time (computer)

[iam2noob4u]

Is it possible to get the computer time with LUA (I want to set the time of the game to the real time)?

[rjcnz333]

Use getRealTime

function showtime () 
  
        local time = getRealTime() 
        local hours = time.hour 
        local minutes = time.minute 
        outputChatBox ( "Local Time: "..hours..":"..minutes ) 
end 

[iam2noob4u]

thanks

Another question (sorry): How do you set the plate text of a vehicle? I can find getVehiclePlateText in the function list, but not setVehiclePlateText. (This isn't really important so I won't be posting 100s of topics.)

[jbeta]

For now, you can only set it while creating the vehicle, not after it is created, so there is no set function.

[MitchPS]

How do I get these Real Time at the place where the ingame time stand?

[ChrML]

How do I get these Real Time at the place where the ingame time stand?

You mean setting the ingame time to the same time as the real time?

Use setTime, see wiki for details.

If you want it to run at the same speed like the real time does, you probably need a clientside script that inside the onClientRender event forces the game time to equal the real time.

  
function onRender () 
        local time = getRealTime() 
        local hours = time.hour 
        local minutes = time.minute 
  
        setTime ( time.hour, time.minute ) 
end 
  
addEventHandler ( "onClientRender", getRootElement (), onRender ) 
  

This will set the GTA time to the real time every frame so it can't go any faster. Not sure if it'll create some flickering though on weather or the clock display.

[rockstarrem]

ChrML, the sky flickers with that script, objects so as well. There is no lag, the time doesn't flicker, it stays normally (which is very cool), but the sky and objects flicker like crazy. Is there anyway to stop this?