SetElementModel

Sets the model of a given element. This allows you to change the model of a player (or ped), a vehicle or an object.

Syntax

bool setElementModel ( element theElement, int model )

Required Arguments

• theElement: the element you want to change.
• model: the model ID to set.
  • For players/peds: A GTASA player model (skin) ID. See Character Skins.
  • For vehicles: The vehicle ID of the vehicle being changed.
  • For objects: An int specifying the model id.

Returns

Returns true if successful, false otherwise.

Example

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Example 1 (Server)

addCommandHandler ( "changeveh",
    function ( thePlayer, command, newModel )
        local theVehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle ( thePlayer ) -- get the vehicle the player is in
        newModel = tonumber ( newModel )                          -- try to convert the string argument to a number
        if theVehicle and newModel then                           -- make sure the player is in a vehicle and specified a number
            setElementModel ( theVehicle, newModel )
        end
    end
)

After the above code is executed, a player can get in any vehicle and execute e.g. the command "/changeveh 520" to change it into a hydra.

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Example 2 (Server)

This will continually change an object model every 2.5 seconds at the location -1084.52, -1634.81, 76.36 (Truth's farm).

myobject = createObject ( 5822, -1084.52, -1634.81, 76.36 )
-- We create an initial object element. I choose object model 5822 to begin with.

function objectRandomization ()  
    local randomobjectnumber = math.random(1, 18000)
    -- Choose a random number between 1 and 18000 as a whole integer and assign it to
    -- the variable 'randomobjectnumber'
    setElementModel ( myobject, randomobjectnumber )
    -- Change our object appearance by applying a new model ID
end

setTimer ( objectRandomization, 2500, 0 )
-- Every 2.5 seconds, the function 'objectRandomization' is called by this timer.
-- Each time the function runs, it changes the object model by applying a new whole-
-- integer random object ID. This timer is called an infinite amount of times since  
-- its repeat value is set to 0.

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