Pair: setElementModel

Returns the model ID of a given element. This can be a player, ped, vehicle, object, weapon, building, pickup or projectile.

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• Method:element:getModel(...)
• Variable: .model

Syntax

​int|false getElementModel ( ​element theElement )

Required Arguments

• theElement: The element to retrieve the model ID of.

Returns

• int|false: model

Returns the model ID if successful, false otherwise.

Code Examples

Example 1 (OOP) Example 2 Example 3

client

OOP Required

This example prints out a player skin model.

addCommandHandler('getskin', function()
    outputChatBox('Your skin model: '..localPlayer.model)
end)

server

This example destroys a haystack when a player targets it. It only works with elements created by MTA.

addEventHandler("onPlayerTarget", root, function(targetElem)
    if (isElement(targetElem)) and (getElementType(targetElem) == "object") and (getElementModel(targetElem) == 3374) then
        destroyElement(targetElem)
    end
end)

server

This example prints out a message when a Shamal or AT-400 is entered by a player.

function planeEnter(theVehicle, seat, jacked) -- when someone enters a vehicle
    local id = getElementModel(theVehicle) -- get the model ID of the vehicle
    if id == 519 or id == 577 then -- if theVehicle is either Shamal or AT-400
        local vehicleName = getVehicleName(theVehicle) -- get the name of theVehicle
        outputChatBox("Someone stole a " .. vehicleName .. "!") -- announce that someone stole the plane
    end
end
-- add the event handler to the event
addEventHandler("onPlayerVehicleEnter", root, planeEnter)

See Also

Element Functions

• addElementDataSubscriber
• attachElements
• clearElementVisibleTo
• cloneElement
• createElement
• destroyElement
• detachElements
• getAllElementDataUpdated
• getAttachedElements
• getElementAlpha
• getElementAngularVelocity
• getElementAttachedOffsets
• getElementAttachedTo
• getElementBonePosition
• getElementBoneQuaternionNew
• getElementBoneRotation
• getElementBoundingBox
• getElementByID
• getElementByIndex
• getElementChild
• getElementChildren
• getElementChildrenCount
• getElementCollisionsEnabled
• getElementColShape
• getElementData
• getElementDimension
• getElementDistanceFromCentreOfMassToBaseOfModel
• getElementHealth
• getElementID
• getElementInterior
• getElementLighting
• getElementMatrix
• getElementModel
• getElementParent
• getElementPosition
• getElementRadius
• getElementRotation
• getElementsByType
• getElementsWithinColShape
• getElementsWithinRange
• getElementSyncer
• getElementType
• getElementVelocity
• getElementZoneName
• getLowLODElement
• getRootElement
• hasElementData
• hasElementDataSubscriber
• isElement
• isElementAttached
• isElementCallPropagationEnabled
• isElementCollidableWith
• isElementDoubleSided
• isElementFrozen
• isElementInWater
• isElementLocal
• isElementLowLOD
• isElementOnFireNew
• isElementOnScreen
• isElementStreamable
• isElementStreamedIn
• isElementSyncer
• isElementVisibleTo
• isElementWaitingForGroundToLoad
• isElementWithinColShape
• isElementWithinMarker
• removeElementData
• removeElementDataSubscriber
• setElementAlpha
• setElementAngularVelocity
• setElementAttachedOffsets
• setElementBonePosition
• setElementBoneQuaternionNew
• setElementBoneRotation
• setElementCallPropagationEnabled
• setElementCollidableWith
• setElementCollisionsEnabled
• setElementDataUpdated
• setElementDimension
• setElementDoubleSided
• setElementFrozen
• setElementHealth
• setElementID
• setElementInterior
• setElementLightingNew
• setElementMatrix
• setElementModel
• setElementOnFireNew
• setElementParent
• setElementPosition
• setElementRotation
• setElementStreamable
• setElementSyncer
• setElementVelocity
• setElementVisibleTo
• setLowLODElement
• updateElementRpHAnim

Element Events

• onClientElementColShapeHit
• onClientElementColShapeLeave
• onClientElementDataChange
• onClientElementDestroy
• onClientElementDimensionChange
• onClientElementInteriorChange
• onClientElementModelChange
• onClientElementStreamIn
• onClientElementStreamOut
• onElementClicked
• onElementColShapeHit
• onElementColShapeLeave
• onElementDataChange
• onElementDestroy
• onElementDimensionChange
• onElementInteriorChange
• onElementModelChange
• onElementStartSync
• onElementStopSync

Reference

• Scripting Functions