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This function can change an element's visibility.

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Syntax 

bool setElementVisibleTo ( element theElement, element visibleTo, bool visible )
Required Arguments
  • theElement: The element you want to control the visibility of.
  • visibleTo: The element you wish the element to be visible or invisible to. Any child elements that are players will also be able to see the element. See visibility .
  • visible: Whether you are making it visible or invisible to the player.

Returns

  • bool: value

Returns true if the element's visibility was changed successfully, false otherwise, for example if you are trying to change the visibility of a vehicle, player or object.

Code Examples

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This example creates a marker and makes it only visibile to the player called 'someguy'.

-- Find the player called someguy
local someguy = getPlayerFromName ( "someguy" )
-- If the player was found then
if ( someguy ) then
  -- Get the player's position into the variables x, y and z
  x, y, z = getElementPosition ( someguy )
  -- Create a marker at the player's position
  myMarker = createMarker ( x, y, z )


  -- Then make the marker invisible to the whole dimension (root for the first)
  setElementVisibleTo ( myMarker, root, false )
  -- Set marker visibility to true for someguy
  setElementVisibleTo ( myMarker, someguy, true )


  -- The order in which you do the visibility changes does not matter, but ideally trues should be set before falses in order to prevent a momentary flicker.
end

See Also

Element Functions
Element Events
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