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GetPlayerTargetActor

warning

This function was added in SA-MP 0.3.7 and will not work in earlier versions!

Description​

Gets id of an actor which is aimed by certain player.

NameDescription
playeridThe ID of the player to get the target of.

Returns​

The ID of the targeted actor, or INVALID_ACTOR_ID if none.

Examples​

public OnPlayerUpdate(playerid)
{
    new
        targetActorId = GetPlayerTargetActor(playerid),
        string[32];

    format(string, sizeof(string), "You are aiming at actor id %d", targetActorId);
    SendClientMessage(playerid, -1, string);
    return 1;
}

Notes​

warning

Does not work for joypads/controllers, and after a certain distance. Does not work for the sniper rifle, as it doesn't lock on to anything and as such can't and won't return a player.