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{{OOP|Variable is read only.|[[Element/Weapon|weapon]]:setTarget|target|getWeaponTarget}}
{{OOP|Variable is read only.|[[Element/Weapon|weapon]]:setTarget|target|getWeaponTarget}}
==Syntax (target an entity)==
==Syntax (target an entity)==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">bool setWeaponTarget ( weapon theWeapon, element theTarget [, int theComponent] )</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">bool setWeaponTarget ( weapon theWeapon, element theTarget [, int theComponent = 255] )</syntaxhighlight>


===Required arguments===
===Required arguments===
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*** '''2''': rear left tire.
*** '''2''': rear left tire.
*** '''3''': rear right tire.
*** '''3''': rear right tire.
*** '''255''': center of the car (position returned by [[getElementPosition]]). Default component if not specified.
*** '''255''': center of the car (position returned by [[getElementPosition]]).
** '''[[Ped|Peds]]''' (players '''not''' included; see [[getPedBonePosition]] to know where is located each bone):
** '''[[Ped|Peds]]''' (players '''not''' included; see [[getPedBonePosition]] to know where is located each bone):
***'''1:''' shoots at ''BONE_PELVIS1''.
***'''1:''' shoots at ''BONE_PELVIS1''.
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***'''53:''' shoots at ''BONE_RIGHTANKLE''.
***'''53:''' shoots at ''BONE_RIGHTANKLE''.
***'''54:''' shoots at ''BONE_RIGHTFOOT''.
***'''54:''' shoots at ''BONE_RIGHTFOOT''.
*** '''255''': shoots at the center of the ped (position returned by [[getElementPosition]]). Default component if not specified.
*** '''255''': shoots at the center of the ped (position returned by [[getElementPosition]]).


===Returns===
===Returns===

Revision as of 17:39, 23 December 2014

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

[[{{{image}}}|link=|]] Note: Custom weapons target its target (assigned by this function) with no recoil. 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 entity)

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 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 is located each bone):
      • 1: shoots at BONE_PELVIS1.
      • 2: shoots at BONE_PELVIS.
      • 3: shoots at BONE_SPINE1.
      • 4: shoots at BONE_UPPERTORSO.
      • 5: shoots at BONE_NECK.
      • 6: shoots at BONE_HEAD2.
      • 7: shoots at BONE_HEAD1.
      • 8: shoots at BONE_HEAD.
      • 21: shoots at BONE_RIGHTUPPERTORSO.
      • 22: shoots at BONE_RIGHTSHOULDER.
      • 23: shoots at BONE_RIGHTELBOW.
      • 24: shoots at BONE_RIGHTWRIST.
      • 25: shoots at BONE_RIGHTHAND.
      • 26: shoots at BONE_RIGHTTHUMB.
      • 31: shoots at BONE_LEFTUPPERTORSO.
      • 32: shoots at BONE_LEFTSHOULDER.
      • 33: shoots at BONE_LEFTELBOW.
      • 34: shoots at BONE_LEFTWRIST.
      • 35: shoots at BONE_LEFTHAND.
      • 36: shoots at BONE_LEFTTHUMB.
      • 41: shoots at BONE_LEFTHIP.
      • 42: shoots at BONE_LEFTKNEE.
      • 43: shoots at BONE_LEFTANKLE.
      • 44: shoots at BONE_LEFTFOOT.
      • 51: shoots at BONE_RIGHTHIP.
      • 52: shoots at BONE_RIGHTKNEE.
      • 53: shoots at BONE_RIGHTANKLE.
      • 54: shoots at BONE_RIGHTFOOT.
      • 255: shoots at the 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. 

bool bool setWeaponTarget ( weapon theWeapon, nil )

Required Arguments

  • theWeapon: The weapon to clear the target of.

Returns

Returns true on success, false otherwise.

Requirements

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See also


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