getScreenFromWorldPosition

ClientMiscellaneousIdentical to MTA:SA

Turns a world point into a screen point (pixels). Returns false when the point is behind the camera or off screen. The third result is the distance from the camera. Useful for text above heads.

Syntax

float, float, float getScreenFromWorldPosition(float x, y, z [, float edgeTolerance = 0, bool relative = true])

Arguments

x, y, zfloat: The world point.
edgeTolerancefloat, optional = 0: How far off screen the point may be and still count.
relativebool, optional = true: true = edgeTolerance as a fraction of the screen width.

Returns

x, y in pixels and the distance, or false.

Example

addEventHandler("onClientRender", root, function()
    for _, p in ipairs(getElementsByType("player", root, true)) do
        if p ~= localPlayer then
            local x, y, z = getElementPosition(p)
            local sx, sy = getScreenFromWorldPosition(x, y, z + 1.1)
            if sx then dxDrawText(getPlayerName(p), sx, sy, sx, sy, tocolor(255, 255, 255), 1, "default-bold", "center") end
        end
    end
end)

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