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setVehicleTaxiLightOn

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Pair: isVehicleTaxiLightOn

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This function will set the taxi light on in a taxi (vehicle ID's 420 and 438)

OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!

  • Method:vehicle:setTaxiLightOn(...)
  • Variable: .taxiLightOn

Syntax 

bool setVehicleTaxiLightOn ( vehicle taxi, bool LightState )
Required Arguments
  • taxi: The vehicle element of the taxi that you wish to turn the light on.
  • LightState: whether the light is on. True for on, False for off.

Returns

  • bool: value

Returns true if the state was successfully set, false otherwise.

Code Examples

shared

This example allows the driver of a taxi to toggle on/off taxi light with a command

function toggleTaxiLight()
  local vehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle(localPlayer)
    if vehicle and getVehicleController(vehicle) == localPlayer then
    local vehModel = getElementModel(vehicle)
      if (vehModel) == 420 or (vehModel) == 438 then
      setVehicleTaxiLightOn (vehicle, not isVehicleTaxiLightOn(vehicle))
    else
      outputChatBox ("You're not in a Taxi!", 255, 0, 0, true)
    end
  end
end
addCommandHandler("taxilight",toggleTaxiLight)

See Also

Vehicle Functions
Vehicle Events
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