Shoot RC bandit gun form other vehicle

[Greenie0101]

Hey there, sorry that im making a new topic for pretty much the same thing but I really need help here! Ive made this code:

meta.xml

<meta> 
<script src="racer1.lua" type="server"></script> 
<script src="racer1_cl.lua" type="server"></script> 
</meta> 

racer1.lua

function makeracer( source, key, keyState ) 
    local gunner = createPed ( 0, 1990, 2620, 11) 
    bindKey(source, "mouse1", "down", shoot) 
    car = createVehicle (402, 1990, 2620,12) 
    gun1 = createObject ( 362, 1990, 2620, 11) 
    shoot1 = createVehicle (464, 1990, 2620, 11) 
    attachElements (gun1, car, 0, 1.5, 0.5, 0, 30, 90) 
    attachElements (shoot1, car, 0, 2, 0.2) 
    setVehicleDamageProof(shoot1, true) 
    setElementAlpha ( shoot1, 0) 
    setElementCollisionsEnabled(shoot1, false) 
    setVehicleLocked ( shoot1, true )  
    setVehicleEngineState ( shoot1, false ) 
    warpPedIntoVehicle ( gunner, shoot1) 
    setElementAlpha ( gunner, 0) 
end 
addCommandHandler("car", makeracer) 
  
function shoot() 
    triggerClientEvent ("shootgun", gunner) 
end 

racer1_cl.lua

function shootgun() 
    setPedControlState ( gunner, "vehicle_fire", true) 
end 
addEvent("shootgun", true) 
addCommandHandler("car", makeracer) 

Ive only started scripting in the last month so its probs a dumb error. I want the invisible ped (gunner) who is in the invisible RC baron (shoot1) attached to the buffalo (car) to shoot the RC barons gun when the player (driving the buffalo) presses LMB. Whats wrong with what ive got?

[50p]

1. Your racer1_cl.lua is set as server-side script.

2. You haven't added any handler to "shootgun" event.

3. If racer1_cl.lua will be client-side then there is no gunner defined anywhere.

4. Making it client-side isn't ideal. Not sure if everyone will be able to see it shooting.

[Greenie0101]

Well i want it to be server side but setPedControlState is client side and its thr only way i can make the ped shoot. Is there any other way to make the ped shoot?

[50p]

Try to fix the script first (my post above, 1-3) and ignore my last point for the time being. Once you get it shooting, test it with somebody to see it it's synced. It might be synced.

[DiSaMe]

I'd advise you to use element data. It's synced automatically by default, so you can set it on one client and all other clients will be able to see the changes and react to them.

setElementData 
getElementData 

onClientElementDataChange

When the key is pressed or released, use setElementData to change the data, such as:

setElementData(ped, "shooting", keyState) 

And when element data of ped changes, set control state to whatever getElementData returns:

local ctrlstate = getElementData(source, "shooting")