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getRadioPlaybackState

Client-side
NEON APINative GTA radio playback

Available in Neon, not standard MTA

Captures GTA's current native radio station, track, playback position, flags, and queued track state.

Syntax

table|false getRadioPlaybackState()

Returns

A complete playback snapshot with radioOn, station, mode, trackId, trackType, trackIndex, position, length, flags and queue; false when the native manager is unavailable.

Ownership and lifecycle

The snapshot describes one client's native GTA radio manager. Neon does not synchronize it automatically; a resource that wants shared playback must relay and restore snapshots itself.

Important behavior
  • This is GTA radio state, not an MTA sound element.
  • The snapshot is client-local until a resource chooses to synchronize it.

Example

local saved = getRadioPlaybackState()
-- later
if saved then setRadioPlaybackState(saved) end

Where this comes from

SOURCECLuaRadioPlaybackDefs.cppClient/mods/deathmatch/logic/luadefs/CLuaRadioPlaybackDefs.cpp INTRODUCED / EXTENDEDebd8931b9Read the commit and why the change was made TEST RESOURCE native-radio-playback test-resources/native-radio-playback
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Read the system guide →
setRadioPlaybackState Restores a validated native GTA radio playback snapshot, including the requested seek position and queue. engineSetRadarMapTile Registers or replaces a resource-owned TXD in one cell of Neon's sparse 40 × 40 native radar grid. engineResetRadarMapTile Removes a radar tile owned by the calling resource and restores the native ocean fallback.

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