Calling function "getRunningGamemode" returns userdata?

[AfuSensi]

Hi,

I'm trying to call the function "getRunningGamemode" to detect what gamemode the current map is.

But it returns userdata instead of the gamemode.

I have no idea what userdata is.

I use this to call the function:

gamemode = call(getResourceFromName("mapmanager"), "getRunningGamemode") 
outputChatBox(tostring(gamemode)) 

Returns: userdata: 020000F5

https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/Map ... _functions

[Bonsai]

As its supposed to be.

Now use getResourceName on that userdata.

[AfuSensi]

As its supposed to be.

Now use getResourceName on that userdata.

Thanks! It worked.

Mind explaining what userdata is? I can find nothing on wiki about it.

[Bonsai]

It's some kind of representation of elements.

[Et-win]

With the userdata you can do things with other codes. Like getResourceName, getPlayerName, getTeamName, etc, etc. I don't really know how to explain that properly, but lets just say you can do something with it :3

[RottenFlesh]

There are eight basic data types in Lua: nil, boolean, number, string, userdata, function, thread, and table.

Userdata are used to represent new types created by MTA such as player, vehicle, objects or even xml nodes. That's the way you can represent those elements in lua, as they are not native of the language.

[cheez3d]

Userdatas are created using the C API of Lua.