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This function gets the radius of an element. Normally, sphere or circle-shaped elements tend to return a more accurate and expected radius than others with another shapes.

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  • Method:element:getRadius(...)
  • Variable: .radius

Syntax 

float getElementRadius ( element theElement )
Required Arguments
  • theElement: The element to get the radius of. It can be any entity type, such as: Players . Peds . Vehicles . Objects .

Returns

  • float: value

Returns a float containing the radius if the element is valid, false otherwise.

Code Examples

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This example shows how to get and output the radius of every player who types the/getmyradiuscommand (which will always be1).

local function outputLocalPlayerRadius()
    outputChatBox("Your radius is " .. getElementRadius(localPlayer))
end
addCommandHandler("getmyradius", outputLocalPlayerRadius)

See Also

Element Functions
Element Events
Reference