SetPlayerInvisible

Makes a player invisible to every other player, or seen again.

Nothing of the player shows on another screen: no body, no clothes, no name plate, no horse they ride, nothing carried in their hands. Their voice is not heard and their party has no compass mark for them. Their own game is unchanged - they see and hear everyone as before, and can move, ride, chat and use commands. Server animals leave an invisible player alone, a carry they are part of ends, and nobody can carry them or be carried by them while they are hidden.

Made for admins who watch unseen, but it is the mode’s to use however it likes - nothing limits it to admins. Combine it with SetPlayerFlying for a spectator, SetPlayerInvisibleFor to let some players (the other admins) still see them. The name in the Tab list and their chat lines stay; hide those yourself if you want. A reload of the mode shows everyone again.

Syntax

SetPlayerInvisible(pid, invisible)

Parameter	Type
pid	number	the player
invisible	boolean	true hides the player, false shows them again

Returns

boolean - false when not connected

Example

-- /spectate: an admin flies around unseen; the other admins still see them
function OnPlayerCommandText(pid, cmd, args)
  if cmd == "spectate" and IsPlayerAdmin(pid) then
    local on = not IsPlayerInvisible(pid)
    SetPlayerInvisible(pid, on)
    SetPlayerFlying(pid, on)
    for _, other in ipairs(GetPlayers()) do
      if other ~= pid and IsPlayerAdmin(other) then SetPlayerInvisibleFor(pid, other, false) end
    end
    SendClientMessage(pid, COLOR_GOLD, on and "You are invisible." or "You are visible again.")
    return true
  end
  return false
end

See also

IsPlayerInvisible · SetPlayerInvisibleFor · IsPlayerVisibleTo · SetPlayerFlying · SetPlayerNameplateHidden · SetPlayerVirtualWorld · the Players group of the index