GiveWeapon

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

[[{{{image}}}|link=|]]	Note: When setting ammo for weapons in slot 0,1,10,11 or 12, the ammo max is 1 When setting ammo for weapons in slot 3,4,5 or the weapon is the same the peds current weapon, the ammo is added When setting ammo for weapons in slot 2,6,7,8,9 and the weapon is not the same the peds current weapon, the ammo is replaced

Syntax

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

Required Arguments

• thePlayer: A player or ped object referencing the specified player (or ped)
• weapon: A whole number integer that refers to a Weapon ID. Click here for a list of possible weapon IDs.

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. For weapons that do not require ammo, such as melee, this should be at least 1.
• setAsCurrent: A boolean value determining whether or not the weapon will be set as the players current.

Returns

Returns true if weapon was successfully acquired, false otherwise.

Example

Example 1: This example gives a player an M4 with 200 ammo whenever they spawn.

function giveWeaponsOnSpawn ( theSpawnpont, theTeam )
    giveWeapon ( source, 31, 200 ) -- Gives the M4 weapon with 200 ammo
end
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerSpawn", getRootElement(), giveWeaponsOnSpawn ) -- attach the event handler

Example 2: This example adds a "give" command in console which allows giving of any weapon by entering "give <id> <amount>".

function consoleGive ( thePlayer, commandName, weaponID, ammo )
	local status = giveWeapon ( thePlayer, weaponID, ammo, true )   -- attempt to give the weapon, forcing it as selected weapon
	if ( not status ) then                                          -- if it was unsuccessful
		outputConsole ( "Failed to give weapon.", thePlayer )   -- tell the player
	end
end
addCommandHandler ( "give", consoleGive )

Example 3: This example creates a ped in certain coordinates. You can give him a weapon with "give <weaponID> <amount>" command in console.

ped = createPed( 19, -1634.5775, 1203.85, 7.1796 )

addCommandHandler( "give",
  function ( player, command, id, amount )
    if not tonumber ( id ) then return end

    if not tonumber ( amount ) then
        amount = 9001
    end

    giveWeapon( ped, id, amount, true )
  end
)

See Also

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