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# Script Exports

<pre class="language-lua"><code class="lang-lua"><strong>exports.abp_missions:StartRemoteMission(missionId, gameVariables, playerInitiator)
</strong></code></pre>

The **RemoteStartMission** function is an export function that allows you to start a mission remotely from another resource or client. It provides an interface to start a specific mission and handle the corresponding responses and actions.

**Important:** Setting the game variables **WILL REPLACE** the ones set within the mission file.

**Parameters:**

* `missionId`: The unique identifier of the mission you want to start.
* `gameVariables`: *(nil for optional)* An object that contains the game variables needed for the mission.
* `playerInitiator`: The playerServerId of the player who initiated the quest start request.

**Example**

<pre class="language-lua"><code class="lang-lua"><strong>exports.abp_missions:StartRemoteMission("test_mission", {
</strong>    position = vector3(120.0, 20.0, 75.0),
    distanceCheck = 5,
    secondsRemaining = 20
<strong>}, GetPlayerServerId(PlayerId()))
</strong></code></pre>

**When use custom game variables?**

Let's imagine that you want to create a shoplifting system, because each store is different, so you could configure the name, if it is for liquors or chocolates. Then you will make a list of temporary game variables that depending on the player's location will call one another.

Another example is, you want to make a variable mission where an objective is not always in the same place, so you make a table of variables and when you start the mission to play, it automatically selects the alternatives.

**Example**

```lua
local gameVariables = {
    {
        enemyPosition = vector3(0, 0, 0),
        enemyName = "Batman"
    },
    {
        enemyPosition = vector3(1, 1, 1),
        enemyName = "Superman"
    },
    {
        enemyPosition = vector3(2, 3, 3),
        enemyName = "Spiderman"
    }
}

local gameVariableToUse = gameVariables[math.random(1, #gameVariables)]

exports.abp_missions:StartRemoteMission("test_hero_mission", gameVariableToUse, GetPlayerServerId(PlayerId()))
```

**Why require playerInitiator?**

The playerInitiator is required to prevent malicious players from initiating missions for other players while away. (It's a small filter, although we are working on alternatives)