GetWaterLevel: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 14:59, 4 August 2007

This function allows you to retrieve water level in a certain position.

Syntax

bool float getWaterLevel ( float posX, float posY, float posZ, [ bool checkWaves ] )

Required Arguments

x: The X axis position
y: The Y axis position
z: The Z axis position

Optional Arguments

NOTE: When using optional arguments, you might need to supply all arguments before the one you wish to use. For more information on optional arguments, see optional arguments.

checkWaves: An optional argument to choose if you want to return the height of the waves. ??

Returns

I'm not sure what it must return, all I got was false and 0. ??

Example

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Client

This example will tell you what's the water level where the specified player is located. NEEDS UPDATING!!!

function scriptGetLevel ( command, playername ) --when getlevel is called
  local player = getPlayerFromNick ( playername ) --get the player from nickname
  if ( player ~= false ) then --if there is a player from the nickname
    local x, y, z = getElementPosition ( player ) -- get his position
    local bool, level = getWaterLevel ( x, y, z )
	outputChatBox ( tostring ( bool ) )
	outputChatBox ( level )
  else outputChatBox ( "Player does not exist" )
  end
end
addCommandHandler( "getlevel", scriptGetLevel ) -- add a command "getloc" which

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 This function allows you to retrieve water level in a certain position.
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 ==Example==
+<section name="Client" class="Client" show="true">
 This example will tell you what's the water level where the specified player is located. '''NEEDS UPDATING!!!'''
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 addCommandHandler( "getlevel", scriptGetLevel ) -- add a command "getloc" which
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+</section>
 ==See Also==
 {{World functions}}