SetWeaponTarget

Weapon target information:

• There are three types of targets:
  • Position - Fires at a position in the world
  • Entity - Fires at an entity ( either the COM or the component position provided )
  • Rotational - Fires where the weapon points

Syntax

bool setWeaponTarget ( weapon theWeapon, element theTarget, int iComponentID )

Required Arguments

• theWeapon: The weapon to set the target of.
• theTarget: The target entity of the shot to shoot at.
• iComponentID: The component position to fire at.
  • Vehicles:
    • 0 - front left tire
    • 1 - front right tire
    • 2 - rear left tire
    • 3 - rear right tire
    • 255 - none
  • Peds:
    • See ped bones
    • 255 - none

Returns

Returns true on success, false otherwise.

Fires a weapon at the specified entity ( this never misses... ever )

Syntax 2

Fires a weapon at the specified position ( this never misses... ever )

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 3

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

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