GetWaterLevel

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

Syntax

bool/float getWaterLevel ( float posX, float posY, float posZ )

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

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 thePlayer = getPlayerFromNick ( playername ) --get the player from nickname
  if ( thePlayer ~= false ) then --if there is a player from the nickname
  	if ( isPlayerInVehicle(thePlayer) ) then
  		local x, y, z = getElementPosition ( getPlayerOccupiedVehicle ( thePlayer ) )
  	else
    	local x, y, z = getElementPosition ( player ) -- get his position
    end
    local level = getWaterLevel ( x, y, z )
    if ( level ) then
        --outputChatBox ( tostring ( bool ) )
        --outputChatBox ( level )
		outputChatBox( "You are " .. level .. " meters away from the water!", source )
    end
  else outputChatBox ( "Player does not exist" )
  end
end

addCommandHandler( "getlevel", scriptGetLevel ) -- add a command "getloc" which

See Also



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