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{{Server event}}
This event is triggered when an element enters a marker created using [[createMarker]].
{{Important Note|The event is not triggered when only the dimension changes of the player. So, if you use the `matchingDimension` when teleporting players into existing markers you should always first set their dimension/interior and only then the position}}


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==Parameters==
This event is blahblah and is used for blahblah.
 
==Syntax==  
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
void onMarkerHit ( player hitplayer )           
element hitElement, bool matchingDimension
</syntaxhighlight>  
</syntaxhighlight>  
*'''hitElement''': the [[element]] that hit the [[marker]].
*'''matchingDimension''': a [[boolean]] representing whether the [[element]] is in the same dimension as the [[marker]].
==Source==
The [[event system#Event source|source]] of this event is the [[marker]] that got hit by the element.


==Example==  
==Example==  
This example does...
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This example will output a message what type of element has entered a marker.
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<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
--This line does...
local playerMarker = createMarker(0, 0, 2, "cylinder", 5, 10, 244, 23, 200, root)
blabhalbalhb --abababa
 
--This line does this...
function handlePlayerMarker(hitElement)
mooo
local elementType = getElementType(hitElement)
 
outputChatBox("Element ("..elementType..") has entered marker.")
end
addEventHandler("onMarkerHit", playerMarker, handlePlayerMarker)
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</syntaxhighlight>
==Issues==
{{Issues|
{{Issue|551|If a marker was attached to another element, onMarkerHit won't be triggered}}
{{Issue|519|onMarkerHit not always triggered in interiors}}
{{Issue|923|Server side markers with size < 1.5 don't trigger event}}
}}
{{See also/Server event|Marker events}}

Latest revision as of 20:40, 20 September 2023

This event is triggered when an element enters a marker created using createMarker.

[[{{{image}}}|link=|]] Important Note: The event is not triggered when only the dimension changes of the player. So, if you use the `matchingDimension` when teleporting players into existing markers you should always first set their dimension/interior and only then the position

Parameters

element hitElement, bool matchingDimension

Source

The source of this event is the marker that got hit by the element.

Example

This example will output a message what type of element has entered a marker. 

local playerMarker = createMarker(0, 0, 2, "cylinder", 5, 10, 244, 23, 200, root)

function handlePlayerMarker(hitElement)
	local elementType = getElementType(hitElement)

	outputChatBox("Element ("..elementType..") has entered marker.")
end
addEventHandler("onMarkerHit", playerMarker, handlePlayerMarker)

Issues

Issue ID Description
#551 If a marker was attached to another element, onMarkerHit won't be triggered
#519 onMarkerHit not always triggered in interiors
#923 Server side markers with size < 1.5 don't trigger event

See Also

Marker events


Event functions


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