dxCreateScreenSource

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This function creates a screen source, which is a special type of texture that contains the screen as rendered by GTA

Syntax

 dxCreateScreenSource ( )

Code Examples

client

addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot,
    function()
        myScreenSource = dxCreateScreenSource ( 640, 480 )          -- Create a screen source texture which is 640 x 480 pixels
    end
)

addEventHandler( "onClientRender", root,
    function()
        if myScreenSource then
            dxUpdateScreenSource( myScreenSource )                  -- Capture the current screen output from GTA
            dxDrawImage( 50,  50,  100, 100, myScreenSource )       -- Now use myScreenSource as a material and draw it lots of times
            dxDrawImage( 150, 350, 150, 100, myScreenSource )
            dxDrawImage( 250, 250, 100, 150, myScreenSource )
            dxDrawImage( 350, 30,  150, 150, myScreenSource )
        end
    end
)

dxCreateScreenSource

Syntax

Code Examples

See Also

Drawing Functions

Drawing Elements

Reference