Skip to content
MTA:SA Neon Documentation

engineGetModelIDFromName

Server-side
NEON APIServer-authoritative models

Available in Neon, not standard MTA

Resolves a server-managed model by resource-local or fully qualified name.

Syntax

int|false engineGetModelIDFromName(string name)

Arguments

namestring

Local name, or resource:name for an explicit qualified lookup.

Returns

The logical model ID, or false when no active definition matches.

Ownership and lifecycle

The server keeps logical IDs stable, but each client chooses its own GTA slot. When a resource stops, Neon moves surviving elements back to their parent model before freeing those slots.

Where this comes from

SOURCECLuaModelDefs.cppServer/mods/deathmatch/logic/luadefs/CLuaModelDefs.cpp INTRODUCED / EXTENDEDdc25a615cRead the commit and why the change was made RELATED CATEGORY HARNESS server-model-registry-test Category-level coverage · test-resources/server-model-registry-test
RELATED NEON APIS

Continue exploring

Read the system guide →
engineRequestModel Allocates a stable, resource-owned logical model for an object, vehicle, or ped. engineFreeModel Releases a logical model owned by the calling resource after remapping surviving elements to their native parent. engineGetModelParent Returns the native GTA parent of an active server-managed logical model.

← Back to the Neon Lua API · How Server-authoritative models works →