From 23091c2e739ba34730a5791539baa7a526079a77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Shield <gothicjim@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 20:25:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add spam free ensureNetToVeh()

---
 functions.lua | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/functions.lua b/functions.lua
index 7ef5b38..a9ba79d 100644
--- a/functions.lua
+++ b/functions.lua
@@ -190,6 +190,28 @@ function pushVehicle(entity)
 	end
 end
 
+function ensureNetToVeh(vehNetID)
+	if Config.System.Debug then print("^6Bridge^7: ^3ensureNetToVeh^7: ^2Requesting NetworkDoesNetworkIdExist^7(^6"..vehNetID.."^7)") end
+	local timeout = 100
+	while not NetworkDoesNetworkIdExist(vehNetID) and timeout > 0 do
+		timeout -= 1
+		Wait(10)
+	end
+	if not NetworkDoesNetworkIdExist(vehNetID) then
+		return 0
+	end
+	timeout = 100
+	local vehicle = NetToVeh(vehNetID)
+	while not DoesEntityExist(vehicle) and vehicle ~= 0 and timeout > 0 do
+		timeout -= 1
+		Wait(10)
+	end
+	if not DoesEntityExist(vehicle) then
+		return 0
+	end
+	return vehicle
+end
+
 function makeBlip(data)
 	local blip = AddBlipForCoord(data.coords)
 	SetBlipAsShortRange(blip, true)