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setVehicleTurretPosition

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Pair: getVehicleTurretPosition

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This function sets the position of a vehicle's turret, if it has one. This can be used to influence the turret's rotation, so it doesn't follow the camera. Vehicles with turrets include firetrucks and tanks.

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  • Method:vehicle:setTurretPosition(...)
  • Variable: .turretPosition

Syntax 

bool setVehicleTurretPosition ( vehicle turretVehicle, float positionX, float positionY )
Required Arguments
  • turretVehicle: The vehicle whose turret position you want to retrieve. This should be a vehicle with a turret.
  • positionX: The horizontal position of the turret. In radians
  • positionY: The vertical position of the turret. In radians

Returns

  • bool: value

Returns a true if a valid vehicle element and valid positions were passed, false otherwise.

Code Examples

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This example will force vehicle turrets to aim straight forwards.

-- Find all the vehicles, and store them in a vehicles variable
local vehicles = getElementsByType ( "vehicle" )
-- Loop through the vehicle list
for vehicleKey, vehicleValue in ipairs(vehicles) do
  -- Set the turret to aim straight forwards
  setVehicleTurretPosition ( vehicleValue, 0, 0 )
end

See Also

Vehicle Functions
Vehicle Events
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