GetVehicleHandling

This function returns a table of the current vehicle handling data.

*Note: This function has not merged into the 1.1 nightly builds yet! It will only work if you have a custom build of the handling branch.

Syntax

table getVehicleHandling ( element theVehicle )

Required Arguments

theVehicle: The vehicle you wish to get the handling data of.

Returns

Returns a table containing all the handling data, false otherwise. Here a list of valid table properties and what they return:

http://web.archive.org/web/20140223160252/http://projectcerbera.com/gta/sa/tutorials/handling

Property	Value	Minimum value	Maximum value	Notes
mass	Float	1.0	100000.0
turnMass	Float	0.0	1000000.0
dragCoeff	Float	-200.0	200.0
centerOfMass	Table = { [1]=posX, [2]=posY, [3]=posZ } (floats)	-10.0	10.0	Get returns a table, set needs a table.
percentSubmerged	Integer	1	99999
tractionMultiplier	Float	-100000.0	100000.0
tractionLoss	Float	0.0	100.0
tractionBias	Float	0.0	1.0
numberOfGears	Integer	1	5
maxVelocity	Float	0.1	200000.0
engineAcceleration	Float	0.0	100000.0
engineInertia	Float	-1000.0	1000.0	Inertia of 0 can cause a LSOD. (Unable to divide by zero)
driveType	String	N/A	N/A	Use 'rwd', 'fwd' or 'awd'.
engineType	String	N/A	N/A	Use 'petrol', 'diesel' or 'electric'.
brakeDeceleration	Float	0.1	100000.0
brakeBias	Float	0.0	1.0
ABS	Boolean	true	false	Has no effect.
steeringLock	Float	0.0	360.0
suspensionForceLevel	Float	0.0	100.0
suspensionDamping	Float	0.0	100.0
suspensionHighSpeedDamping	Float	0.0	600.0
suspensionUpperLimit	Float	-50.0	50.0	Can't be equal to suspensionLowerLimit.
suspensionLowerLimit	Float	-50.0	50.0	Can't be equal to suspensionUpperLimit.
suspensionFrontRearBias	Float	0.0	1.0	Hardcoded maximum is 3.0, but values above 1.0 have no effect.
suspensionAntiDiveMultiplier	Float	0.0	30.0
seatOffsetDistance	Float	-20.0	20.0
collisionDamageMultiplier	Float	0.0	10.0
monetary	Integer	0	230195200	Get works, set is disabled.
modelFlags	Hexadecimal/Decimal	N/A	N/A	Property uses a decimal value, generated by a hexadecimal value. Either use 0x12345678 or tonumber ( "0x12345678" ). See projectcerbera for possible values.
handlingFlags	Hexadecimal/Decimal	N/A	N/A	Property uses a decimal value, generated by a hexadecimal value. Either use 0x12345678 or tonumber ( "0x12345678" ). See projectcerbera for possible values.
headLight	String	N/A	N/A	Get works, set is disabled. Available values: 'long', 'small', 'big', 'tall'.
tailLight	String	N/A	N/A	Get works, set is disabled. Available values: 'long', 'small', 'big', 'tall'.
animGroup	Integer	??	??	Get works, set is disabled due to people not knowing this property was vehicle-based and caused crashes.

Example

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Server & Client

This example simulates the previous syntax of this function, getVehicleHandling ( element theVehicle, string property )

_getVehicleHandling = getVehicleHandling() -- replace the original getVehicleHandling function as _getVehicleHandling
function getVehicleHandling ( element, property )
    if element and property then -- there is an element and property
        if getElementType ( element ) == "vehicle" then -- if the type of the element is a vehicle
            local handlingTable = _getVehicleHandling ( element ) -- get the handling as table and save as handlingTable
            local value = handlingTable[prop] -- make the value wanted
            return value -- return the value wanted!
        end
    end
end

See other vehicle functions

BEFORE VERSION 1.5.6 :

getVehicleTurnVelocity