vehicle How to differentiate a vehicle created by player from a vehicle created by map?

[Lord Henry]

Hello everyone.

I need to destroy a vehicle that is idle for 60 seconds (Freeroam already has this function, so this part is unnecessary to make.)

It starts counting when the vehicle becomes totally empty, (with no driver and no passengers), if someone enters in it before 60 seconds (as passenger or driver), the counting stops and restarts when the vehicle becomes empty again.) (Freeroam already works like this.)

BUT

If the car is from a .map, it need to be respawned to its original position on the map.

Else if the car was created by a player (F1, command, Admin Panel, scripts, etc) so it will be destroyed.

How can I differentiate the vehicles created by the .map from those created by the players?
 

Also, when the vehicle gets exploded:

if it is from a .map it will respawn after 10 seconds, else if was created by a player it will be destroyed after 10 seconds.

I have a little script that respawn all vehicles that have been exploded. But it respawns all the vehicles created by players too...
 

-- 1 second = 1000
function respawnExplodedVehicle()
	setTimer(respawnVehicle, 10000, 1, source)
end
addEventHandler("onVehicleExplode", getRootElement(), respawnExplodedVehicle)

 

[LoPollo]

It's a shot in the dark, but did you try getElementParent? I did not test and i don't know the answer right now

Edited November 14, 2016 by LoPollo

[Lord Henry]

  On 14/11/2016 at 21:39, LoPollo said:

It's a shot in the dark, but did you try getElementParent? I did not test and i don't know the answer right now

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Why should I use getElementParent?

[LoPollo]

I have just tested, forget what i said

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default veh (play):

Mr.K executed command: getElementParent(getPedOccupiedVehicle(me))
Command results: userdata: 073142E8 [element:map]

script of mine:
Mr.K executed command: getElementParent(getPedOccupiedVehicle(me))
Command results: userdata: 054A33D8 [element:map]

default script (freeroam):
Mr.K executed command: getElementParent(getPedOccupiedVehicle(me))
Command results: userdata: 054A4760 [element:map]

 

The parents of these maps are the resourced that created the veh (in order: play, [my script], freeroam)

That was a work for onElementCreated if it had a parameter for the player that caused the element to be created... but it does not exist

Edited November 14, 2016 by LoPollo

[Lord Henry]

I was thinking about creating a bool variable.
If created by map

map = true

else

map = false

 

If map = true
respawnVehicle
 

if map = false

destroyElement (vehicle)

[Chainsaw]

I imagine you can do this by setting variables when creating a vehicle, another way I can think of is to assign a tag following the ID in a specific way to the map vehicles and then get the string from getElementID

Example: 

id="Uranus 5" 
 

to

id="server_Uranus 5" 

and check if the vehicle belongs to map with  string.find 

[Lord Henry]

  On 14/11/2016 at 22:26, Chainsaw said:

I imagine you can do this by setting variables when creating a vehicle, another way I can think of is to assign a tag following the ID in a specific way to the map vehicles and then get the string from getElementID

Example: 

id="Uranus 5"  

to

id="server_Uranus 5" 

and check if the vehicle belongs to map with  string.find 

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Let's use an example.
I have a map with a Patriot.

How will I differentiate that Patriot of the .map from a Patriot created by a player?

Edited November 14, 2016 by lordhenry

[Chainsaw]

In your .map vehicles you have something like:

<vehicle id="vehicle (Buffalo) (3)" paintjob="3" interior="0" alpha="160" model="405" plate="INT6 8C7" dimension="0" posX="1802.0996" posY="-1932.990" posZ="13.2" rotX="0" rotY="0" rotZ="0" color="45,58,53,159,157,148,0,0,0,0,0,0"></vehicle>

Change to

<vehicle id="server_vehicle (Buffalo) (3)" paintjob="3" interior="0" alpha="160" model="405" plate="INT6 8C7" dimension="0" posX="1802.0996" posY="-1932.990" posZ="13.2" rotX="0" rotY="0" rotZ="0" color="45,58,53,159,157,148,0,0,0,0,0,0"></vehicle>

and in the script 

function vehicleIsStatic(element)
	if(getElementType(element) == "vehicle")
		local tag = '';
		if(tag = getElementID(element))
			if(string.find(tag, "server_"))
				return 1;
			end
		end
	end
end

 

if that function return 1 the vehicle from map

This is a form that I can think of, I do not know if there is an official way

 

 

[Lord Henry]

  On 14/11/2016 at 22:34, Chainsaw said:

In your .map vehicles you have something like:

<vehicle id="vehicle (Buffalo) (3)" paintjob="3" interior="0" alpha="160" model="405" plate="INT6 8C7" dimension="0" posX="1802.0996" posY="-1932.990" posZ="13.2" rotX="0" rotY="0" rotZ="0" color="45,58,53,159,157,148,0,0,0,0,0,0"></vehicle>

Change to

<vehicle id="server_vehicle (Buffalo) (3)" paintjob="3" interior="0" alpha="160" model="405" plate="INT6 8C7" dimension="0" posX="1802.0996" posY="-1932.990" posZ="13.2" rotX="0" rotY="0" rotZ="0" color="45,58,53,159,157,148,0,0,0,0,0,0"></vehicle>

and in the script 

function vehicleIsStatic(element)
	if(getElementType(element) == "vehicle")
		local tag = '';
		if(tag = getElementID(element))
			if(string.find(tag, "server_"))
				return 1;
			end
		end
	end
end

 

if that function return 1 the vehicle from map

This is a form that I can think of, I do not know if there is an official way

 

 

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The official way is all the ways that works,

[Chainsaw]

addCommandHandler("test", function(player, command)
	local v = getPedOccupiedVehicle(player);

	if (v) then
		outputChatBox("This vehicle is from " .. (vehicleIsStatic(v)) and "map" or "player", player)
	end
end)

function vehicleIsStatic(element)
	if(getElementType(element) == "vehicle") then

		local tag = getElementID(element);

		if(tag and (string.find(tag, "server_"))) then	
			return 1;
		end
	end
end

 

[Lord Henry]

  On 14/11/2016 at 22:44, Chainsaw said:

addCommandHandler("test", function(player, command)
	local v = getPedOccupiedVehicle(player);

	if (v) then
		outputChatBox("This vehicle is from " .. (vehicleIsStatic(v)) and "map" or "player", player)
	end
end)

function vehicleIsStatic(element)
	if(getElementType(element) == "vehicle") then

		local tag = getElementID(element);

		if(tag and (string.find(tag, "server_"))) then	
			return 1;
		end
	end
end

 

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This is a server sided script, right?

[Chainsaw]

well, i did a test

code:

addCommandHandler("v", function(player, command)
	local v = getPedOccupiedVehicle(player);

	if (v) then
		local n = (not vehicleIsStatic(v)) and ("player") or ("map");

		outputChatBox("This vehicle is from " .. n)
	else 

		outputChatBox("you are't in a vehicle")
	end
end)

function vehicleIsStatic(element)
	if(getElementType(element) == "vehicle") then

		local tag = getElementID(element);

		if(tag and (string.find(tag, "server_"))) then	
			return 1;
		end
	end
end

 

And yes, server-side!

do not forget which this works with tag

Edited November 14, 2016 by Chainsaw

[Lord Henry]

  On 14/11/2016 at 23:04, Chainsaw said:

well, i did a test

code:

addCommandHandler("v", function(player, command)
	local v = getPedOccupiedVehicle(player);

	if (v) then
		local n = (not vehicleIsStatic(v)) and ("player") or ("map");

		outputChatBox("This vehicle is from " .. n)
	else 

		outputChatBox("you are't in a vehicle")
	end
end)

function vehicleIsStatic(element)
	if(getElementType(element) == "vehicle") then

		local tag = getElementID(element);

		if(tag and (string.find(tag, "server_"))) then	
			return 1;
		end
	end
end

 

And yes, server-side!

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Cool!
Now try explode both of them but respawn only the map vehicle.
The player vehicle should disappear. (destroyed)

Edited November 14, 2016 by lordhenry

[Chainsaw]

addEventHandler("onVehicleExplode", getRootElement(), function ()
 	if(not vehicleIsStatic(source)) then -- Not is vehicle from map
 		outputChatBox("The vehicle ID: " .. getElementID(source) .. " was destroyed");
 		DestroyElement(source)
 	end
end)

 

[Lord Henry]

I tried here, but nothing happens. The message telling if the vehicle is or not from map doesn't appear.
I changed the .map file but still nothing happens.

[Chainsaw]

Sorry, I still do not get used to the aesthetics of language

change DestroyElement to destroyElement and change getElementID for getVehicleName (this vehicles not have id default)

[Lord Henry]

Done

function checkVehicle (thePlayer)
	local v = getPedOccupiedVehicle(thePlayer);

	if (v) then
		local n = (not vehicleIsStatic(v)) and ("player") or ("map");

		outputChatBox("This vehicle is from " .. n)
	else 

		outputChatBox("you are't in a vehicle")
	end
end
addEventHandler("onVehicleEnter", getRootElement(), checkVehicle)

function vehicleIsStatic(element)
	if(getElementType(element) == "vehicle") then

		local tag = getElementID(element);

		if(tag and (string.find(tag, "server_"))) then	
			return 1;
		end
	end
end

function respawnExplodedVehicle ()
 	if(not vehicleIsStatic(source)) then -- Not is vehicle from map
 		outputChatBox("The vehicle " .. getVehicleName(source) .. " was destroyed");
 		destroyElement(source)
	else
		setTimer(respawnVehicle, 10000, 1, source)
		outputChatBox("The vehicle " .. getVehicleName(source) .. " will respawn");
 	end
end
addEventHandler("onVehicleExplode", getRootElement(), respawnExplodedVehicle)

Test this.

[Lord Henry]

There's still one problem.
The timer should stop when someone enters the vehicle (as driver or passenger) and restart when the vehicle goes empty (with no driver and no passenger).

[LoPollo]

store the timer in a table (or a variable but i doubt that you will use only 1 vehicle at time) and kill it when entering the "non static veh" and start it after exiting

PS: i don't understand all the login in the code... is it only a piece?

Could something like this work (the function isvehstatic is edited a bit)? check it all it's not tested

local timers = {}

function onVehicleEnterHandler(thePlayer, seat, jacked)
	local theVehicle = source
	if isTimer( timers[theVehicle] ) then 
		killTimer( timers[theVehicle] )
	end
end
addEventHandler( "onVehicleEnter", root, onVehicleEnterHandler)

function onVehicleExitHandler(thePlayer, seat, jacked)
	local theVehicle = source
	timers[theVehicle] = setTimer( isVehicleStatic(theVehicle) and respawnVehicle or destroyElement, 60000, 1, theVehicle )
end
addEventHandler( "onVehicleExit", root, onVehicleExitHandler)


function isVehicleStatic(theVehicle)
	if isElement( theVehicle ) and getElementType( theVehicle ) == "vehicle" then
		if getElementID(theVehicle):find("server_") then
			return true
		end
	end
	return false
end

 

Edited November 15, 2016 by LoPollo
i'm retarded tonight

[Lord Henry]

Here is the full code.
 

function checkVehicle (thePlayer)
local v = getPedOccupiedVehicle(thePlayer);
	if (v) then
		local n = (not vehicleIsStatic(v)) and ("player") or ("map");
		--outputChatBox("This vehicle is from " .. n) --Tell the player if the vehicle was created from a map (server) or was created by a player.
	--else 
		--outputChatBox("You aren't in a vehicle!")
	end
end
addEventHandler("onVehicleEnter", getRootElement(), checkVehicle)

function vehicleIsStatic(element)
	if(getElementType(element) == "vehicle") then
		local tag = getElementID(element);
		if(tag and (string.find(tag, "server_"))) then	
			return 1;
		end
	end
end

function respawnExplodedVehicle ()
 	if(not vehicleIsStatic(source)) then -- Is not a vehicle from map
 		--outputChatBox("The vehicle " .. getVehicleName(source) .. " will be destroyed");--Tell the player that the vehicle was destroyed and will not respawn again.
 		setTimer(destroyElement, 10000, 1, source)
		--destroyElement(source)
	else
		setTimer(respawnVehicle, 10000, 1, source)
		--outputChatBox("The vehicle " .. getVehicleName(source) .. " will respawn");--Tell the player that the vehicle will respawn again where the map created it.
 	end
end
addEventHandler("onVehicleExplode", getRootElement(), respawnExplodedVehicle)

function respawnIdleVehicle ()
 	if(not vehicleIsStatic(source)) then -- Is not a vehicle from map
 		--outputChatBox("The idle vehicle " .. getVehicleName(source) .. " will be destroyed");
 		setTimer(destroyElement, 30000, 1, source)--This will always return a Warning to Console when the player exit a vehicle and explode it. Because the script will try to destroy the idle vehicle after the time but it doesn't exist anymore.
	else
		setTimer(respawnVehicle, 30000, 1, source)
		--outputChatBox("The idle vehicle " .. getVehicleName(source) .. " will respawn");
 	end
end
addEventHandler("onVehicleExit", getRootElement(), respawnIdleVehicle)

 

[Lord Henry]

And this is the final version, I added a function to stop the timer when the vehicle is exploded and a timer of 10 seconds to respawn it or destroy it.

--[[You need to change all .map files with vehicles to make this script respawn them instead of destroy them.
Example:
<vehicle id="vehicle (Patriot) (2)" paintjob="3" interior="0"[...........]></vehicle>

Change only the 'vehicle id' to:
<vehicle id="server_vehicle (Patriot) (2)" paintjob="3" interior="0"[...........]></vehicle>
You need to do it with all vehicles in all your .map files. Open the .map files with notepad++

60000 = 60 seconds.
--]]
local timers = {}

function onVehicleEnterHandler(thePlayer, seat, jacked)--This stops the timer when a player enters the vehicle or the vehicle is exploded.
	local theVehicle = source
	if isTimer( timers[theVehicle] ) then 
		killTimer( timers[theVehicle] )
	end
end
addEventHandler( "onVehicleEnter", root, onVehicleEnterHandler)
addEventHandler( "onVehicleExplode", root, onVehicleEnterHandler)

function onVehicleExitHandler(thePlayer, seat, jacked)--This starts a 60s timer when the player exit the vehicle. 
	local theVehicle = source
	timers[theVehicle] = setTimer( isVehicleStatic(theVehicle) and respawnVehicle or destroyElement, 60000, 1, theVehicle )--This time must be lower than Freeroam setting 'MaxIdleTime' or it will return a warning to Console because it will try to destroy a vehicle that was already destroyed by Freeroam. I recommend that you set the Freeroam 'MaxIdleTime' to 70000.
end
addEventHandler( "onVehicleExit", root, onVehicleExitHandler)

function onVehicleExplodeHandler(thePlayer)--This starts a 10s timer when the vehicle is exploded. This happens after the original timer is stoped.
	local theVehicle = source
	timers[theVehicle] = setTimer( isVehicleStatic(theVehicle) and respawnVehicle or destroyElement, 10000, 1, theVehicle )--This time must be lower than Freeroam setting 'MaxIdleTime'.
end
addEventHandler( "onVehicleExplode", root, onVehicleExplodeHandler)

function isVehicleStatic(theVehicle)--This checks if the vehicle is from a map server or from a player.
	if isElement( theVehicle ) and getElementType( theVehicle ) == "vehicle" then
		if getElementID(theVehicle):find("server_") then
			return true
		end
	end
	return false
end

The unique problem happens if the player is killed while he's inside a vehicle. The vehicle doesn't respawn because the player didn't exited it. The freeroam also doesn't destroy it.

Edited November 16, 2016 by lordhenry

[LoPollo]

  On 16/11/2016 at 14:30, lordhenry said:

The unique problem happens if the player is killed while he's inside a vehicle.

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There's a workaround

i have written it in a hurry so test it before implementing it in a script

local pedsOccupiedVehicles = {}

function onVehEnterHandler(thePlayer,seat,jacked)
	local theVehicle = source
	pedsOccupiedVehicles[thePlayer] = theVehicle
end
addEventHandler( "onVehicleEnter", root, onVehEnterHandler)

function onVehExitHandler(thePlayer,seat,jacked)
	local theVehicle = source
	pedsOccupiedVehicles[thePlayer] = false
end
addEventHandler( "onVehicleExit", root, onVehExitHandler )

function onPlayerDeathHandler(totalAmmo, killer, killerWeapon, bodypart, stealth)
	local thePlayer = source
	pedsOccupiedVehicles[thePlayer] = false
end
addEventHandler( "onPlayerWasted", root, onPlayerDeathHandler)

function checkOnStart(theResource)
	for _,thePlayer in pairs(getElementsByType( "player")) do
		pedsOccupiedVehicles[thePlayer] = getPedOccupiedVehicle( thePlayer )
	end
end
addEventHandler( "onResourceStart", resourceRoot, checkOnStart )

I tried to be as clear as possible, let me know if it works

 

PS: maybe it's a good idea to make a resource with an exported function? setting the handler of death to low, and declaring an exported function that returns the veh for that player may be helpful, you wouldn't have to implement it in every script

Edited November 16, 2016 by LoPollo

[LoPollo]

Here's the resource

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It's the hex of the zip file  

[Lord Henry]

  On 16/11/2016 at 18:57, LoPollo said:

There's a workaround

i have written it in a hurry so test it before implementing it in a script

local pedsOccupiedVehicles = {}

function onVehEnterHandler(thePlayer,seat,jacked)
	local theVehicle = source
	pedsOccupiedVehicles[thePlayer] = theVehicle
end
addEventHandler( "onVehicleEnter", root, onVehEnterHandler)

function onVehExitHandler(thePlayer,seat,jacked)
	local theVehicle = source
	pedsOccupiedVehicles[thePlayer] = false
end
addEventHandler( "onVehicleExit", root, onVehExitHandler )

function onPlayerDeathHandler(totalAmmo, killer, killerWeapon, bodypart, stealth)
	local thePlayer = source
	pedsOccupiedVehicles[thePlayer] = false
end
addEventHandler( "onPlayerWasted", root, onPlayerDeathHandler)

function checkOnStart(theResource)
	for _,thePlayer in pairs(getElementsByType( "player")) do
		pedsOccupiedVehicles[thePlayer] = getPedOccupiedVehicle( thePlayer )
	end
end
addEventHandler( "onResourceStart", resourceRoot, checkOnStart )

I tried to be as clear as possible, let me know if it works

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Nothing happens to vehicle.

[LoPollo]

As it should be: the goal of the quoted script is having a table used to workaround the issue you have, and the resource is this script with an exported function that read that table and tell you if the player was in a vehicle when he dead/was killed, returning the vehicle he was in if or false. Keep in mind the resource i posted as hex works by having an handler with high priority, so it's not reliable when used together with resources that have handlers of onPlayerWasted on "high" priority or higher, or similar situations*

 

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It is also possible to add finer priority control by appending a positive or negative number to the priority string. For example (in priority order for reference): "high+4" "high" "high-1" "normal-6" "normal-7" "low+1" "low" "low-1" Important note: Anything bound to a specific element will be run before other handlers that are bound to something higher in the element tree (like root) This means that "high+10" bound to root won't trigger before "normal" bound directly to an element.

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and also i read somewhere (i can't find where otherwise i would be quoting, sry) there's no guaranteed order executing 2 handlers with the same priority.

 

Edited November 18, 2016 by LoPollo