GE Lua Documentation

getRandomPaints

Definition

-- @/lua/ge/extensions/core/vehiclePaints.lua:568

-- gets random paint data, given a model key and a config key
local function getRandomPaints(model_key, config_key)
  local modelData = core_vehicles.getModel(model_key)
  local model = modelData.model
  if not model.randomPaintHelper then
    setupRandomPaintHelper(model_key)
  end
  local paintHelper

  local config = modelData.configs[config_key]
  if config then
    paintHelper = config.randomPaintHelper
  end
  paintHelper = paintHelper or model.randomPaintHelper

  local randomNum = math.random() * paintHelper.totalProbability
  local sum = 0
  for _, paintResult in ipairs(paintHelper.allPaintResults) do
    sum = sum + paintResult.probability
    if randomNum < sum then
      return paintResult
    end
  end
end

Callers

  end
  local paints = getRandomPaints(model, config)
  if not paints then

  for i = 1, amount do
    local paintResult = getRandomPaints(model_key, config_key)
    local name = string.format("%s: %s %s %s", paintResult.type, paintResult.paintName1, paintResult.paintName2, paintResult.paintName3)

      if options.randomPaints or options.paintName == '(Random)' or options.paintName2 == '(Random)' or options.paintName3 == '(Random)' then -- some backwards compatibility
        local randomPaints = core_vehiclePaints.getRandomPaints(options.model, options.config)
        if randomPaints and randomPaints.paintName1 then