Pair: setCameraTarget

This function returns an element that corresponds to the current target of the specified player's camera (i.e. what it is following).

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Server OOP syntax

• Method:player:getCameraTarget(...)
• Variable: .cameraTarget

Client OOP syntax

• Method:Camera.getTarget(...)
• Variable: .target

Client Syntax

element|false getCameraTarget ( )

Returns

• element|false: camera target

Returns an element of the target if the function was successful, or false if bad arguments were specified. Returns false if the camera is in Fixed mode and has no target.

Server Syntax

element|false getCameraTarget ( player thePlayer )

Required Arguments

• thePlayer: The player whose camera you wish to receive the target of.

Returns

• element|false: camera target

Returns an element of the target if the function was successful, or false if bad arguments were specified. Returns false if the camera is in Fixed mode and has no target.

Code Examples

Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4

client

This example checks whether a player's camera's target is another player, and returns true or false accordingly.

function isTargetPlayer()
    local target = getCameraTarget()
    if (getElementType(target) == "player") then -- If target is a player
        return true -- Return true
    else
        return false -- Otherwise, return false.
    end
end

client

This example checks whether a player's camera's target is another player, and returns true or false accordingly.

function isTargetPlayer()
    local target = Camera.target -- or Camera.getTarget()
    if (getElementType(target) == "player") then -- If target is a player
        return true -- Return true
    else
        return false -- Otherwise, return false.
    end
end

server

This example checks whether a player's camera's target is another player, and returns true or false accordingly.

function isTargetPlayer(thePlayer)
    local target = getCameraTarget(thePlayer)
    if (getElementType(target) == "player") then -- If target is a player
        return true -- Return true
    else
        return false -- Otherwise, return false.
    end
end

server

This example checks whether a player's camera's target is another player, and returns true or false accordingly.

function isTargetPlayer(thePlayer)
    local target = thePlayer.cameraTarget -- or thePlayer:getCameraTarget()
    if (getElementType(target) == "player") then -- If target is a player
        return true -- Return true
    else
        return false -- Otherwise, return false.
    end
end

See Also

Camera Functions

• fadeCamera
• getCamera
• getCameraClip
• getCameraDrunkLevel
• getCameraFieldOfView
• getCameraGoggleEffect
• getCameraInterior
• getCameraMatrix
• getCameraTarget
• getCameraViewMode
• resetShakeCamera
• setCameraClip
• setCameraDrunkLevel
• setCameraFieldOfView
• setCameraGoggleEffect
• setCameraInterior
• setCameraMatrix
• setCameraTarget
• setCameraViewMode
• shakeCamera

Reference

• Scripting Functions