getScreenFromWorldPosition
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This function gets the screen position of a point in the world. This is useful for attaching 2D gui elements to parts of the world (e.g. players) or detecting if a point is on the screen (though it does not check if it is actually visible, you should use processLineOfSight for that).
Syntax
getScreenFromWorldPosition ( )Code Examples
client
This example add a '3d' text at coordinates 0, 0, 0 (center of map).
addEventHandler ( "onClientRender", root,function ( ) if ( getDistanceBetweenPoints3D ( 0, 0, 3, getElementPosition ( localPlayer ) ) ) < 50 then local coords = { getScreenFromWorldPosition ( 0, 0, 3 ) } if coords[1] and coords[2] then dxDrawText ( "Hello !", coords[1], coords[2], coords[1], coords[2], tocolor(255,255,255), 1, "default-bold" ) end endend )See Also
World Functions
- areTrafficLightsLocked
- createSWATRope
- getAircraftMaxHeight
- getAircraftMaxVelocity
- getBirdsEnabled
- getCloudsEnabled
- getColorFilter
- getCoronaReflectionsEnabled
- getFarClipDistance
- getFogDistance
- getGameSpeed
- getGarageBoundingBox
- getGaragePosition
- getGarageSize
- getGravity
- getGroundPosition
- getHeatHaze
- getInteriorFurnitureEnabled
- getInteriorSoundsEnabled
- getJetpackMaxHeight
- getJetpackWeaponEnabled
- getMinuteDuration
- getMoonSize
- getNearClipDistance
- getOcclusionsEnabled
- getPedsLODDistance
- getRainLevel
- getRoofPosition
- getScreenFromWorldPosition
- getSkyGradient
- getSunColor
- getSunSize
- getTime
- getTrafficLightState
- getVehiclesLODDistance
- getWeather
- getWindVelocity
- getWorldFromScreenPosition
- getWorldProperty
- getZoneName
- isAmbientSoundEnabled
- isGarageOpen
- isLineOfSightClear
- isTimeFrozen
- isVolumetricShadowsEnabled
- isWorldSoundEnabled
- isWorldSpecialPropertyEnabled
- processLineAgainstMesh
- processLineOfSight
- removeGameWorld
- removeWorldModel
- resetAmbientSounds
- resetBlurLevel
- resetColorFilter
- resetCoronaReflectionsEnabled
- resetFarClipDistance
- resetFogDistance
- resetHeatHaze
- resetMoonSize
- resetNearClipDistance
- resetPedsLODDistance
- resetRainLevel
- resetSkyGradient
- resetSunColor
- resetSunSize
- resetTimeFrozen
- resetVehiclesLODDistance
- resetVolumetricShadows
- resetWindVelocity
- resetWorldProperties
- resetWorldProperty
- resetWorldSounds
- restoreAllWorldModels
- restoreGameWorld
- restoreWorldModel
- setAircraftMaxHeight
- setAircraftMaxVelocity
- setAmbientSoundEnabled
- setBirdsEnabled
- setCloudsEnabled
- setColorFilter
- setCoronaReflectionsEnabled
- setFarClipDistance
- setFogDistance
- setGameSpeed
- setGarageOpen
- setGrainLevel
- setGrainMultiplier
- setGravity
- setHeatHaze
- setInteriorFurnitureEnabled
- setInteriorSoundsEnabled
- setJetpackMaxHeight
- setJetpackWeaponEnabled
- setMinuteDuration
- setMoonSize
- setNearClipDistance
- setOcclusionsEnabled
- setPedsLODDistance
- setRainLevel
- setSkyGradient
- setSunColor
- setSunSize
- setTime
- setTimeFrozen
- setTrafficLightsLocked
- setTrafficLightState
- setVehiclesLODDistance
- setVolumetricShadowsEnabled
- setWeather
- setWeatherBlended
- setWindVelocity
- setWorldProperty
- setWorldSoundEnabled
- setWorldSpecialPropertyEnabled
- testLineAgainstWater
- testSphereAgainstWorld