you want to retrieve.		*'''thePlayer:''' The [[player]] whose target you want to retrieve.

	===Returns===		===Returns===
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	==Example==		==Example==
	This example blows up any vehicle a ~~specified~~ player targets (aims at)		This example blows up any vehicle a player targets (aims at).
	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	function playerTargetCheck ( thePlayer ) -- ~~called on a timer~~		function playerTargetCheck ( )
	target = getPlayerTarget ( thePlayer ) -- get the ~~current~~ target of the player		local target
	if ( target ) then -- if there was a target		for i, thePlayer in ipairs ( getElementsByType("player") ) do -- iterate over all players
	if ( getElementType ( target ) == "vehicle" ) then -- if the target is a vehicle		target = getPlayerTarget ( thePlayer ) -- get the target of the current player
	blowVehicle ( target ) -- blow ~~the vehicle~~		if ( target ) then -- if there was a target
			if ( getElementType ( target ) == "vehicle" ) then -- and the target is a vehicle
			blowVehicle ( target ) -- blow it up
			end
			end
	end		end
	~~end~~
	end		end
			setTimer ( playerTargetCheck, 1000, 0 ) -- call the check function every second
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

	==See Also==		==See Also==
	{{Player functions}}		{{Player functions}}

EAi at 09:01, 22 August 2006

2006-08-22T09:01:46Z

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	This function is used to get the current ~~entity~~ a [[player]] is targeting.		This function is used to get the current element a [[player]] is targeting.

	==Syntax==		==Syntax==
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	===Returns===		===Returns===
	Returns the [[element]] that's being targeted, or ''false'' if there isn't one.		Returns the [[element]] that's being targeted, or ''false'' if there isn't one.

			This is only effective on physical GTA elements, namely:
			* Players
			* Vehicles
			* Objects

	==Example==		==Example==

EAi at 08:59, 22 August 2006

2006-08-22T08:59:58Z

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	==Syntax==		==Syntax==
	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	~~float~~ getPlayerTarget ( player thePlayer )		element getPlayerTarget ( player thePlayer )
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

EAi at 08:59, 22 August 2006

2006-08-22T08:59:49Z

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	===Required Arguments===		===Required Arguments===
	*'''~~element~~''': The [[player]] whose target you want to retrieve.		*'''thePlayer''': The [[player]] whose target you want to retrieve.

	===Returns===		===Returns===

Aeron: /* Syntax */

2006-08-22T08:53:07Z

Syntax

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	===Required Arguments===		===Required Arguments===
	*'''~~thePlayer~~''': The [[player]] whose target you want to retrieve.		*'''element''': The [[player]] whose target you want to retrieve.

	===Returns===		===Returns===

EAi at 12:46, 14 June 2006

2006-06-14T12:46:22Z

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	~~==Description==~~
	This function is used to get the current entity a [[player]] is targeting.		This function is used to get the current entity a [[player]] is targeting.

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	===Required Arguments===		===Required Arguments===
	*'''~~player~~''': The [[player]] whose target you want to retrieve.		*'''thePlayer''': The [[player]] whose target you want to retrieve.

	===Returns===		===Returns===