MDE Scripting: Snippets

Get the Player entity

local Player = game.game:GetActivePlayer()

• game.game:GetActivePlayer
• Player Entity

Get the Player's current vehicle entity

Returns the vehicle entity the player is currently sitting in.

local function GetPlayerCurrentVehicle()
    local Player = game.game:GetActivePlayer()

    if not Player then
        return nil
    end

    local Vehicle = Player:GetOwner()

    if not Vehicle then
        Vehicle = Player:GetOwnerSceneObject()
    end

    if not Vehicle then
        return nil
    end

    return Vehicle
end

local Vehicle = GetPlayerCurrentVehicle() -- returns the vehicle scene object

• game.game:GetActivePlayer
• Player:GetOwner
• Player:GetOwnerSceneObject
• Player Entity
• Car Entity
• Boat Entity
• Motorcycle Entity

Get the vehicle's current Motorcycle component

Tip	You need to Get the Player's current vehicle entity first.

local Motorcycle = Vehicle:GetComponent("C_RuntimeMotorcycleComponent")

• Get the Player's current Vehicle entity
• Vehicle:GetComponent
• C_RuntimeMotorcycleComponent
• Player Entity
• Car Entity
• Boat Entity
• Motorcycle Entity