engineGetModelIDFromName

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This function gets the model ID of an object model from object name. This function is the counterpart of engineGetModelNameFromID.

Syntax

 engineGetModelIDFromName ( )

Code Examples

client

This example gets the model ID and name of an element you target (doesn't work for San Andreas world)

function getTargetModelNameAndID(target)
    if ( isElement(target) and getElementType(target) == "object" ) then
        local modelName = tostring(engineGetModelNameFromID(getElementModel(target)))
        outputChatBox("Name: "..modelName)
        -- Although we could just use getElementModel(target) for this example we will use modelName
        outputChatBox("ID: "..tostring(engineGetModelIDFromName(modelName)))
    end
end
addEventHandler("onClientPlayerTarget", localPlayer, getTargetModelNameAndID)

engineGetModelIDFromName

Syntax

Code Examples

See Also

Engine Functions

Engine Elements

Reference