GetVehiclePos

GetVehiclePos

Description:

Function GetVehiclePos gets the position of a vehicle.

Parameters:

(vehicleid, &Float:x, &Float:y, &Float:z)

int

vehicleid

The ID of the vehicle to get the position of.

float

X

A float variable in which to store the X coordinate, passed by reference.

float

Y

A float variable in which to store the Y coordinate, passed by reference.

float

Z

A float variable in which to store the Z coordinate, passed by reference.

Return Values:

• 1: The function was executed successfully.
• 0: The function failed to execute. The vehicle specified does not exist.

Examples:

Example 1

public OnPlayerCommandText(playerid, cmdtext[])
{
     if(strcmp(cmdtext, "/vehpos", true) == 0)
     {
          new currentveh;
          currentveh = GetPlayerVehicleID(playerid);
 
          new Float:vehx, Float:vehy, Float:vehz;
          GetVehiclePos(currentveh, vehx, vehy, vehz);
 
          new vehpostext[96];
          format(vehpostext, sizeof(vehpostext), "The current vehicle positions are: %f, %f, %f", vehx, vehy, vehz);
 
          SendClientMessage(playerid, 0xFFFFFFFF, vehpostext);
          return 1;
     }
 
     return 0;
}

Related Functions

The following functions may be useful, as they are related to this function in one way or another.

• GetVehicleDistanceFromPoint: Get the distance between a vehicle and a point.
• SetVehiclePos: Set the position of a vehicle.
• GetVehicleZAngle: Check the current angle of a vehicle.
• GetVehicleRotation: Get the rotation of a vehicle on the XYZ axis.