GetPositionInFrontOfElement - Revision history

Srslyyyy: No need for table here

2025-04-20T01:31:06Z

No need for table here

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	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	function getPositionInFrontOfElement(theElement, distance)		function getPositionInFrontOfElement(theElement, distance)
	assert((type(theElement) == "element" or type(theElement == "userdata")), "Bad argument @ 'getPositionInFrontOfElement' [Expected element at argument 1, got "..(type(theElement)).."]")		assert((type(theElement) == "element" or type(theElement == "userdata")), "Bad argument @ 'getPositionInFrontOfElement' [Expected element at argument 1, got "..(type(theElement)).."]")

	local x, y, z = getElementPosition(theElement)		local x, y, z = getElementPosition(theElement)
	local rz = ({getElementRotation(theElement)~~})[3]~~		local _, _, rz = getElementRotation(theElement)

	local rotationRad = math.rad(rz)		local rotationRad = math.rad(rz)
			local objX = x - distance * math.sin(rotationRad)
			local objY = y + distance * math.cos(rotationRad)
			local objZ = z

	~~local objX = x - distance * math.sin(rotationRad)~~		return objX, objY, objZ
	~~local objY = y + distance * math.cos(rotationRad)~~
	~~local objZ = z~~

	return objX, objY, objZ
	end		end
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

Bover.: Not closed bracket

2024-02-21T11:06:48Z

Not closed bracket

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:06, 21 February 2024
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	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	function getPositionInFrontOfElement(theElement, distance)		function getPositionInFrontOfElement(theElement, distance)
	assert((type(theElement) == "element" or type(theElement == "userdata"), "Bad argument @ 'getPositionInFrontOfElement' [Expected element at argument 1, got "..(type(theElement)).."]")		assert((type(theElement) == "element" or type(theElement == "userdata")), "Bad argument @ 'getPositionInFrontOfElement' [Expected element at argument 1, got "..(type(theElement)).."]")

	local x, y, z = getElementPosition(theElement)		local x, y, z = getElementPosition(theElement)

Bover.: assert function was ejecting an error when providing a player that is userdata not element

2024-02-20T13:44:35Z

assert function was ejecting an error when providing a player that is userdata not element

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:44, 20 February 2024
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	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	function getPositionInFrontOfElement(theElement, distance)		function getPositionInFrontOfElement(theElement, distance)
	assert(type(theElement) == "element", "Bad argument @ 'getPositionInFrontOfElement' [Expected element at argument 1, got "..(type(theElement)).."]")		assert((type(theElement) == "element" or type(theElement == "userdata"), "Bad argument @ 'getPositionInFrontOfElement' [Expected element at argument 1, got "..(type(theElement)).."]")

	local x, y, z = getElementPosition(theElement)		local x, y, z = getElementPosition(theElement)

IManGaaX at 20:42, 29 October 2023

2023-10-29T20:42:19Z

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	local x, y, z = getElementPosition(theElement)		local x, y, z = getElementPosition(theElement)
	local ~~_, _, rotation~~ = getElementRotation(theElement)		local rz = ({getElementRotation(theElement)})[3]

	local rotationRad = math.rad(~~rotation~~)		local rotationRad = math.rad(rz)

	local objX = x - distance * math.sin(rotationRad)		local objX = x - distance * math.sin(rotationRad)

IManGaaX at 20:40, 29 October 2023

2023-10-29T20:40:29Z

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	==Code==		==Code==
			<section name="Shared" class="both" show="true">
	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	function getPositionInFrontOfElement(theElement, distance)		function getPositionInFrontOfElement(theElement, distance)
	if (~~not~~ theElement) or (~~not isElement~~(theElement)) ~~then return false end~~		assert(type(theElement) == "element", "Bad argument @ 'getPositionInFrontOfElement' [Expected element at argument 1, got "..(type(theElement)).."]")

	local x, y, z = getElementPosition(theElement)		local x, y, z = getElementPosition(theElement)
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	end		end
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>
			</section>

	==Example==		==Example==
	<section name="Client" class="client" show="true">		<section name="Client" class="client" show="true">
	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	function ~~createTreeInFrontOfMe~~(~~command~~, distance)		addCommandHandler("createtreeonmyface", function(_, distance)
	local x, y, z = getPositionInFrontOfElement(localPlayer, tonumber(distance))		local x, y, z = getPositionInFrontOfElement(localPlayer, tonumber(distance))
	if (x) then		if (x) then
	createObject(660, x, y, z)		createObject(660, x, y, z)
	end		end
	end		end)
	~~addCommandHandler("createtreeonmyface", createTreeInFrontOfMe~~)
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>
	</section>		</section>
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	<section name="Server" class="server" show="true">		<section name="Server" class="server" show="true">
	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	function ~~createTreeInFrontOfMe~~(player, ~~command~~, distance)		addCommandHandler("createtreeonmyface", function(player, _, distance)
	local x, y, z = getPositionInFrontOfElement(player, tonumber(distance))		local x, y, z = getPositionInFrontOfElement(player, tonumber(distance))
	if (x) then		if (x) then
	createObject(660, x, y, z)		createObject(660, x, y, z)
	end		end
	end		end)
	~~addCommandHandler("createtreeonmyface", createTreeInFrontOfMe~~)
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>
	</section>		</section>

Bover. at 11:49, 29 October 2023

2023-10-29T11:49:04Z

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	==Code==		==Code==
	~~<section name="Shared" class="shared" show="true">~~
	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	function getPositionInFrontOfElement(theElement, distance)		function getPositionInFrontOfElement(theElement, distance)
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	end		end
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>
	~~</section>~~

	==Example==		==Example==

Bover. at 11:48, 29 October 2023

2023-10-29T11:48:23Z

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	==Example==		==Example==
	<section name="Client" class="client" show="true">		<section name="Client" class="client" show="true">
			<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
			function createTreeInFrontOfMe(command, distance)
			local x, y, z = getPositionInFrontOfElement(localPlayer, tonumber(distance))
			if (x) then
			createObject(660, x, y, z)
			end
			end
			addCommandHandler("createtreeonmyface", createTreeInFrontOfMe)
			</syntaxhighlight>
			</section>

			<section name="Server" class="server" show="true">
	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	function createTreeInFrontOfMe(player, command, distance)		function createTreeInFrontOfMe(player, command, distance)
	local x, y, z = getPositionInFrontOfElement(~~localPlayer~~, tonumber(distance))		local x, y, z = getPositionInFrontOfElement(player, tonumber(distance))
	if (x) then		if (x) then
	createObject(660, x, y, z)		createObject(660, x, y, z)

Bover. at 11:47, 29 October 2023

2023-10-29T11:47:42Z

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	{{Useful Function}}		{{Useful Function}}

	This function returns position in provided distance away from element, including element's rotation<br>		This function returns position in provided distance away from element, including element's rotation<br>

Bover.: Created page with "{{Useful Function}} This function returns position in provided distance away from element, including element's rotation
==Syntax== float, float, float getPositionInFrontOfElement( element theElement, float distance ) ===Required Arguments=== * '''theElement''': The element you want to get position in front of. * '''distance''': Distance from an element you want to get position in. ===Returns=== Returns three ''floats'..."

2023-10-29T11:47:32Z

Created page with "{{Useful Function}} This function returns position in provided distance away from element, including element's rotation<br> ==Syntax== <syntaxhighlight lang="lua">float, float, float getPositionInFrontOfElement( element theElement, float distance )</syntaxhighlight> ===Required Arguments=== * '''theElement''': The element you want to get position in front of. * '''distance''': Distance from an element you want to get position in. ===Returns=== Returns three ''floats'..."

New page

{{Useful Function}}

This function returns position in provided distance away from element, including element's rotation<br>

==Syntax==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">float, float, float getPositionInFrontOfElement( element theElement, float distance )</syntaxhighlight>

===Required Arguments===
* '''theElement''': The element you want to get position in front of.
* '''distance''': Distance from an element you want to get position in.

===Returns===
Returns three ''floats'' indicating the position in front of the element, ''x'', ''y'' and ''z'' respectively.

==Code==
<section name="Shared" class="shared" show="true">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
function getPositionInFrontOfElement(theElement, distance)
if (not theElement) or (not isElement(theElement)) then return false end

local x, y, z = getElementPosition(theElement)
local _, _, rotation = getElementRotation(theElement)

local rotationRad = math.rad(rotation)

local objX = x - distance * math.sin(rotationRad)
local objY = y + distance * math.cos(rotationRad)
local objZ = z

return objX, objY, objZ
end
</syntaxhighlight>
</section>

==Example==
<section name="Client" class="client" show="true">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
function createTreeInFrontOfMe(player, command, distance)
local x, y, z = getPositionInFrontOfElement(localPlayer, tonumber(distance))
if (x) then
createObject(660, x, y, z)
end
end
addCommandHandler("createtreeonmyface", createTreeInFrontOfMe)
</syntaxhighlight>
</section>

'''Author:''' bover.

==See Also==
{{Useful_Functions}}