GiveWeapon

giveWeapon gives a specified weapon to a certain player. There is an optional argument to specify ammunition. For example, a melee weapon doesn't need an ammo argument.

Syntax

giveWeapon ( player thePlayer, int weapon, [ int ammo=30, bool setAsCurrent=false ] )

Required Arguments

• thePlayer: A player object referencing the specified player
• weapon: A whole number integer that refers to a Weapon ID. Click weapon for a page with weapon ID listings.

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.

• ammo: A whole number integer serving as the ammo amount for the given weapon
• setAsCurrent: A boolean value determining whether or not the weapon will be set as the players current.

Example

This example gives a player an M4 with 200 ammo whenever they spawn.

addEventHandler ( "onSpawnpointUse", getRootElement(), "onSpawnpointUse" )
function onSpawnpointUse ( player )
    giveWeapon ( player, 31, 200 ) -- Gives the M4 weapon with 200 ammo
end

See Also

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