Lua Checking whether a player is targetting something.

[Siegh]

Hello, I need help on some quick subject, I haven't been able to find this exact issue on other threads so far.

I simply needs to change variables when casting a spell, and the desired condition is whether the caster is or not targetting a creature.

Here is what I'm working with so far (didn't give it much thought, it should return a false value if nothing is found, but it isn't).

if getCreatureTarget(cid) == false then
    combat = level1S
else
    combat = level1A
end

I will really appreciate the help!

 

[Infernum]

getCreatureTarget returns a creature id, not a bool
if getCreatureTarget(cid) then

or

if not getCreatureTarget(cid) then

 

[Siegh]

getCreatureTarget returns a creature id, not a bool
if getCreatureTarget(cid) then

or

if not getCreatureTarget(cid) then

Thanks for the quick reply!
It's still not working properly, have I done something wrong? It's always returning level1A.

    if getCreatureTarget(cid) then
        combat = level1A
    elseif not getCreatureTarget(cid) then
        combat = level1S
    end

 

[Frija]

Function getCreatureTarget() will return 0 if there is no target. In Lua only false and nil is considered as false by logical operators. That's why it always returns level1A.
Try:

if getCreatureTarget(cid) ~= 0 then
    combat = level1A
else
    combat = level1S
end

 

[Siegh]

Function getCreatureTarget() will return 0 if there is no target. In Lua only false and nil is considered as false by logical operators. That's why it always returns level1A.
Try:

if getCreatureTarget(cid) ~= 0 then
    combat = level1A
else
    combat = level1S
end

That did work perfectly, thanks for the assistance!