GetVersion

This function gives you various version information about MTA and the operating system.

[[{{{image}}}|link=|]]	Note: Clientside will return the version from the player, and the server-sided will return version from the server.

[[{{{image}}}|link=|]]	Note: Current MTA version: mta -> 1.6 netcode -> 474 number -> 352 sortable -> 1.6.0-9.22279.0 tag -> 1.6-release-22279 type -> Release

Syntax

table getVersion ( )

Returns

Returns a table with version information. Specifically these keys are present in the table:

• number: the MTA server or client version (depending where the function was called) in pure numerical form, e.g. "256"
• mta: the MTA server or client version (depending where the function was called) in textual form, e.g. "1.0"
• name: the full MTA product name, either "MTA:SA Server" or "MTA:SA Client".
• netcode: the netcode version number.
• os: returns the operating system on which the server or client is running
• type: the type of build. can be:
  • "Nightly rX" - A nightly development build. X represents the nightly build revision.
  • "Custom" - A build compiled manually
  • "Release" - A build that is publicly released (provisional).
• tag: the build tag (from 1.0.3 onwards). Contains infomation about the underlying version used. i.e. The final version of 1.0.3 has the build tag of "1.0.3 rc-9". (This can be confirmed by using the console command 'ver'.)
• sortable: a 15 character sortable version string (from 1.0.4 onwards). Format of the string is described in getPlayerVersion.

Example

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Example 2: This client example will print out the version of the MTA client.

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Client

addCommandHandler("myver", function()
  outputChatBox("My MTA version: " .. getVersion().sortable)
end)

See Also

• getMaxPlayers
• getServerConfigSetting
• getServerHttpPort
• getServerName
• getServerPassword
• getServerPort
• isGlitchEnabled
• setGlitchEnabled
• setMaxPlayers
• setServerConfigSetting
• setServerPassword
• shutdown

BEFORE VERSION 1.0 :

• getClientAccount
• getClientIP
• getClientName
• setClientName