Template:Useful Functions

• callClientFunction » This function allows you to call any clientside function from the server's side.
• callServerFunction » This function allows you to call any server-side function from the client's side.
• centerWindow » This function center the window in any resolution.
• Check » This function checks if it's arguments are of the right types and calls the error-function if one isn't.
• coroutine.resume » Fix for hidden coroutine error messages
• dxDrawColorText » This function draws a dx text with #RRGGBB color codes support.
• dxDrawGifImage » This function simulates the effect of a GIF image by using image sprites.
• dxDrawImage3D » This function draws a 3D image.
• dxDrawRectangle3D » This function draws a 3D rectangle.
• dxGetFontSizeFromHeight » This function calculate a font size from given height for dxDraw.
• findRotation » Takes two points and returns the direction from point A to point B.
• FormatDate » Formats a date on the basis of a format string and returns it.
• GenerateString » With this function you can generate a random string with any characters.
• getAge » This function calculates the age of a birthday.
• getAlivePlayers (Client) » This function returns all the alive players by a client side, so you can store them into a Gridlist or something like that, faster.
• getAlivePlayersInTeam » This function returns a table of the alive players in a team.
• getCursorMoveOn » This function checks in which way the cursor is currently moving.
• getDistanceBetweenPointAndSegment2D » Takes point coordinates and line (a segment) starting and ending coordinates. It returns the shortest distance between the point and the line.
• getElementSpeed » This function allows you to get element speed in kph or mph units.
• getOffsetFromXYZ » This function allows you to take an entity and a position and calculate the relative offset between them accounting for rotations.
• getOnlineAdmins » This function will give the online admins.
• getOnlineStaff » Returns all online staff, names separated by two spaces.
• getPlayerFromNamePart » This function allows you to get player From his Name part.
• getPlayersInPhotograph » This function gets all the players in a photograph.
• getPointFromDistanceRotation » Finds a point based on a starting point, direction and distance.
• getResourceSettings » This function returns a table of the resource settings.
• getTimestamp » With this function you can get the UNIX timestamp.
• getXMLNodes » Returns all children of a node
• IfElse » Returns one of two values based on a boolean expression.
• isElementInPhotograph » This function checks if an element was in the player's camera picture. This needs writing still. --Ransom 21:45, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
• isElementInRange » This function allows you to check is the element's range to the main point is smaller than (or as big as) the maximum range.
• isLeapYear » Checks if the given year is a leap year.
• isVehicleOnRoof » This function checks whether vehicle is on roof.
• iterElements » Returns an iterator for your for loops saving time typing ipairs( getElementsByType( type ) ), instead you type: iterElements( type ).
• math.round » Rounds a number whereas the number of decimals to keep and the method may be set.
• multi_check » This function checks one element to many, handy and clean.
• onVehicleWeaponFire » This code implements an event that is triggered when a player in a vehicle fires a vehicles weapon.
• RGBToHex » This function returns a string representing the color in hexadecimal.
• setElementSpeed » This function allows you to set moving element speed in kph or mph units.
• setTableProtected » Protects a table and makes it read-only.
• setVehicleGravityPoint » This clientside function sets a vehicle's gravity in the direction of a 3 dimensional coordinate with the strength specified.
• string.count » This function counts a text from a text.
• string.explode » This function splits a string at a given separator pattern and returns a table with the pieces.
• switch » This function allow the value of a variable or expression to control the flow of program execution via a multiway branch.
• table.copy » This function copies a whole table and all the tables in that table.
• table.empty » This function check is empty table or not.
• table.map » This function goes through a table and replaces every field with the return of the passed function, where the field's value is passed as first argument and optionally more arguments.
• table.random » This function retrieves a random variable from a table.
• table.size » Finds the absolute size of a table.
• toHex » This function converts a decimal number to a hexadecimal number, as a fix to be used clientside.
• var dump » This function outputs information about one or more variables using outputConsole()