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-- perform some operations this script will be used for, in this case keeping track of player scores and money: | -- perform some operations this script will be used for, in this case keeping track of player scores and money: | ||
local players = getElementsByType("player") | local players = getElementsByType("player") | ||
for playerKey, playerValue in players do | for playerKey, playerValue in ipairs(players) do | ||
setPlayerMoney(playerValue, 500) | setPlayerMoney(playerValue, 500) | ||
setElementData(playerValue, "score", 0) | setElementData(playerValue, "score", 0) | ||
Revision as of 22:20, 6 May 2007
This function retrieves the resource from which the function call was made.
Syntax
resource getThisResource ( )
Returns
Returns the resource in which the current script is.
Example
addEventHandler("onResourceStart", getRootElement(), "onStartInScoresResource")
function onStartInScoresResource(resource)
local thisResource = getThisResource() -- get the resource that this script is a part of
if (resource == thisResource) then -- make sure the resource that started is the one this script is a part of
-- Note: without this check, the operations below would execute whenever ANY resource is loaded
-- perform some operations this script will be used for, in this case keeping track of player scores and money:
local players = getElementsByType("player")
for playerKey, playerValue in ipairs(players) do
setPlayerMoney(playerValue, 500)
setElementData(playerValue, "score", 0)
end
end
end