SetVehiclePlateText: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 16:08, 6 April 2016

This function can be used to set the numberplate text of a car. It now also changes the numberplate text of any vehicle that has visual numberplates.

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

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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)

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 {{Server client function}}
 {{New feature/item|3.0133|1.3.3|5394|
-This function can be used to change/set the numberplate text of a car.
+This function can be used to set the numberplate text of a car.
+}}
+{{New feature/item|3.0160|1.6.0|7939|
+It now also changes the numberplate text of any vehicle that has visual numberplates.
 }}
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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}}