NEON APINative scene primitives

Available in Neon, not standard MTA

Runs GTA's directional scene request and synchronous load sequence used by story transitions.

Syntax

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bool enginePreloadWorldAreaInDirection(Vector3 position, float headingDegrees)

Arguments

positionVector3

Finite scene position.

headingDegreesfloat

Finite direction in degrees.

Returns

true after GTA completes the directional load; false for non-finite input.

Ownership and lifecycle

These calls act immediately on streamed native state and do not create a persistent lease. The resource remains responsible for scene timing and authoritative mission progression.

Important behavior

• This call can block while GTA loads the requested scene; stage it under an appropriate fade.

Where this comes from

SOURCECLuaEngineDefs.cppClient/mods/deathmatch/logic/luadefs/CLuaEngineDefs.cpp INTRODUCED / EXTENDEDe4bddaac4Read the commit and why the change was made TEST RESOURCE tagging-up-turf test-resources/tagging-up-turf

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