SetVehiclePlateText: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 19:24, 6 February 2015

This function can be used to change/set the numberplate text of a car.

Syntax

bool setVehiclePlateText( element theVehicle, string numberplate )

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Method: vehicle:setPlateText(...)

Variable: .plateText

Counterpart: getVehiclePlateText

Required Arguments

theVehicle: the vehicle whose numberplate you want to change.
numberplate: a string that will go on the number plate of the car (max 8 characters).

Returns

Returns true if the numberplate was changed successfully, or false if invalid arguments were passed

Requirements

Minimum server version	1.3.3
Minimum client version	1.3.3

Note: Using this feature requires the resource to have the above minimum version declared in the meta.xml <min_mta_version> section. e.g. <min_mta_version server="1.3.3" client="1.3.3" />

Example

function PlateText(thePlayer,commandName,text)
	local Vehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle(thePlayer)
	if Vehicle then
		if text then
			setVehiclePlateText( Vehicle, text )
		else
			outputChatBox("You must enter a message.",thePlayer)
		end
	else
		outputChatBox("You must be in a Vehicle.",thePlayer)
	end
end
addCommandHandler("setplate",PlateText)

Issues

Issue ID	Description
#8158	setVehiclePlateText doesn't seem to change visual plate texture on most (if not all) motorcycles.

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 addCommandHandler("setplate",PlateText)
 </syntaxhighlight>
+== Issues ==
+{{Issues|
+{{Issue|8158|setVehiclePlateText doesn't seem to change visual plate texture on most (if not all) motorcycles.}}
+}}
 ==See Also==
 {{Vehicle_functions}}