SetElementPosition

This function sets the position of an element to the specified coordinates.

[[|link=|]]	Warning: Do not use this function to spawn a player. It will cause problems with other functions like warpPedIntoVehicle. Use spawnPlayer instead. MTA freezes player by itself so it is not recommended to use setElementFrozen after changing element's position.

Syntax

bool setElementPosition ( element theElement, float x, float y, float z [, bool warp = true ] )  

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Method: element:setPosition(...)

Variable: .position

Counterpart: getElementPosition

Required Arguments

• theElement: A valid element to be moved.
• x: The x coordinate of the destination.
• y: The y coordinate of the destination.
• z: The z coordinate of the destination.

Optional Arguments

• warp: teleports players, resetting any animations they were doing. Setting this to false preserves the current animation.

Returns

Returns true if the function was successful, false otherwise.

Example

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Example 1

This example adds a "setpos" command to console, which allows setting of a player's position.

function consoleSetPlayerPosition ( source, commandName, posX, posY, posZ )
	setElementPosition ( source, posX, posY, posZ )
end
addCommandHandler ( "setpos", consoleSetPlayerPosition  )

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Example 2

This example adds a "setpos" command to console, which allows setting of the local player's position.

function consoleSetPlayerPosition ( commandName, posX, posY, posZ )
	setElementPosition ( localPlayer, posX, posY, posZ )
end
addCommandHandler ( "setpos", consoleSetPlayerPosition  )

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Example 3

This example enables a player to type /warpto <playername> to warp to them. If the player being warped to is in a vehicle with a free passenger seat, it will warp into the vehicle.

function consoleWarpTo ( sourcePlayer, commandName, player2nick )
	-- Make sure required parameters are set
	if ( not sourcePlayer or not player2nick ) then return end
	-- Setup the variables we will be using for teleportation
	local x, y, z, r, d = 0, 0, 0, 0, 2.5
	-- Grab the element identifier of the player we are trying to warp to
	local player2 = getPlayerFromNick ( player2nick )
	-- Make sure it exists!
	if ( player2 ) then
		-- Is the player we're warping to in a vehicle?
		if ( isPlayerInVehicle ( player2 ) ) then
			-- Indeed they are, let's get the vehicle information such as the vehicle element itself, and the seats it's got.
			local player2vehicle = getPlayerOccupiedVehicle ( player2 )
			local numseats = getVehicleMaxPassengers ( player2vehicle )
			local i = 0
			-- Loop over the seats to see if there's a free one
			while ( i < numseats ) do
				if ( getVehicleOccupant ( player2vehicle, i ) ) then
					-- This seat isn't free, go ahead and check the next one
					i = i + 1
				else
					-- This seat is free, get out of the loop
					break
				end
			end
			-- Check if 'i' is lower than the number of seats. If it is, it means it's the number of a free seat
			if ( i < numseats ) then
				-- Teleport the player into the seat
				warpPlayerIntoVehicle ( sourcePlayer, player2vehicle, i )
			else
				-- There are no free seats, tell the player that.
				outputChatBox ( "Sorry, the player's vehicle is full (" .. getVehicleName ( player2vehicle ) .. " " .. i .. "/" .. numseats .. ")", sourcePlayer )
			end
		else
			-- The player isn't in a vehicle, let's get the player's position and warp to them.
			x, y, z = getElementPosition ( player2 )
			r = getPlayerRotation ( player2 )
			-- Make sure we get interior data, they might be inside one!
			interior = getElementInterior ( player2 )
			dimension = getElementDimension ( player2 )
			-- Do some funky math to make sure that we dont teleport inside of them (get us both stuck inside each other)
			x = x - ( ( math.cos ( math.rad ( r + 90 ) ) ) * d )
			y = y - ( ( math.sin ( math.rad ( r + 90 ) ) ) * d )
			-- Set a few timers for setting interiors, dimensions and positions
			setTimer ( setElementInterior, 800, 1, sourcePlayer, interior )
			setTimer ( setElementDimension, 900, 1, sourcePlayer, dimension )
			setTimer ( setElementPosition, 1000, 1, sourcePlayer, x, y, z )
			setTimer ( setPlayerRotation, 1000, 1, sourcePlayer, r )
			-- Fade the camera to make it look nicer
			fadeCamera ( sourcePlayer, false, 1, 0, 0, 0 )
			-- Fade it back once it's all complete!
			setTimer ( fadeCamera, 1000, 1, sourcePlayer, true, 1 )
		end
	else
		-- No player by the specified name was found, tell the warper this.
		outputChatBox ( "No such player.", sourcePlayer )
	end
end
addCommandHandler ( "warpto", consoleWarpTo )

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
ADDED/UPDATED IN VERSION 1.6.0 r22864:
isElementOnFire
• isElementWithinColShape
• isElementWithinMarker
• setElementAlpha
• setElementAngularVelocity
• getElementAngularVelocity
• setElementAttachedOffsets
• setElementCallPropagationEnabled
• setElementCollisionsEnabled
• setElementData
• setElementDimension
• setElementDoubleSided
• setElementFrozen
• setElementHealth
• setElementID
• setElementInterior
• setElementModel
ADDED/UPDATED IN VERSION 1.6.0 r22864:
setElementOnFire
• setElementParent
• setElementPosition
• setElementRotation
• setElementVelocity
• setLowLODElement
• getPedContactElement
• getResourceDynamicElementRoot
• getResourceRootElement