GetSearchLightEndPosition
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This function gets the end position of a searchlight element.
Syntax
float float float getSearchLightEndPosition ( searchlight theSearchLight )
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- Method: searchLight:getEndPosition(...)
- Variable: .endPosition
- Counterpart: setSearchLightEndPosition
Required Arguments
- theSearchLight: the searchlight to get the position where the searchlight's light cone ends.
Returns
If the specified searchlight element is valid, this function will return three float, which are the three coordinates of searchlight's end position. If not, it will return false plus an error message.
Example
local helmetLantern local function updateHelmetLantern() local helmetPos, playerMatrix = Vector3(getPedBonePosition(localPlayer, 6)), getElementMatrix(localPlayer) local targetPos = Vector3(playerMatrix[4][1] + playerMatrix[2][1] * 3, playerMatrix[4][2] + playerMatrix[2][2] * 3, playerMatrix[4][3] + playerMatrix[2][3] * 3) -- If the searchlight we use for the effect doesn't exist, create it -- If it is already created, then simply update its start and end positions if not helmetLantern then helmetLantern = createSearchLight(helmetPos, targetPos, 0, 15) local a , b = getSearchLightEndPosition(helmetLantern) outputChatBox(a .." "..b) else setSearchLightStartPosition(helmetLantern, helmetPos) setSearchLightEndPosition(helmetLantern, targetPos) end end local function manageHelmetLantern() local helmetLanternOff = not helmetLantern playSoundFrontEnd(helmetLanternOff and 37 or 38) if helmetLanternOff then -- Let updateHelmetLantern take care of creating and updating the effect addEventHandler("onClientPreRender", root, updateHelmetLantern) else -- Stop updateHelmetLantern doing its job and clear variables removeEventHandler("onClientPreRender", root, updateHelmetLantern) destroyElement(helmetLantern) helmetLantern = nil end end -- Allow the player to turn the helmet lantern or on off by using /togglelantern or pressing O addCommandHandler("togglelantern", manageHelmetLantern) bindKey("o", "down", manageHelmetLantern)
See also
- createSearchLight
- getSearchLightEndPosition
- getSearchLightEndRadius
- getSearchLightStartPosition
- getSearchLightStartRadius
- setSearchLightEndPosition
- setSearchLightEndRadius
- setSearchLightStartPosition
- setSearchLightStartRadius