retrieving element data + blip visible distance?[UPDATED]

[The_Ex]

I'm pretty new to Lua code and all the MTA functions so i have one question about element data.

For example i have declared team in .map file. How can i retrieve just one team data(by name) but not looping through all of them.

Here's part of my code:

  
function loadMap(startedMap) 
mapRoot = getResourceRootElement(startedMap) 
end 
  
local teamName = getTeamName(playerTeam) 
local team = getElementsByType("team", mapRoot) 
        for key, value in pairs(team) do 
            if(getElementData(value,"name")==teamName) then 
                        x = getElementData(value, "posX") 
                        ... 
                        end 
                end 
  

Edited June 26, 2009 by Guest

[The_Ex]

Ok, i added id="[teamname]" for teams to .map file and used getElementByID(teamName) for getting the right team.

Looks like it works fine but i'm still looking for better/easier solution if one exists.

[50p]

There is no better solution than using IDs.

[darkdreamingdan]

The "name" parameter is hardcoded. You should be able to use getTeamFromName.

[The_Ex]

Didn't want to make new topic so i'll ask here. Does blip visibleDistance really work? I created some blips but visibleDistance doesn't work.

[Mr.Hankey]

as the wiki says that argument is only available from version 1.0 onwards so in dp2.3 it doesn't work

[The_Ex]

i'm using nightly builds, so it should work, huh? ordering(which is also 1.0 onwards) works fine for me.

[eAi]

Please report it on the bug tracker, along with some code that reproduces it.

http://bugs.mtasa.com