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getVehicleCurrentGear

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Pair: .gear

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Gets the specified vehicle's current gear.

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Syntax 

int getVehicleCurrentGear ( vehicle theVehicle )
Required Arguments
  • theVehicle: the vehicle to get the gear of

Returns

  • int: value

Returns the gear if successful, false otherwise.

Code Examples

shared

Example of a program that outputs the current gear to the lower, center of the screen

function makeGearGui( )
  local sx, sy = guiGetScreenSize()
  local wx = 50
  local wy = 50
  gearLabel = guiCreateLabel(((sx / 2) - wx), (sy - wy), wx, wy, "5", false)
end
makeGearGui()


function onRender()
  g_vehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle(localPlayer)
  if g_vehicle then
    g_curGear = tostring(getVehicleCurrentGear(g_vehicle))
    guiSetText(gearLabel, g_curGear)
  else
    guiSetText(gearLabel, "")
  end
end
addEventHandler("onClientRender", root, onRender)

See Also

Vehicle Functions
Vehicle Events
Reference