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This checks if an element is visible to a player. This does not check if the player can literally see the element, just that they are aware that it exists. Some so-called per-player elements are able to be visible only to some players, as such this checks if this is the case for a particular element/player combination.

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Syntax 

bool isElementVisibleTo ( element theElement, element visibleTo )
Required Arguments
  • theElement: The element you want to check the visibility of
  • visibleTo: The player you want to check against

Returns

  • bool: value

Returns true if element is visible to the specified player, false if not or an invalid argument was passed to the function.

Code Examples

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This checks if the player is visible to them selves.

addEventHandler("onPlayerSpawn",root,function()
     if not isElementVisibleTo(source,source) then --if the player is not visible to them selves
          setElementVisibleTo(source,source,true) --then make them visible to them selves.
     end
end)

See Also

Element Functions
Element Events
Reference