Help finding element from ID

[glowdemon1]

Hi, I have a snippet of code that I'll use to get elements of peds from their ID. It all seems to work, however it does not return the ped element as I've noticed in various tests. Here's my snippet of code : http://paste.ofcode.org/VSWFybYGwAJV6MdeFiQsPw

[Castillo]

And you are setting the "ped_id__" element data?

[glowdemon1]

And you are setting the "ped_id__" element data?

ped_id__ is indeed set. I have checked whether the ID is present and it is indeed present. Here's how I use it : http://paste.ofcode.org/UgUNdigKupSgRFei23YDf4 , at line 18 you can see the element isn't present because it returns an error.

[Castillo]

function getPedById ( id ) 
    if ( id ) then 
        local peds = getElementsByType ( "ped" ) 
        for _, v in pairs ( peds ) do 
            local d = getElementData ( v, "ped_id__" ) 
            if ( d == tonumber ( id ) ) then 
                return v 
            end 
        end 
    end 
end 

Try that one.

[glowdemon1]

function getPedById ( id ) 
    if ( id ) then 
        local peds = getElementsByType ( "ped" ) 
        for _, v in pairs ( peds ) do 
            local d = getElementData ( v, "ped_id__" ) 
            if ( d == tonumber ( id ) ) then 
                return v 
            end 
        end 
    end 
end 

Try that one.

This one seemed to work,thanks.

[Castillo]

The problem was that you were comparing a string with a number, since 'pedid' in your command is a string, not a number.

[glowdemon1]

The problem was that you were comparing a string with a number, since 'pedid' in your command is a string, not a number.

Ah, that explains it. Since I'm here now, I've got another problem. I can successfully set a ped's anim and it gets saved into my mysql db. But after restarting the script it doesn't load the anims. No errors at all. Here's the code http://paste.ofcode.org/yyyyHeYzb4aYBQQatmL3SW and here's the mysql layout incase you need it. http://puu.sh/6I0X0.png and http://puu.sh/6I0VN.png

I've tried without checking if v.animblock exists etc. I also tried tostring() but none helped.

[Castillo]

Set a 1 second timer to set the animation.

[glowdemon1]

Set a 1 second timer to set the animation.

Welp, that worked. Thanks.

[Castillo]

You're welcome.