NEON APIScriptable birds

Available in Neon, not standard MTA

Sets how far away a managed bird remains visible.

Syntax

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bool setBirdRenderDistance(bird theBird, float distance)

Arguments

theBirdbird

Managed bird element.

distancefloat

Render distance.

Returns

true when applied; false for an invalid element or value.

Ownership and lifecycle

A bird belongs to the client resource that created it and is removed when that resource stops. Birds fade near their render distance instead of being destroyed, and a dimension or interior mismatch hides them while keeping the element alive.

Important behavior

• Birds fade near this distance rather than being destroyed, so the element survives even when nothing is drawn.

OOP aliases

• bird:setRenderDistance(distance)
• bird.renderDistance

Where this comes from

SOURCECLuaBirdDefs.cppClient/mods/deathmatch/logic/luadefs/CLuaBirdDefs.cpp INTRODUCED / EXTENDED23fedfbc9Read the commit and why the change was made TEST RESOURCE bird-test test-resources/bird-test

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