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getWeaponNameFromID

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This function allows you to retrieve the name of a weapon from an ID.

Note

You can also retrieve the name of other methods of death, such as Fall and Rammed.

Syntax 

string getWeaponNameFromID ( int id )
Required Arguments
  • id: The ID you wish to retrieve the name of

Returns

  • string: value

Returns a string of the name of the weapon or death type, false otherwise. Names will be like these: (Ignoring case)

Code Examples

shared

This example displays a death message in the format of "*Killerkilleddead(Weapon)"

function scriptOnPlayerWasted ( totalammo, killer, killerweapon, bodypart ) --when a player dies
  local causeOfDeath = getWeaponNameFromID ( killerweapon ) --get the name of 'killerweapon' and define it as 'causeOfDeath'
  local killedPerson = getPlayerName ( source ) --get the name of the player who died and define it as 'killedPerson'
  if ( killer ) then --if there was a killer
  local killerPerson = getPlayerName ( killer ) --get the name of the killer and define it as 'killerPerson'
    if ( killer == source ) then --if the killer is the same as the person who died i.e. he killed himself
      outputChatBox ( "* "..killerPerson.." died ("..causeOfDeath..")", root, 255, 100, 100 ) --output in the chatbox that  he died and the method he died in the brackets
    else --if the killer is not the same as the person who died
      outputChatBox ( "* "..killerPerson.." killed "..killedPerson.." ("..causeOfDeath..")", root, 255, 100, 100 ) --output in the chatbox that he was killed by the killer and the method in brackets
    end
  else --if there was no killer
    outputChatBox ( "* "..killedPerson .. " died (" ..causeOfDeath..")", root, 255, 100, 100 ) --output in the chatbox that the person died and how he died
  end
end
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerWasted", root, scriptOnPlayerWasted ) --add an event handler for onPlayerWasted

Issues

ID Description
514 getWeaponNameFromID() returns duplicate ID's for 10/11 and 12/13

See Also

Weapon Functions
Weapon Events
Reference