Types

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This page hosts a list of used data types for scripting.

Types

These types are used in Scripting.
A Sharedtype means that the type is available to be used on both the server and the client in scripting.

  • Shared Client - client representation
  • Client Effect - effect (FX)
  • Shared Element - element
    • Shared Blip - blip
    • Shared Entity - entity
      • Shared Building - building (GTA Building)
      • Shared Physical - object that interacts with physics
        • Shared Object - placeable object
        • Shared Ped - pedestrian
          • Shared Player - player
        • Shared Vehicle - any vehicle
          • Shared Train - train
    • Shared Marker - marker
    • Shared Pickup - pickup
  • Shared Event - event
    • Shared CancellableEvent - cancellable event
    • Shared KeyEvent - key vent
  • Client Font - font
  • Client GUIElement - gui element
  • Client GUIHtmlElement - gui html element
  • Client GUIHtmlView - gui html view
  • Client GUIPage - gui page
  • Client GUIWindow - gui window
  • Shared Matrix4x4 - matrix of 4 by 4 numbers
  • Shared ReflectedFunction - reflected function
  • Shared Resource - resource
  • Client Sound
  • Shared Stream
  • Client Surface
    • Client RenderTarget - client representation - derives from Surface
    • Client Texture - texture - derives from Surface
  • Shared Timer - timer
  • Shared Vec2 - vector of 2 numbers
  • Shared Vec3 - vector of 3 numbers
  • Shared XmlDocument - xml document
  • Shared XmlElement - xml element

Types Derived From Element

Types derived from type Element, as shown in the list above.

Blip : Element
Building : Entity : Element
Marker : Element
Object : Physical : Entity : Element
Pickup : Element
Player : Ped : Physical : Entity : Element
Train : Vehicle : Physical : Entity : Element

Abstract Base Types

These types aren't used directly in Scripting. They just represent abstract types used behind the scenes.

  • Surface - Anything that is drawable (RenderTarget, Texture)

Scripting-Language Types

These scripting-language types are used in the scripting interface.

Scalar types.

  • bool - Also known as boolean.
  • float - Number if the scripting language only uses 1 numerical type for ints and floats.
  • function - For callbacks.
  • int - Number if the scripting language only uses 1 numerical type for ints and floats.
  • null - Also known as nil.
  • object - For elements. Userdata if Lua.
  • string
  • undefined - Used in JS.

Container types.

  • array<Type> - Table if Lua. Keys start at 1 if Lua, otherwise keys start at 0.
  • dictionary<KeyType,ValueType> - Table if Lua.

Other types.

  • void - Represents no arguments or no returns.

Previous Versions

Type Civilian was removed. All functionality from type Civilianwas moved to type Ped.
Type Transformable was removed. All functionality from type Transformablewas moved to type Element.