SetWeaponTarget

This function sets the target of a custom weapon. There are 3 different targeting modes, which are explained below.

[[{{{image}}}|link=|]]	Note: Custom weapons fire targets with no recoil (so they never miss a shot). If you want a custom weapon to take into account recoil, you will have to script it by firing at fixed coordinates.

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Note: Variable is read only.

Method: weapon:setTarget(...)

Variable: .target

Counterpart: getWeaponTarget

Syntax (target an element)

Fires the weapon at a physical element.

bool setWeaponTarget ( weapon theWeapon, element theTarget [, int theComponent = 255 ] )

Required arguments

• theWeapon: The weapon to set the target of.
• theTarget: The element to shoot at. It can be a player, ped, vehicle or object.

Optional arguments

• theComponent: The component of the target to shoot at. This argument is only relevant when used in the following element types:
  • Vehicles:
    • 0: front left tire.
    • 1: front right tire.
    • 2: rear left tire.
    • 3: rear right tire.
    • 255: center of the car (position returned by getElementPosition).
  • Peds (players not included; see getPedBonePosition to know where each bone is located):
    • 1: BONE_PELVIS1 position.
    • 2: BONE_PELVIS position.
    • 3: BONE_SPINE1 position.
    • 4: BONE_UPPERTORSO position.
    • 5: BONE_NECK position.
    • 6: BONE_HEAD2 position.
    • 7: BONE_HEAD1 position.
    • 8: BONE_HEAD position.
    • 21: BONE_RIGHTUPPERTORSO position.
    • 22: BONE_RIGHTSHOULDER position.
    • 23: BONE_RIGHTELBOW position.
    • 24: BONE_RIGHTWRIST position.
    • 25: BONE_RIGHTHAND position.
    • 26: BONE_RIGHTTHUMB position.
    • 31: BONE_LEFTUPPERTORSO position.
    • 32: BONE_LEFTSHOULDER position.
    • 33: BONE_LEFTELBOW position.
    • 34: BONE_LEFTWRIST position.
    • 35: BONE_LEFTHAND position.
    • 36: BONE_LEFTTHUMB position.
    • 41: BONE_LEFTHIP position.
    • 42: BONE_LEFTKNEE position.
    • 43: BONE_LEFTANKLE position.
    • 44: BONE_LEFTFOOT position.
    • 51: BONE_RIGHTHIP position.
    • 52: BONE_RIGHTKNEE position.
    • 53: BONE_RIGHTANKLE position.
    • 54: BONE_RIGHTFOOT position.
    • 255: center of the ped (position returned by getElementPosition).

Returns

Returns true on success, false otherwise.

Syntax (target a position)

Fires the weapon at the specified position.

bool setWeaponTarget ( weapon theWeapon, float targetX, float targetY, float targetZ )

Required arguments

• theWeapon: The weapon to set the target of.
• targetX: The target X.
• targetY: The target Y.
• targetZ: The target Z.

Returns

Returns true on success, false otherwise.

Syntax (rotational target)

Sets the weapon back to rotation based targeting. It will fire to its front.

bool setWeaponTarget ( weapon theWeapon, nil )

Required arguments

• theWeapon: The weapon to clear the target of.

Returns

Returns true on success, false otherwise.

Example

This example creates a Uzi and a pedestrian in the center of the map when the resource which contains it starts and makes the weapon fire the new ped's head non-stop.

local function createWeaponFiringPedHead()
    -- Create the weapon and set a flag of it
    local weapon = createWeapon("uzi", 0, 0, 10)
    setWeaponFlags(weapon, "instant_reload", true)
    -- Set the weapon target to a ped and fire it forever
    setWeaponTarget(weapon, createPed(8, 0, 0, 5), 8)
    setWeaponState(weapon, "firing")
end
addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot, createWeaponFiringPedHead)

See also

• createWeapon
• fireWeapon
• getWeaponAmmo
• getWeaponClipAmmo
• getWeaponFiringRate
• getWeaponFlags
• getWeaponOwner
• getWeaponProperty
• getWeaponState
• getWeaponTarget
• resetWeaponFiringRate
• setWeaponAmmo
• setWeaponClipAmmo
• setWeaponFiringRate
• setWeaponFlags
• setWeaponProperty
• setWeaponState
• setWeaponTarget