Question regarding getElementByID

[Hale]

I've been using setElementID for many different element types, such as vehicles, objects, players, items, cameras and so on. Now when I use getElementByID on an element with low ID, how to get the exact element I want? I've tried using the second optional argument 'index' but that is sort of useless when I have 10+ different elements with the same ID. Any ideas for how to get the exact element I want, that will have the fastest performance?

[Fist]

Why not just to name every element with different names then?

[Hale]

Too much of a hassle I guess? Does anyone else have any other suggestion, pretty please?

[pa3ck]

If they all have the same index, there's no way you will find the exact one you are looking for. That's the whole purpose of giving the objects a unique identifier.

Edited May 5, 2017 by pa3ck

[Hale]

Never mind, I found the best (I think so at least) way to get the exact element type that has that exact ID.

By combining these two functions:

getElementsByType()
getElementID()

 

[IIYAMA]

Usually id's should be unique... ehm, they actually should always be unique, no excuses.

 

The fastest way would be element nesting:

https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/GetElementChildren