createBlipAttachedTo not working for me

[Guest]

Hi, I tried to create a simple blip attached to a player but it doesn't work.

  
function spawn() 
    if (spawnPlayer(source, 0, 0, 5)) then 
        fadeCamera(source, true) 
        createBlipAttachedTo(source, 0, 2, 255, 0, 0, 255) 
        createBlip(0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 255, 0, 255) 
    end 
end 
  
addEventHandler("onPlayerJoin", getRootElement(), spawn) 
  

The static green blip is showing but the "attached" red blip isn't. How come? I use the same values for both blips (icon = 0, size = 2). Both server- and clientside creation of attached blips in this form doesn't work for me.

[Brophy]

You dont need to use createBlip if you have already used createBlipAttachedTo

[Guest]

I know. I just wanted to see if the static blip wasn't showing either but it is. The "attached" blip doesn't show at all when I use icon = 0. And when I use icon = 1 with the exact same setting (size = 2, r = 255, g = 0, b = 0) all I get is a big attached white blip instead of a attached size 2 red blip.

[Buffalo]

not sure, but try to put it onPlayerSpawn;

[Brophy]

Try this (ServerSide)

function spawn ( source ) 
    local s = spawnPlayer ( source, 0, 0, 5 ) 
    if ( s ) then 
    createBlipAttachedTo( source, 0, 2, 255, 0, 0, 255 ) 
    fadeCamera( source,true )     
    end 
end 
   
addEventHandler("onPlayerJoin", getRootElement(), spawn) 

[Guest]

Thanks . I'll have to wait until the player is fully spawned before attaching a blip. Makes sense.

[Guest]

But now I have another question. How can I destroy blips? Somehow the blips remain visible when a player leaves. Even when I make the blips nil they won't disappear and destroyElement keeps telling me blip is a bad argument. I could make them invisible to any root child, but I want to remove them entirely from memory.