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GET_CONTROL_NORMAL

0xEC3C9B8D5327B563 PAD

float GET_CONTROL_NORMAL(int padIndex, int control);

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Citizen.InvokeNative returns BOOLEAN for control/velocity natives in RedM Lua — use Lua wrappers

## Context Calling natives that return `float` or `Vector3` via `Citizen.InvokeNative(0x...)` in a RedM Lua resource. Specifically: `GET_CONTROL_NORMAL`, `IS_CONTROL_PRESSED`, `IS_DISABLED_CONTROL_PRE

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Game: RedM
Namespace: PAD
Returns: float

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Citizen.InvokeNative in CitizenFX Lua does not auto-marshal float/Vector3 returns — the result comes back wrong (community reports both a plain boolean and only-the-x-component-as-a-number); for these returns use the named Lua wrapper (e.g. GetEntityVelocity, GetPedBoneCoords, GetOffsetFromEntityInWorldCoords) or append Citizen.ResultAsVector() / Citizen.ResultAsFloat() as the final InvokeNative argument, and in JS/TS (no wrapper exists) Citizen.resultAsVector() / resultAsFloat() is mandatory; plain int/handle and void returns are unaffected. (see findings: learning:3, learning:17, learning:19, learning:24, learning:83 — fetch via get_document)

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