getElementDistanceFromCentreOfMassToBaseOfModel problem

[3ventic]

I have understood that getElementDistanceFromCentreOfMassToBaseOfModel(element) is supposed to return it's center's distance from the bottom of it, but when I try to use it on vehicles, it only returns 0. When I use it on local player, it returns 1.

Here's the part of the code that I use. Vehicle is the, well, vehicle.

distance = getElementDistanceFromCentreOfMassToBaseOfModel(vehicle) 
    str = getVehicleName(vehicle).." : "..distance.."\n" 
    outputChatBox(tostring(fileWrite( fp, str))) 

The outputChatBox is only for debugging purposes. I want to get the center of mass's distance from the bottom of the car using a command.

Any help? Oh and before you ask, the script is client-side.

[3ventic]

No help?

[karlis]

fileWrite is totally unrelated and SERVERSIDE function, while the 1st one is clientside function.

get rid of fileWrite.

and use /debugscript 3 next time.

[Castillo]

You're wrong karlis, file functions are client side too now.

https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/FileWrite

fileWrite Client and Server function

Writes one or more strings to a the given file, starting at the current read/write position. Advances the position over the number of bytes that were written.

[karlis]

ah true, i didnt pay attention, just saw orange on the syntax checker...

sorry

[Castillo]

Yes, that should be fixed, it happened to me too .

[3ventic]

Everything else works fine, except that it doesn't print out decimals. Is there something like C++'s std::setprecision() in lua?

[Castillo]

distance = getElementDistanceFromCentreOfMassToBaseOfModel(vehicle) 
str = getVehicleName(vehicle).." : "..distance.."\n" 
outputChatBox(tostring(str)) 

That'll output the right value.

[karlis]

Is there something like C++'s std::setprecision() in lua?

afaik any lua number is signed, has double precision and long size.

[3ventic]

Is there something like C++'s std::setprecision() in lua?

afaik any lua number is signed, has double precision and long size.

I doubt all vehicles have 0 as their distance from center of mass to base of model, it should print the decimals then.

distance = getElementDistanceFromCentreOfMassToBaseOfModel(vehicle) 
str = getVehicleName(vehicle).." : "..distance.."\n" 
outputChatBox(tostring">tostring(str)) 

That'll output the right value.

Nope. It outputs "[vehicle name] : 0".

[karlis]

i can say for a fact lack of float is not the case.

EDIT: just tested it

Executing client-side command: getElementDistanceFromCentreOfMassToBaseOfModel(getPedOccupiedVehicle(localPlayer))

Command results: 0.81000000238419 [number]

it does work.

EDIT2: i got the problem... the vehicle needs to be streamed in.

[3ventic]

I got this working, thanks for help!