Vehicle's name

[Reuno]

Helloo everyone , so i was trying to make a script which allows you to see the vehicle's name you entered , but i got a problem , when i get in a vehicle , it shows it's name , but for less than 1 second then it disappears , i searched hard in mtasa's wiki , but i still didn't find any , so what should i add so it can appear for an amount of time (more than a second) , here's the cod :

function carName () 
   local player      = getLocalPlayer() 
   local vehicleName = getVehicleName ( getPedOccupiedVehicle ( player ) ) 
   dxDrawText ( vehicleName , 320, 380+115, 2500, 150, tocolor ( 255, 255, 255, 255 ), 1.5, "bankgothic" ) 
end 
addEventHandler( "onClientVehicleEnter", getRootElement(), carName ) 

[Chaos]

Helloo everyone , so i was trying to make a script which allows you to see the vehicle's name you entered , but i got a problem , when i get in a vehicle , it shows it's name , but for less than 1 second then it disappears , i searched hard in mtasa's wiki , but i still didn't find any , so what should i add so it can appear for an amount of time (more than a second) , here's the cod :

function carName () 
   local player      = getLocalPlayer() 
   local vehicleName = getVehicleName ( getPedOccupiedVehicle ( player ) ) 
   dxDrawText ( vehicleName , 320, 380+115, 2500, 150, tocolor ( 255, 255, 255, 255 ), 1.5, "bankgothic" ) 
end 
addEventHandler( "onClientVehicleEnter", getRootElement(), carName ) 

The source of the event is the vehicle that the player entered. Try this

function carName () 
   local vehicleName = getVehicleName ( source ) 
   dxDrawText ( vehicleName , 320, 380+115, 2500, 150, tocolor ( 255, 255, 255, 255 ), 1.5, "bankgothic" ) 
end 
addEventHandler( "onClientVehicleEnter", getRootElement(), carName ) 

[Reuno]

Well , it's not the problem , my cod is working perfectly it displays the vehicles name , but the main problem is that the vehicle's name appears for a moment only then disappears .

[Simple0x47]

That's because you're not using onClientRender.

  
   function showName( name, a ) 
    dxDrawText ( name, 320, 380+115, 2500, 150, tocolor ( 255, 255, 255, 255 ), 1.5, "bankgothic" ) 
    if a then 
      addEventHandler("onClientRender", root, showName) 
    else 
      removeEventHandler("onClientRender", root, showName) 
    end     
  
    function carName () 
       local player      = getLocalPlayer() 
       local vehicleName = getVehicleName ( getPedOccupiedVehicle ( player ) ) 
       showName( vehicleName, true ) 
    end 
    addEventHandler( "onClientVehicleEnter", getRootElement(), carName ) 
  

That's a way to do it with toggle :v

[Reuno]

Well , it's still the same problem , i guess it's related to timers or something .

[Reuno]

Sorry for bumping , i just added addEventHandler ( "onClientRender", getRootElement(), carName ) , it appears now , but now the problem is how to let it disappear !

[Wumbaloo]

Not tested but should work

function drawCarName() 
    local player = getLocalPlayer() 
    local vehicleName = getVehicleName(getPedOccupiedVehicle(player)) 
    addEventHandler("onClientRender", getRootElement(), dxDrawCarName) 
end 
addEventHandler( "onClientVehicleEnter", getRootElement(), drawCarName) 
  
function removeCarName() 
    removeEventHandler("onClientRender", getRootElement(), dxDrawCarName) 
end 
addEventHandler( "onClientVehicleExit", getRootElement(), removeCarName) 
  
function dxDrawCarName() 
    local vehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle(getLocalPlayer()) 
    if vehicle then 
    dxDrawText ( getVehicleName(vehicle), 320, 380+115, 2500, 150, tocolor ( 255, 255, 255, 255 ), 1.5, "bankgothic" ) 
    end 
end 

[Reuno]

Not really , this will remove the text after you leave the car , what i want is remove the text after 3 secs

[Wumbaloo]

So just add a SetTimer like this:

function drawCarName() 
    local player = getLocalPlayer() 
    local vehicleName = getVehicleName(getPedOccupiedVehicle(player)) 
    addEventHandler("onClientRender", getRootElement(), dxDrawCarName) 
    setTimer(function () 
        removeEventHandler("onClientRender", getRootElement(), dxDrawCarName) 
    end, 3000, 1) 
end 
addEventHandler( "onClientVehicleEnter", getRootElement(), drawCarName) 
  
function dxDrawCarName() 
    local vehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle(getLocalPlayer()) 
    if vehicle then 
    dxDrawText ( getVehicleName(vehicle), 320, 380+115, 2500, 150, tocolor ( 255, 255, 255, 255 ), 1.5, "bankgothic" ) 
    end 
end 

[EstrategiaGTA]

So just add a SetTimer like this:

function drawCarName() 
    local player = getLocalPlayer() 
    local vehicleName = getVehicleName(getPedOccupiedVehicle(player)) 
    addEventHandler("onClientRender", getRootElement(), dxDrawCarName) 
    setTimer(function () 
        removeEventHandler("onClientRender", getRootElement(), dxDrawCarName) 
    end, 3000, 1) 
end 
addEventHandler( "onClientVehicleEnter", getRootElement(), drawCarName) 
  
function dxDrawCarName() 
    local vehicle = getPedOccupiedVehicle(getLocalPlayer()) 
    if vehicle then 
    dxDrawText ( getVehicleName(vehicle), 320, 380+115, 2500, 150, tocolor ( 255, 255, 255, 255 ), 1.5, "bankgothic" ) 
    end 
end 

Even easier (and using less lines):

setTimer (removeEventHandler, 3000, 1, "onClientRender", root, dxDrawCarName) 

[Simple0x47]

Why you didn't use the toggle function :`v

[EstrategiaGTA]

Why you didn't use the toggle function :`v

I guess he didn't realize. Yet if he's using your way then:

setTimer (showName, 3000, 1, vehicleName, false)