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setVehiclePlateText

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Pair: getVehiclePlateText

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This function can be used to set the numberplate text of a vehicle. All non ascii characters will be replaced by spaces.

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  • Method:vehicle:setPlateText(...)
  • Variable: .plateText

Syntax 

bool setVehiclePlateText ( element theVehicle, string numberplate )
Required Arguments
  • theVehicle: the vehicle whose numberplate you want to change.
  • numberplate: a string that will go on the number plate of the vehicle (max 8 characters).

Returns

  • bool: value

Returns true if the numberplate was changed successfully, or false if invalid arguments were passed

Code Examples

shared 
function PlateText(thePlayer,commandName,text)
  local Vehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle(thePlayer)
  if Vehicle then
    if text then
      setVehiclePlateText( Vehicle, text )
    else
      outputChatBox("You must enter a message or the plate is incorrect.",thePlayer)
    end
  else
    outputChatBox("You must be in a Vehicle.",thePlayer)
  end
end
addCommandHandler("setplate",PlateText)

See Also

Vehicle Functions
Vehicle Events
Reference