player.vehicle.engine returning undefined

[MrPancakers]

Pretty brand new to scripting and I starting learning Javascript for web development not too long ago and thought I'd try to make some things in Rage

My command is this

mp.events.addCommand('engine', (player) => 
{
    if(player.vehicle){
        player.call("engineStatusHandler", player);
    } else {
        player.outputChatBox("You're not in a vehicle");
    }
});

And my event is this

mp.events.add(
{
    "engineStatusHandler": player =>
    {
        let engineStatus = player.vehicle.engine; //Showing as undefined
        if(!engineStatus)
        {
            player.vehicle.setEngineOn(false, true, true);
            mp.gui.chat.push("Engine off.");
            mp.gui.chat.push("Engine Status: " + engineStatus);
        } 
        else 
        {
            player.vehicle.setEngineOn(true, true, true);
            mp.gui.chat.push("Engine on.");
            mp.gui.chat.push("Engine Status: " + engineStatus);
        }   
    }
});

engineStatus is returning undefined when I'm in a vehicle and I'm unsure why it is.

SOLUTION

Use the getIsEngineRunning client side function.

Edited September 30, 2017 by MrPancakers

[Rick]

because player is undefined 

Replace player.vehicle = mp.players.local.vehicle

[ragempdev]

11 hours ago, MrPancakers said:

let engineStatus = player.vehicle.engine; //Showing as undefined

That would work server-side, but your event is client-side. Client-side scripting has different API.

[MrPancakers]

14 hours ago, ragempdev said:

That would work server-side, but your event is client-side. Client-side scripting has different API.

Yeah when I started I realised the difference in Client side and server side, I was attempting to use client side API on server side, after realising that I've understood that.

20 hours ago, Rick said:

because player is undefined 

Replace player.vehicle = mp.players.local.vehicle

I might be missing something, but when I add mp.players.local.vehicle.engine it's still undefined.

Edited September 26, 2017 by MrPancakers

[MrPancakers]

Solved this issue, I found that there's a getIsEngineRunning Client Side function and I'm using that to see if the engine is running.

mp.events.add(
{
    "engineStatusHandler": player =>
    {
        let engineStatus = player.vehicle.getIsEngineRunning(); //Showing as undefined
        if(engineStatus)
        {
            player.vehicle.setEngineOn(false, true, true);
            mp.gui.chat.push("Engine off.");
            mp.gui.chat.push("Engine Status: " + engineStatus);
        } 
        else 
        {
            player.vehicle.setEngineOn(true, true, true);
            mp.gui.chat.push("Engine off.");
            mp.gui.chat.push("Engine Status: " + engineStatus);
        }   
    }
});