How to get Player Health Status and display it in hud

swisher · 2019-04-24T08:21:37.086Z

Okay so I followed this tutorial by Jeva on YouTube on how to make a speedometer for when you’re in a car and this code works perfect for me:

Speedometer(This works)

function text(content)
SetTextFont(2) --Sets Font
SetTextProportional(0)
SetTextScale(0.7,0.7) – sets text size
SetTextEntry(“STRING”)
AddTextComponentString(content)
DrawText(0.16, 0.95) – sets text position [0.0 - 1.0] X + Y
end

Citizen.CreateThread(function()

while true do
	Citizen.Wait(2)
	local speed = GetEntitySpeed(GetVehiclePedIsIn(GetPlayerPed(-1), false))*2.2369
	if (IsPedInAnyVehicle(GetPlayerPed(-1), false)) then
		text(math.floor(speed) .. " mph") -- prints speed of vehicle + mph
	end
end

end)

So, I looked through some of the native reference for fivem and made this code but it doesnt work at all and im really new to all this so im sure i did something simple wrong but i would like to learn how to get health to display in integers on the hud next to the mini map. Thanks to anyone who can help!
This is the code I made trying to get the health to display basically copy pasta:
Health(doesnt work)
function text2(content2)
SetTextFont(2) --Sets Font
SetTextProportional(0)
SetTextScale(0.7,0.7) – sets text size
SetTextEntry(“STRING”)
AddTextComponentString(content)
DrawText(0.2, 0.7) – sets text position [0.0 - 1.0] X + Y
end

Citizen.CreateThread(function()

while true do
	Citizen.Wait(2)
	
	while local health = GetEntityHealth(PlayerPedId(), false)) do
		text(math.floor(health) .. " mph") 
	end
end

end)

tldr; I want to make a health status bar basically, thanks to all who help!

Woopi · 2019-04-24T09:15:25.739Z

Try this

function text2(content2)
    SetTextFont(2) --Sets Font
    SetTextProportional(0)
    SetTextScale(0.7,0.7) -- sets text size
    SetTextEntry("STRING")
    AddTextComponentString(content2)
    DrawText(0.2, 0.7) -- sets text position [0.0 - 1.0] X + Y
end

Citizen.CreateThread(function()
    while true do
	    Citizen.Wait(2)
        
        local health = GetEntityHealth(PlayerPedId(), false))
        text2("Your health is "..health);
    end
end)

swisher · 2019-04-24T09:16:23.314Z

alright! thanks man ill try it out rn

swisher · 2019-04-24T09:23:08.334Z

Woopi:

function text2(content2) SetTextFont(2) --Sets Font SetTextProportional(0) SetTextScale(0.7,0.7) – sets text size SetTextEntry(“STRING”) AddTextComponentString(content2) DrawText(0.2, 0.7) – sets text position [0.0 - 1.0] X + Y end Citizen.CreateThread(function() while true do Citizen.Wait(2) local health = GetEntityHealth(PlayerPedId(), false)) text2("Your health is "…health); end end)

this still didnt work for me can you try it out and see if it works for you ?

Woopi · 2019-04-24T09:26:21.800Z

does it return a error?

are you running it client or server side?

i cant test it due to not being at home.

swisher · 2019-04-24T09:32:15.598Z

running it client side the speedometer works client side so this should too right?

and no there’s no errors on startup or in the console
it just doesn’t display anything at all
like it should display the amount of health like the how speedometer shows vehicle speed. when i use the speedometer and i get in the car the display shows because of IsPedInAnyVehicle but i cant seem to figure out how to get player health to display

Woopi · 2019-04-24T09:38:12.300Z

try this

function text2(content2)
    SetTextFont(2) --Sets Font
    SetTextProportional(0)
    SetTextScale(0.7,0.7) -- sets text size
    SetTextEntry("STRING")
    AddTextComponentString(content2)
    DrawText(0.2, 0.7) -- sets text position [0.0 - 1.0] X + Y
end

Citizen.CreateThread(function()
    while true do
	    Citizen.Wait(2)
        
        local health = GetEntityHealth(GetPlayerPed(-1), false))
        text2("Your health is "..health);
    end
end)

swisher · 2019-04-24T09:43:19.528Z

No go man im sure it’s something simple and i cant figure it out but i really do appreciate all your help for real imma head to bed and think on it! if i find the solution ill post it back on here!

swisher · 2019-04-24T10:01:54.905Z

Woopi:

local health = GetEntityHealth(GetPlayerPed(-1), false))

I found a way to make it work!

Citizen.CreateThread(function()
    while true do
    local health = GetEntityHealth(GetPlayerPed(-1))
    Citizen.Wait(0)
DrawTxt(1.200, 0.50, 0.0,1.0,0.50,"~w~Health ~r~".. health .."~w~", 255,255,255,255)
    end
end)

function DrawTxt(x,y ,width,height,scale, text, r,g,b,a)
    SetTextFont(2)
    SetTextProportional(0)
    SetTextScale(0.7, 0.7)
    SetTextColour(r, g, b, a)
    SetTextDropShadow(0, 0, 0, 0,255)
    SetTextEdge(2, 0, 0, 0, 255)
    SetTextOutline()
    SetTextEntry("STRING")
    AddTextComponentString(text)
    DrawText(0.16, 0.80)
end

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