CreateBlip

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This function creates a new global radar blip, which is visible for everyone. It will return a pointer to the blip or null if creating the blip was unsuccessful.

Syntax

CreateBlip can take 2 different lists of parameters. These are:

Blip CreateBlip( int sprite, Vector pos, int colour )

Blip CreateBlip( int sprite, float x, float y, float z, int colour )

Arguments

• sprite - This is the sprite (icon) of the blip. For reference, check here
• pos - The position of the blip on radar
• colour - The colour ID for the blip. These values can be customised in content.xml of the server
• x, y, z - The position of the blip as floats

Example

This commands creates an 8-Ball marker on the radar at player's position.

 
function onPlayerCommand( pPlayer, szCommand, szText )
{
     if ( szCommand == "createblip" )
     {
          CreateBlip( BLIP_8BALL, pPlayer.Pos, 0 );
     }
     
     return 1;
}
 

Notes

The function Player.Pos and call onPlayerCommand were used in this example. More info about them in the corresponding pages.

Related Functions

• Blip.DisplayType
• Blip.Colour
• Blip.Icon
• Blip.ID
• Blip.Owner
• Blip.Pos
• Blip.Size
• Blip.Remove
• CreateBlip
• CreateClientBlip
• FindBlip
• GetBlipCount