[Question] Adding/Getting elements for a table

[kieran]

Hello, I am doing my first "big" script, basically the first useful one haha...

I create blips for locations in a table, then set a timer, but I have forgot how to add and retrieve elements (in this case the blips) and was wondering if someone could help, only have the needed code to keep it easy to read.

Client side script

local ATM_Locations = {
	{1505.16626, -1750.68909, 13.54688},--1
	{1690.0927734375, -2334.8369140625, 13.546875},--2
	{1951.19543, -2175.53784, 13.55421},--3
	{2041.50390625, -1430.728515625, 17.1640625},--4
	{1878.06372, 2073.94067, 11.06250},--5
	{2280.76465, 2431.10596, 10.82031},--6
	{2020.86316, 1016.50653, 10.82031},--7
	{-1210.31104, 1834.64917, 41.92969},--8
	{174.82074, 1175.05469, 14.75781},--9
	{1380.58093, 260.50055, 19.56693},--10
	{1238.48145, 327.90039, 19.75551},--11
	{1626.68469, 1815.06384, 10.82031}--12
}

blips = false

local Blips = {}

function blips()
    for i=1,#ATM_Locations do 
        local x,y,z = ATM_Locations[i][1],ATM_Locations[i][2],ATM_Locations[i][3]
        Blips[i] =  createBlip ( x, y, z, 3, 2)
		blips = true
		setTimer( destroyBlips, 10000, 1)
    end
end

addCommandHandler( "ATM", blips, false )


function destroyBlips()
	if (blips == true) then
		destroyElement(Blips) 
	end
end

Don't pay attention to blip type, will change later haha.

[IIYAMA]

for i = 1, #Blips do
	local blip = Blips[i]
	if isElement(blip) then
		destroyElement(blip)
	end
end

 

 

Please also take a look at: (which can come in handy if you want to destroy multiple elements in once)

 

If you destroy a parent element, all child elements will also be destroyed.

 

 

 

Edited October 20, 2017 by IIYAMA

[ShayF2]

local ATM_Locations = {
	{1505.16626, -1750.68909, 13.54688},--1
	{1690.0927734375, -2334.8369140625, 13.546875},--2
	{1951.19543, -2175.53784, 13.55421},--3
	{2041.50390625, -1430.728515625, 17.1640625},--4
	{1878.06372, 2073.94067, 11.06250},--5
	{2280.76465, 2431.10596, 10.82031},--6
	{2020.86316, 1016.50653, 10.82031},--7
	{-1210.31104, 1834.64917, 41.92969},--8
	{174.82074, 1175.05469, 14.75781},--9
	{1380.58093, 260.50055, 19.56693},--10
	{1238.48145, 327.90039, 19.75551},--11
	{1626.68469, 1815.06384, 10.82031}--12
}

blips = {}

local Blips = {}

function blips()
	for i=1,#ATM_Locations do 
		local x,y,z = ATM_Locations[i][1],ATM_Locations[i][2],ATM_Locations[i][3]
		Blips[i] = createBlip (x,y,z,3,2)
		blips[player] = true
		setTimer(function()
			if blips[player] then
				if blips[player] == true then
					for i,v in pairs(Blips) do
						destroyElement(v)
					end
					blips[player] = false
				end
			end
		end,10000,1)
	end
end
addCommandHandler('ATM',blips,false)

 

Edited October 22, 2017 by shay103