getElementPosition

This function allows you to retrieve the position coordinates of an element. This can be any real world element, including:

• Players
• Vehicles
• Objects
• Pickups
• Markers
• Collision shapes
• Blips
• Radar areas

Syntax

float getElementPosition ( element theElement )

• element theElement : The element which you'd like to retrieve the location of

Returns

Returns three floats indicating the position of the element, x, y and z respectively.

• float x
• float y
• float z

Examples

• Example 1 (Shared)

This example attaches a samsite on the player's vehicle.

-- Create the elegy
local myElegy = createVehicle(562, 1591.596680, -2495.323242, 18.098244)
-- Get the vehicle's position
local x, y, z = getElementPosition(myElegy)
-- Create the samsite
local samsite = createObject(3267, x, y, z + 3)
-- Attach the samsite to the elegy
attachElementToElement(samsite, myElegy, 0, 0, 0)