AddEvent

Description

Adds a function as event handler which will be called when a certain event occurs. Multiple functions can be bound to a single event.

You can also specify new event names that do not exist.

Syntax

AddEvent(EventName, LuaFunction)

Parameters

• EventName
  The name of the event. See Server Events or Client Events for a list of events.
• LuaFunction
  The function which will be called when the event occurs.

Return Value

• This function returns true.

Example

function OnPlayerDeath(player, instigator)
        if instigator == nil then
	        AddPlayerChat(player, "You died :(")
        else
            AddPlayerChat(player, "You have been killed by "..GetPlayerName(instigator))
        end
end
AddEvent("OnPlayerDeath", OnPlayerDeath)

See also

• CallEvent
• AddEvent
• CallRemoteEvent
• AddRemoteEvent