GetPlayerTarget

This function is used to get the current entity a player is targeting.

Syntax

float getPlayerTarget ( player thePlayer )

Required Arguments

• element: The player whose target you want to retrieve.

Returns

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

Example

This example blows up any vehicle a specified player targets (aims at)

function playerTargetCheck ( thePlayer ) -- called on a timer
  target = getPlayerTarget ( thePlayer ) -- get the current target of the player
  if ( target ) then -- if there was a target
    if ( getElementType ( target ) == "vehicle" ) then -- if the target is a vehicle
      blowVehicle ( target ) -- blow the vehicle
    end
  end
end

See Also

• getPlayerTeam
• getPlayerBlurLevel
• setPlayerBlurLevel
• getPlayerSerial
• forcePlayerMap
• getPlayerScriptDebugLevel
• getPlayerFromName
• getPlayerMoney
• getPlayerName
• getPlayerNametagColor
• getPlayerNametagText
• getPlayerPing
• getPlayerWantedLevel
• givePlayerMoney
• isPlayerMapForced
• isPlayerNametagShowing
• setPlayerHudComponentVisible
• setPlayerMoney
• setPlayerNametagColor
• setPlayerNametagShowing
• setPlayerNametagText
• takePlayerMoney
• countPlayersInTeam
• getPlayersInTeam
• isVoiceEnabled
• setControlState
• getControlState