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getVehicleModelDummyPosition

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This function gets position of the dummies contained in a vehicle model.

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Syntax 

float,​ float,​ float getVehicleModelDummyPosition ( int modelID, string dummy )
Required Arguments
  • modelID: The model ID which you want to apply the change to
  • dummy: The dummy whose position you want to get

Returns

  • float: x
  • float: y
  • float: z

Returns three floats indicating the position x , y and z of given dummy. It returns false otherwise.

Code Examples

shared

Given example will draw rectangle over every dummy in vehicle player is currently sitting it.

local dummies = {
  "light_front_main",
  "light_rear_main",
  "light_front_second",
  "light_rear_second",
  "seat_front",
  "seat_rear",
  "exhaust",
  "engine",
  "gas_cap",
  "trailer_attach",
  "hand_rest",
  "exhaust_second",
  "wing_airtrail",
  "veh_gun"
}


function draw()
  local veh = getPedOccupiedVehicle( localPlayer )
  if not veh then return end


  local mat = getElementMatrix(veh)
  local vx,vy,vz = getMatrixPosition(mat)
  local fx,fy,fz = getMatrixForward(mat)
  local lx,ly,lz = getMatrixLeft(mat)
  local ux,uy,uz = getMatrixUp(mat)
  local model = getElementModel(veh)


  for i,dum in ipairs(dummies) do
    local v = {getVehicleModelDummyPosition(model, dum)}
    if v[1] ~= 0 or v[2] ~= 0 or v[3] ~= 0 then
      local px,py,pz = vx,vy,vz
      px = px+fx*v[2]+lx*v[1]+ux*v[3]
      py = py+fy*v[2]+ly*v[1]+uy*v[3]
      pz = pz+fz*v[2]+lz*v[1]+uz*v[3]


      local sx,sy = getScreenFromWorldPosition( px,py,pz,0,false )
      if sx then
        dxDrawRectangle( sx-10, sy-10, 20, 20, v[4] )
        dxDrawText(i-1, sx-5,sy-5,20,20,tocolor( 0,0,0 ))
      end
    end
  end
end
addEventHandler("onClientRender", root, draw)


-- Utility functions, not related to main functionality
function getElementMatrix(element)
    local rx, ry, rz = getElementRotation(element, "ZXY")
    rx, ry, rz = math.rad(rx), math.rad(ry), math.rad(rz)
    local matrix = {}
    matrix[1] = {}
    matrix[1][1] = math.cos(rz)*math.cos(ry) - math.sin(rz)*math.sin(rx)*math.sin(ry)
    matrix[1][2] = math.cos(ry)*math.sin(rz) + math.cos(rz)*math.sin(rx)*math.sin(ry)
    matrix[1][3] = -math.cos(rx)*math.sin(ry)
    matrix[1][4] = 1


    matrix[2] = {}
    matrix[2][1] = -math.cos(rx)*math.sin(rz)
    matrix[2][2] = math.cos(rz)*math.cos(rx)
    matrix[2][3] = math.sin(rx)
    matrix[2][4] = 1


    matrix[3] = {}
    matrix[3][1] = math.cos(rz)*math.sin(ry) + math.cos(ry)*math.sin(rz)*math.sin(rx)
    matrix[3][2] = math.sin(rz)*math.sin(ry) - math.cos(rz)*math.cos(ry)*math.sin(rx)
    matrix[3][3] = math.cos(rx)*math.cos(ry)
    matrix[3][4] = 1


    matrix[4] = {}
    matrix[4][1], matrix[4][2], matrix[4][3] = getElementPosition(element)
    matrix[4][4] = 1


    return matrix
end


function getMatrixLeft(m)
    return m[1][1], m[1][2], m[1][3]
end
function getMatrixForward(m)
    return m[2][1], m[2][2], m[2][3]
end
function getMatrixUp(m)
    return m[3][1], m[3][2], m[3][3]
end
function getMatrixPosition(m)
    return m[4][1], m[4][2], m[4][3]
end

See Also

Vehicle Functions
Vehicle Events
Reference