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isElementStreamedIn

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This function checks whether an element is currently streamed in (not virtualized) and are actual GTA objects in the world. You can force an element to be streamed in using setElementStreamable.

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  • Method:element:isStreamedIn(...)
  • Variable: .streamedIn

Syntax 

bool isElementStreamedIn ( element theElement )
Required Arguments
  • theElement: The element to check whether is streamed in or not.

Returns

  • bool: value

Returns true if the passed element is currently streamed in, false if it is virtualized.

Code Examples

shared

This command shows you how many objects you have streamed in.

function checkTheObjects ( cmd )
  local amount = 0 -- When starting the command, we don't have any objects looped.
  for k,v in ipairs ( getElementsByType ( "object" ) ) do -- Looping all the objects in the server
    if isElementStreamedIn ( v ) then -- If the object is streamed in
      amount = amount + 1 -- It's an object more streamed in
    end
  end
  outputChatBox ( "You have currently " ..amount.. " objects streamed in." ) -- Send the player the amount of objects that are streamed in
end
addCommandHandler ( "checkobjects", checkTheObjects )

See Also

Element Functions
Element Events
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