SetElementData

This function stores data attached to an element. This data can be any primitive LUA type or MTA element (but not a text item or display).

Element data is a useful way to store data attached to players.

Syntax

bool setElementData ( element theElement, string key, var value ) 

Required Arguments

• theElement: The element you wish to attach the data to
• key: The key you wish to store the data under
• value: The value you wish to store

Returns

Returns true if the data was set succesfully, false otherwise.

Example

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Server

This example allows for a player to add a custom tag onto their nickname, and also revert it back to normal if they wish

function addPlayerCustomTag ( player, command, newTag )
	--Lets check that the newTag param has been entered...
	if ( newTag ) then
		--Grab their current playername for saving.
		local sPlayerNickname = getClientName(player)
		--Create their new nickname with their tag
		local sNewPlayerNickname = newTag .. " " .. sPlayerNickname
		
		--Lets first load the element data, see if its there allready
		--The reason for this is that if a player were to do /addtag twice
		--it would have saved their last tag as their orignal nickname
		--without this check
		local sOldNick = getElementData( player, "tempdata.orignalnick" )
		if ( sOldNick == false ) then
			--Save their orignal nickname in their element data
			setElementData ( player, "tempdata.orignalnick", sPlayerNickname )
		end
		
		--Set their new nickname globally
		setClientName ( player, sNewPlayerNickname )
		
		--Tell them its done
		outputChatBox ( "Your new nickname has been set, to put it back to its orignal state you can use /deltag", player )
	else
		--The newTag param was not entered, give a error message
		outputChatBox ( "/addtag - Incorrect syntax, Correct: /addtag <newtag>", player )
	end
end
addCommandHandler ( "addtag", addPlayerCustomTag )

function removePlayerCustomTag ( player, command )
	--We first need to check that they have allready used /addtag, lets do that now
	local sOldNick = getElementData( player, "tempdata.orignalnick" )
	if ( sOldNick ) then
		--Great, they have a tag added, lets reset them
		
		--First we will want to reset the element data back to its default (that being false)
		setElementData ( player, "tempdata.orignalnick", false )
		
		--Now set the client name back
		setClientName ( player, sOldNick )
		
		--Notify them
		outputChatBox ( "Your old nickname has been set", player )
	end
end
addCommandHandler ( "deltag", removePlayerCustomTag )

See Also

• attachElements
• createElement
• destroyElement
• detachElements
• getAttachedElements
• getElementAlpha
• getElementAttachedOffsets
• getElementAttachedTo
• getElementByIndex
• getElementByID
• getElementChild
• getElementChildren
• getElementChildrenCount
• getElementCollisionsEnabled
• getElementColShape
• getElementData
• getAllElementData
• hasElementData
• getElementDimension
• getElementHealth
• getElementID
• getElementInterior
• getElementMatrix
• getElementModel
• getElementParent
• getElementPosition
• getElementRotation
• getElementsByType
• getElementsWithinColShape
• getElementsWithinRange
• getElementType
• getElementVelocity
• getLowLODElement
• getRootElement
• isElement
• isElementAttached
• isElementCallPropagationEnabled
• isElementDoubleSided
• isElementFrozen
• isElementInWater
• isElementLowLOD
• isElementWithinColShape
• isElementWithinMarker
• setElementAlpha
• setElementAngularVelocity
• getElementAngularVelocity
• setElementAttachedOffsets
• setElementCallPropagationEnabled
• setElementCollisionsEnabled
• setElementData
• setElementDimension
• setElementDoubleSided
• setElementFrozen
• setElementHealth
• setElementID
• setElementInterior
• setElementModel
• setElementParent
• setElementPosition
• setElementRotation
• setElementVelocity
• setLowLODElement
• getPedContactElement
• getResourceDynamicElementRoot
• getResourceRootElement