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setElementCollidableWith

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Pair: isElementCollidableWith

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This function can be used to set an element to collide with another element. An element with collisions disabled does not interact physically with the other element.

Note: You can only use this function with the element types listed below.

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  • Method:element:setCollidableWith(...)

Syntax 

bool setElementCollidableWith ( element theElement, element withElement, bool enabled )
Required Arguments
  • theElement: The element which colliding you want to change
  • withElement: The other element you wish the first entity to collide with
  • enabled: A boolean to indicate whether elements should be able to collide with eachother ( true ) or not ( false )

Returns

  • bool: value

Returns true if the collisions were set succesfully, false otherwise.

Code Examples

shared 
function ghostmode_on()
  local playerVehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle(localPlayer) -- Get the players vehicle
  if(playerVehicle) then -- Check the return value.
    for i,v in pairs(getElementsByType("vehicle")) do --LOOP through all vehicles
      setElementCollidableWith(v, playerVehicle, false) -- Set the collison off with the other vehicles.
    end
    outputChatBox("You are now a Ghost")
  end
end
addCommandHandler("ghostmode", ghostmode_on) -- Add the /ghostmode Command.

See Also

Element Functions
Element Events
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