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makeVehicleLicenseText

Definition

-- @/lua/ge/extensions/core/vehicles.lua:2028

local function makeVehicleLicenseText(veh, designPath)
  if forceLicenceStr then
    return forceLicenceStr
  end

  if FS:fileExists("settings/cloud/forceLicencePlate.txt") then
    local content = readFile("settings/cloud/forceLicencePlate.txt")
    if content ~= nil then
      log("D","makeVehicleLicenseText","forced to used LicencePlate.txt = '"..tostring(content).."'")
      return content
    end
  end

  veh = veh or getPlayerVehicle(0)
  if type(veh) == 'number' then
    veh = getObjectByID(veh)
  end
  if not veh then return '' end

  local txt = veh:getDynDataFieldbyName("licenseText", 0)
  if txt and txt:len() > 0 then
    return txt
  end

  local design = nil
  if designPath then
    design = jsonReadFile(designPath)
  end

  if settings.getValue("useSteamName") and core_gamestate.state.state == "freeroam" and veh.autoEnterVehicle and SteamLicensePlateVehicleId == nil and OnlineServiceProvider and OnlineServiceProvider.isWorking and OnlineServiceProvider.accountLoggedIn then
    SteamLicensePlateVehicleId = veh:getId()
    txt = OnlineServiceProvider.playerName
    txt = txt:gsub('"', "'") -- replace " with '
    -- more cleaning up required?
  elseif not design or not design.data or not design.version or (design.version and design.version == 1) then
    txt = generateLicenceText()
  elseif design.version and design.version > 1 then
    txt = generateLicenceText(design.data or nil, veh)
  end

  return txt
end

Callers

    local designPath = veh:getDynDataFieldbyName("licenseDesign", 0) or ''
    generated_txt = makeVehicleLicenseText(veh, designPath)
    veh:setDynDataFieldbyName("licenseText", 0, current_txt)

  if not txt then
    txt = makeVehicleLicenseText(veh, designPath)
  end

    end
    data.licenseName = extensions.core_vehicles.makeVehicleLicenseText()

  end
  data.licenseName = extensions.core_vehicles.makeVehicleLicenseText()