GetWeaponNameFromID

This function allows you to retrieve the name of a weapon from an ID. Note it also allows you to retrieve the name of other methods of death, such as Fall and Rammed.

Syntax

string getWeaponNameFromID ( int id )            

Required Arguments

• id: The ID you wish to retrieve the name of

Returns

Returns a string of the name of the weapon.

Example

This example displays a death message in the format of "* Killer killed dead (Weapon)"

addEventHandler ( "onPlayerWasted", root, "onPlayerWasted" ) --add an event handler for onPlayerWasted
function onPlayerWasted ( totalammo, killer, killerweapon, bodypart ) --when a player dies
	k3 = getWeaponNameFromID ( killerweapon ) --get the name of the weapon of the 'killerweapon' and define it as 'k3'
	k2 = getClientName ( source ) --get the name of the player who died and define it as 'k2'
	if ( killer ) then --if there was a killer
	k1 = getClientName ( killer ) --get the name of the killer and define it as 'k1'
		if killer == source then --if the killer is the same as the person who died i.e. he killed himself
			outputChatBox ( "* "..k1.." died ("..k3..")", root, 255, 100, 100 ) --output in the chatbox that  he died and the method he died in the brackets
		else --if the killer is not the same as the person who died
			outputChatBox ( "* "..k1.." killed "..k2.." ("..k3..")", root, 255, 100, 100 ) --output in the chatbox that he was killed by the killer and the method in brackets
		end
	else --if there was no killer
		outputChatBox ( "* "..k2 .. " died (" ..k3..")", root, 255, 100, 100 ) --output in the chatbox that the dead person died and how he died
	end
end

See Also

• getWeaponProperty
• getPickupWeapon
• getOriginalWeaponProperty
• getSlotFromWeapon
• getWeaponIDFromName
• getWeaponNameFromID
• setWeaponAmmo
• setWeaponProperty