MTA:SA Script Engineer

MTA:SA Script Engineer is the ultimate toolkit for Multi Theft Auto developers. It supercharges your workflow by providing intelligent autocompletion for exports, instant "Go to Definition" navigation, and essential code snippets—all designed to keep you in the flow state.

No more checking meta.xml manually. No more guessing function arguments.

🚀 Features

1. Intelligent Export Autocompletion

Automatically finds exported functions from any resource in your workspace.

Trigger: Type exports.resourceName: or exports['resourceName']:
Smart Parsing: Reads the target resource's meta.xml and Lua files to find function names and their arguments.
Performance: Uses smart caching to ensure instant results, even in large projects.

2. Go to Definition (Ctrl + Click)

Navigate through your project with ease.

Hold Ctrl (or Cmd) and click on any exported function name (e.g., exports.admin:ban).
Instantly jumps to the exact file and line number where the function is defined in the source resource.

3. Productivity Snippets

Write boilerplate code in milliseconds.

addcommandhandlerclient → Generates a full client-side command handler.
addcommandhandlerserver → Generates a server-side handler with player and command arguments.
addeventhandler → Scaffold a handler for any event name and target element.
initevent → Register a custom event and attach its handler.
triggerclientevent / triggerserverevent → Quickly emit events between client and server.
cx / cxformat / cxx / cxxformat → Output chat messages (server/client) with optional formatting.
dbquery / dbqueryowl → Async database query templates (generic and OwlGaming).
exports → Call another resource's exported function.
format → String formatting helper.

Example (server command handler):

-- type: addcommandhandlerserver
addCommandHandler("heal", function (thePlayer, commandName, target)
    if not target then
        outputChatBox("Usage: /heal <player>", thePlayer, 255, 100, 100)
        return
    end
    -- your logic here
end)

📸 Usage

Autocompletion

Just type the export syntax, and the suggestion list will appear instantly.

-- Type this:
exports.admin:

-- Result:
exports.admin:ban(player, reason)
exports.admin:mute(player, duration)

MTA Script Engineer