SetWeaponTarget

This function sets the target of a custom weapon. There are 3 different targeting modes, which are explained below.

[[{{{image}}}|link=|]]	Note: Custom weapons target its target (assigned by this function) with no recoil. If you want a custom weapon to take into account recoil, you will have to script it by firing at fixed coordinates.

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Note: Variable is read only.

Method: weapon:setTarget(...)

Variable: .target

Counterpart: getWeaponTarget

Syntax (target an entity)

bool setWeaponTarget ( weapon theWeapon, element theTarget [, int theComponent = 255] )

Required arguments

• theWeapon: The weapon to set the target of.
• theTarget: The element to shoot at. It can be a player, ped or object.

Optional arguments

• theComponent: The component of the target to shoot at. This argument is only relevant when used in the following element types:
  • Vehicles:
    • 0: front left tire.
    • 1: front right tire.
    • 2: rear left tire.
    • 3: rear right tire.
    • 255: center of the car (position returned by getElementPosition).
  • Peds (players not included; see getPedBonePosition to know where is located each bone):
    • 1: shoots at BONE_PELVIS1.
    • 2: shoots at BONE_PELVIS.
    • 3: shoots at BONE_SPINE1.
    • 4: shoots at BONE_UPPERTORSO.
    • 5: shoots at BONE_NECK.
    • 6: shoots at BONE_HEAD2.
    • 7: shoots at BONE_HEAD1.
    • 8: shoots at BONE_HEAD.
    • 21: shoots at BONE_RIGHTUPPERTORSO.
    • 22: shoots at BONE_RIGHTSHOULDER.
    • 23: shoots at BONE_RIGHTELBOW.
    • 24: shoots at BONE_RIGHTWRIST.
    • 25: shoots at BONE_RIGHTHAND.
    • 26: shoots at BONE_RIGHTTHUMB.
    • 31: shoots at BONE_LEFTUPPERTORSO.
    • 32: shoots at BONE_LEFTSHOULDER.
    • 33: shoots at BONE_LEFTELBOW.
    • 34: shoots at BONE_LEFTWRIST.
    • 35: shoots at BONE_LEFTHAND.
    • 36: shoots at BONE_LEFTTHUMB.
    • 41: shoots at BONE_LEFTHIP.
    • 42: shoots at BONE_LEFTKNEE.
    • 43: shoots at BONE_LEFTANKLE.
    • 44: shoots at BONE_LEFTFOOT.
    • 51: shoots at BONE_RIGHTHIP.
    • 52: shoots at BONE_RIGHTKNEE.
    • 53: shoots at BONE_RIGHTANKLE.
    • 54: shoots at BONE_RIGHTFOOT.
    • 255: shoots at the center of the ped (position returned by getElementPosition).

Returns

Returns true on success, false otherwise.

Syntax (target a position)

Fires the weapon at the specified position.

bool setWeaponTarget ( weapon theWeapon, float targetX, float targetY, float targetZ )

Required Arguments

• theWeapon: The weapon to set the target of.
• targetX: The target X.
• targetY: The target Y.
• targetZ: The target Z.

Returns

Returns true on success, false otherwise.

Syntax (rotational target)

Sets the weapon back to rotation based targeting.

bool bool setWeaponTarget ( weapon theWeapon, nil )

Required Arguments

• theWeapon: The weapon to clear the target of.

Returns

Returns true on success, false otherwise.

Requirements

Minimum server version	n/a
Minimum client version	1.3.0-9.04555

Note: Using this feature requires the resource to have the above minimum version declared in the meta.xml <min_mta_version> section. e.g. <min_mta_version client="1.3.0-9.04555" />

See also

• createWeapon
• fireWeapon
• getWeaponAmmo
• getWeaponClipAmmo
• getWeaponFiringRate
• getWeaponFlags
• getWeaponOwner
• getWeaponProperty
• getWeaponState
• getWeaponTarget
• resetWeaponFiringRate
• setWeaponAmmo
• setWeaponClipAmmo
• setWeaponFiringRate
• setWeaponFlags
• setWeaponProperty
• setWeaponState
• setWeaponTarget