[Solved] How to destroy a race pickup?

[Shuubaru]

Hi. I need to find a solution to destroy "repair" pickup from race gamemode, this to prevent the players takes so long on fighting because they camp the repairs.

I wrote these codes on the race_server.lua

First I tried to destroy the element "racepickup" seeing that the element is called in that way on the .map file:

function destroyPickups() 
    local objects = getElementsByType("racepickup") 
    for i,k in ipairs(objects) do 
        destroyElement(k) 
    end 
end 
addCommandHandler("destroypicks", destroyPickups) 

I also tried to destroy all the colshapes but it didn't work either:

function destruirColisiones (source) 
    accountname = getAccountName (getPlayerAccount(source)) 
    if isObjectInACLGroup ( "user." .. accountname, aclGetGroup ( "Admin" ) ) then 
        g_Colshapes = {} 
        local colisiones = getElementsByType("colshape") 
        for i,k in pairs ( colisiones ) do 
            destroyElement( k ) 
        end 
        outputChatBox (getPlayerName (source).." #ffffffhas disabled race pickups.",root,255,255,255,true) 
    else 
        outputChatBox("#ABCDEF* You are not a admin.",source,171,205,239,true) 
    end 
end 
addCommandHandler("dp", destruirColisiones)  

Is there another way of destroy the element or disable (the colision for example) of the pickups?

Edited July 6, 2016 by Guest

[Bean666]

might help:

https://forum.multitheftauto.com/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=55688

[Noki]

function destroyPickups() 
    local objects = getElementsByType("pickup") 
    for i, k in ipairs(objects) do 
        if (getResourceName(getElementID(getElementParent(getElementParent(k)))) == "race") then 
            destroyElement(k) 
        end 
    end 
end 
addCommandHandler("destroypicks", destroyPickups) 

Try this. It checks if the resource a pickup belongs to is the race element. I'm sure you could do this more efficiently by looping through the children of the race resource, like this (untested):

function destroyPickups() 
    local pickups = getElementChildren(getElementChildren(getResourceFromName("race")), "pickup") 
    for i, k in ipairs(pickups) do 
        destroyElement(k) 
    end 
end 
addCommandHandler("destroypicks", destroyPickups) 

[Shuubaru]

function destroyPickups() 
    local objects = getElementsByType("pickup") 
    for i, k in ipairs(objects) do 
        if (getResourceName(getElementID(getElementParent(getElementParent(k)))) == "race") then 
            destroyElement(k) 
        end 
    end 
end 
addCommandHandler("destroypicks", destroyPickups) 

Try this. It checks if the resource a pickup belongs to is the race element. I'm sure you could do this more efficiently by looping through the children of the race resource, like this (untested):

function destroyPickups() 
    local pickups = getElementChildren(getElementChildren(getResourceFromName("race")), "pickup") 
    for i, k in ipairs(pickups) do 
        destroyElement(k) 
    end 
end 
addCommandHandler("destroypicks", destroyPickups) 

Didn't work either . I think the only one option that I can use is disable the pickups as this post says: https://forum.multitheftauto.com/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=50029

[ozulus]

Not tested, hope it'll work

-- race_client.lua 
function hidePickups(pickupType) 
    -- g_Pickups defined in race_client.lua, so add this code into race_client.lua 
    for colShape, data in pairs(g_Pickups) do 
        if data.type == tostring(pickupType) then 
            setElementPosition(colShape, 0, 0, -9999) -- hide colshape 
            setElementPosition(data.object, 0, 0, -9999) -- hide object 
        end 
    end 
end 
addEvent("hidePickups", true) 
addEventHandler("hidePickups", resourceRoot, hidePickups) 

and for any server.lua

-- SERVER.LUA 
-- USAGE: 
-- /destroypickups  
  
-- PICKUP TYPES: repair|nitro|vehiclechange 
  
-- Example usage: 
-- /destroypickups repair 
-- /destroypickups nitro 
-- /destroypickups vehiclechange 
function triggerIt(thePlayer, cmd, pickupType) 
    if type(tostring(pickupType)) == "string" then 
        triggerClientEvent("hidePickups", root, pickupType) 
    end 
end 
addCommandHandler("destroypickups", triggerIt) 

[Shuubaru]

Not tested, hope it'll work

-- race_client.lua 
function hidePickups(pickupType) 
    -- g_Pickups defined in race_client.lua, so add this code into race_client.lua 
    for colShape, data in pairs(g_Pickups) do 
        if data.type == tostring(pickupType) then 
            setElementPosition(colShape, 0, 0, -9999) -- hide colshape 
            setElementPosition(data.object, 0, 0, -9999) -- hide object 
        end 
    end 
end 
addEvent("hidePickups", true) 
addEventHandler("hidePickups", resourceRoot, hidePickups) 

and for any server.lua

-- SERVER.LUA 
-- USAGE: 
-- /destroypickups  
  
-- PICKUP TYPES: repair|nitro|vehiclechange 
  
-- Example usage: 
-- /destroypickups repair 
-- /destroypickups nitro 
-- /destroypickups vehiclechange 
function triggerIt(thePlayer, cmd, pickupType) 
    if type(tostring(pickupType)) == "string" then 
        triggerClientEvent("hidePickups", root, pickupType) 
    end 
end 
addCommandHandler("destroypickups", triggerIt) 

OMG this works exactly as I wanted! Thank you so much!

[ozulus]

You're welcome, nice to hear that