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GetPlayerLastShotVectors

Description

Retrieves the start and end (hit) position of the last bullet a player fired.

Name	Description
playerid	The ID of the player to get the last bullet shot information of.
&Float:originX	A float variable in which to save the X coordinate of where the bullet originated from.
&Float:originY	A float variable in which to save the Y coordinate of where the bullet originated from.
&Float:originZ	A float variable in which to save the Z coordinate of where the bullet originated from.
&Float:hitPosX	A float variable in which to save the X coordinate of where the bullet hit.
&Float:hitPosY	A float variable in which to save the Y coordinate of where the bullet hit.
&Float:hitPosZ	A float variable in which to save the Z coordinate of where the bullet hit.

Returns

true - The function executed successfully.

false - The function failed to execute. The player specified does not exist.

The position of the last bullet is stored in the specified variables.

Examples

public OnPlayerCommandText(playerid, cmdtext[])
{
    if (strcmp(cmdtext, "/lastshot", true) == 0)
    {
        new string[128],
            Float:originX, Float:originY, Float:originZ,
            Float:hitPosX, Float:hitPosY, Float:hitPosZ;

        GetPlayerLastShotVectors(playerid, originX, originY, originZ, hitPosX, hitPosY, hitPosZ);
        
        format(string, sizeof(string), "Last Shot Information: Origin: %f, %f, %f. Hit position: %f, %f, %f", originX, originY, originZ, hitPosX, hitPosY, hitPosZ);
        SendClientMessage(playerid, -1, string);
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}

Notes

warning

This function will only work when lag compensation is enabled.
If the player hit nothing, the hit positions will be 0. This means you can't currently calculate how far a bullet travels through open air.

Related Functions

GetPlayerWeaponData: Find out information about weapons a player has.
GetPlayerWeapon: Check what weapon a player is currently holding.
VectorSize: Get the length (norm) of a vector.

Related Callbacks

OnPlayerWeaponShot: Called when a player fires a weapon.