CreateVehicle

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This template is no longer in use as it results in poor readability. This function creates a vehicle at the specified location.

Its worth noting that the position of the vehicle is the center point of the vehicle, not its base. As such, you need to ensure that the z value (vertical axis) is some height above the ground. You can find the exact height using the client side function getElementDistanceFromCentreOfMassToBaseOfModel, or you can estimate it yourself and just spawn the vehicle so it drops to the ground.


Syntax

vehicle createVehicle ( int model, float x, float y, float z [, float rx, float ry, float rz, string numberplate, bool bDirection, int variant1, int variant2 ] )

OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!

Method: Vehicle(...)


Required Arguments

  • model: The vehicle ID of the vehicle being created.
  • x: A floating point number representing the X coordinate on the map.
  • y: A floating point number representing the Y coordinate on the map.
  • z: A floating point number representing the Z coordinate on the map.

Optional Arguments

NOTE: When using optional arguments, you might need to supply all arguments before the one you wish to use. For more information on optional arguments, see optional arguments.

  • rx: A floating point number representing the rotation about the X axis in degrees.
  • ry: A floating point number representing the rotation about the Y axis in degrees.
  • rz: A floating point number representing the rotation about the Z axis in degrees.
  • numberplate: A string that will go on the number plate of the car (max 8 characters). This is only applicable to cars.
  • bDirection: A boolean which should be set to false. *SERVER ONLY*

Returns

Returns the vehicle element that was created. Returns false if the arguments are incorrect, or if the vehicle limit of 65535 is exceeded.

Using trains

Trains are created using the createVehicle function. They are placed at the nearest point of the GTASA train pathing (railroad tracks) from their spawning point.

Example

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Example 1: Server

This script spawns a Rhino on top of one lucky individual.

function scriptCreateTank ( player, command )
      local luckyBugger = getRandomPlayer() -- get a random player
      local x, y, z = getElementPosition ( luckyBugger ) -- retrive the player's position
      createVehicle ( 432, x, y, z + 10 ) -- create the tank 10 units above them
      outputChatBox ( "You got Tank'd!", luckyBugger )
end
--Attach the 'scriptCreateTank' function to the "tank" command
addCommandHandler ( "tank", scriptCreateTank )
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Example 2: Server

This example spawns a car. To spawn a car need to enter the number of the desired car and also specify the coordinates for the spawn point of this car.

-- Cars with this ID is not allowed
LockTransportIdentifiers = {
[435] = true ;
[441] = true ;
[449] = true ;
[450] = true ;
[464] = true ;
[465] = true ;
[501] = true ;
[537] = true ;
[538] = true ;
[564] = true ;
[569] = true ;
[570] = true ;
[584] = true ;
[590] = true ;
[591] = true ;
[594] = true ;
[606] = true ;
[607] = true ;
[608] = true ;
[610] = true ;
[611] = true ;
}

addCommandHandler("spveh", function(p, command, idmodel, sx, sy, sz, numberplate)
   if getElementType(p) == "player" then

   if ( tonumber(idmodel) ) and ( tonumber(sx) ) and ( tonumber(sy) ) and ( tonumber(sz) ) then
   if (not LockTransportIdentifiers[tonumber(idmodel)] ) then
            data = ( numberplate or "PRIVATE" )
            local spawn = createVehicle(tonumber(idmodel), tonumber(sx), tonumber(sy), tonumber(sz), 0, 0, 0, data)
            if isElement(spawn) then -- If the vehicle has been created then:
            outputChatBox("Your vehicle has been created! INFO:", p, 255, 255, 0)
            outputChatBox("ID Vehicle: "..getElementModel(spawn), p, 255, 255, 0)
            outputChatBox("Name Vehicle: "..getVehicleName(spawn), p, 255, 255, 0)
            local x, y, z = getElementPosition(spawn) -- Check the vehicle position
            outputChatBox("Vehicle Coordinates: X: "..tostring(x) .. ", Y: " .. tostring(y) .. ", Z: " .. tostring(z), p, 255, 255, 0)
            outputChatBox("Vehicle Number plate: "..getVehiclePlateText(spawn), p, 255, 255, 0)
     else
         outputChatBox("Unknown ERROR!", p, 255, 100, 100)
         end
     else
         outputChatBox("Sorry! This car model number is not allowed!", p, 255, 100, 100)
         end
     else
         outputChatBox("Error! Correct syntax Use: /spveh [model] [x] [y] [z] or more [Number Plate]", p, 255, 100, 100)
      end
   end
end)
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Example 3: Client

This script spawns a Rhino on top of the local player.

function scriptCreateTank ( commandName )
      local luckyBugger = getLocalPlayer() -- get the local player
      local x, y, z = getElementPosition ( luckyBugger ) -- retrive the player's position
      createVehicle ( 432, x, y, z + 10 ) -- create the tank 10 units above them
      outputChatBox ( "You got Tank'd!", 255, 0, 0)
end
--Attach the 'scriptCreateTank' function to the "tank" command
addCommandHandler ( "tank", scriptCreateTank )
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Example 4: Server


ADDED/UPDATED IN VERSION 1.4 :

This is an example of how this function is executed in an OOP environment.

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OOP server

This script will create an Infernus at the center (0, 0, 3) of San Andreas upon execution.

addEventHandler( "onResourceStart", resourceRoot,
    function()
        infernus = Vehicle(411, Vector3(0, 0, 3)); -- Create an Infernus and spawn it at the middle of SA.
        infernus:setColor(0, 0, 0); -- Set its color to black.
        infernus.damageProof = true; -- Make it damage proof
    end
)
	
addCommandHandler( "blowinfernus",
    function(p)
        if not infernus.blown then -- Check if the Infernus is blown up or not.
            infernus:blow();
        else -- Ouch, it's blown up, let's output an error to the player.
            outputChatBox( "The Infernus has already been blown up by you.", p, 255, 0, 0, false );
        end
    end)

See Also