SetPlayerMarkerForPlayer

SetPlayerMarkerForPlayer

Description:

Function SetPlayerMarkerForPlayer change the colour of a player's nametag and radar blip for another player.

Parameters:

(playerid, showplayerid, color)

int

playerid

The player that will see the player's changed blip/nametag color.

int

showplayerid

The player whose color will be changed.

int

color

New color. Supports alpha values.

Return Values:

• 1: The function was executed successfully.
• 0: The function failed to execute. This means the player specified does not exist.

Examples:

Example 1

// Make player 42 see player 1 as a red marker
SetPlayerMarkerForPlayer( 42, 1, 0xFF0000FF );
 
// Make the players marker an invisible white (chat will be white but marker will be gone).
SetPlayerMarkerForPlayer( 42, 1, 0xFFFFFF00 );
 
// Make the players marker invisible to the player while keeping chat colour the same. Will only work correctly if SetPlayerColor has been used:
SetPlayerMarkerForPlayer( 42, 1, ( GetPlayerColor( 1 ) & 0xFFFFFF00 ) );
 
// Make the players marker fully opaque (solid) to the player while keeping chat colour the same. Will only work correctly if SetPlayerColor has been used:
SetPlayerMarkerForPlayer( 42, 1, ( GetPlayerColor( 1 ) | 0x000000FF ) );

Related Functions

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

• ShowPlayerMarkers: Decide if the server should show markers on the radar.
• LimitPlayerMarkerRadius: Limit the player marker radius.
• SetPlayerColor: Set a player's color.
• ShowPlayerNameTagForPlayer: Show or hide a nametag for a certain player.