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getVehicleEngineState

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Pair: setVehicleEngineState

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This function returns a vehicle's engine state (on or off).

OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!

  • Method:vehicle:getEngineState(...)
  • Variable: .engineState

Syntax 

bool getVehicleEngineState ( vehicle theVehicle )
Required Arguments
  • theVehicle: the vehicle you wish to get the engine state of.

Returns

  • bool: value

Returns true if the vehicle's engine is started, false otherwise.

Code Examples

shared

This example will switch the vehicle engine state with the command "/switchengine".

function switchEngine ( playerSource )
    local theVehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle ( playerSource )


    -- Check if the player is in any vehicle and if he is the driver
    if theVehicle and getVehicleController ( theVehicle ) == playerSource then
        local state = getVehicleEngineState ( theVehicle )
        setVehicleEngineState ( theVehicle, not state )
    end
end
addCommandHandler ( "switchengine", switchEngine )

See Also

Vehicle Functions
Vehicle Events
Reference