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getPedControlState

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Checks whether a ped or the localplayer has a certain control pressed.

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  • Method:ped:getControlState(...)

Syntax 

bool getPedControlState ( ped thePed, string control )
Required Arguments
  • thePed: the ped you want to check.
  • control: the control to get the status of. See control names for a list of valid names.

Returns

  • bool: value

Returns true if the ped is pressing the specified control, false if not or an invalid argument was passed.

Code Examples

shared 
local controlTable = {"forwards", "backwards", "left", "right", "jump", "crouch"}


function invisibleOnSpawn()
    setElementAlpha (localPlayer, 0)
    checkControlState = setTimer(controlState, 50, 0)
end
addEventHandler ("onClientPlayerSpawn", localPlayer, invisibleOnSpawn)


function controlState()
    for i,control in ipairs(controlTable) do
        local state = getPedControlState(localPlayer, control)
  if (state) then
      setElementAlpha (localPlayer, 255)
      if (isTimer(checkControlState)) then
    killTimer(checkControlState)
    checkControlState = nil
      end
  end
    end
end

See Also

Ped Functions
Ped Events
Reference