Script does not work.

[Visma]

I am trying to learn how to script i have read the wiki and trying to make my first script.

The script i am trying to make is if you use the command /teleport it will teleport you 5 in the x direction.

It gives me an error on line 2 argument 1 and line 3 "attempt to perform arithmetic on local "x" (a boolean value)

function spawnPlayer(thePlayer, command) 
    local x,y,z = getElementPosition(thePlayer) 
    x = x + 5 
    local spawnedPlayer = spawnPlayer(x,y,z) 
    if (spawnedPlayer == true) then 
        outputChatBox("You have teleported",thePlayer) 
    end 
end 
addCommandHandler("teleport", spawnPlayer) 

Please do not just fix it, explain it to me.

Thanks in advance.

[SkatCh]

You can use :

setElementPosition 

also you don't need to wirite this x = x +5 simply you can do it like this :

function spawnPlayer(thePlayer, command) 
if not isElement(thePlayer) then return end  
    local x,y,z = getElementPosition(thePlayer) 
    setElementPosition(thePlayer,x+5,y,z) 
   
end 
addCommandHandler("teleport", spawnPlayer) 

[SkatCh]

fail.

[Gallardo9944]

setElementPosition will cause a lot of problems if you don't use spawnPlayer before it at least once. Also, your function has name spawnPlayer so it will override original MTA spawnPlayer function. Code in the first post will cause stack overflow (self-call unlimited times)