SetVehicleHandling

This function is used to change the handling data of a vehicle.

Implemented also for client-sided vehicles.

Syntax

bool setVehicleHandling(element theVehicle, string property, var value) 

Syntaxes for reset configurations:

bool setVehicleHandling(element theVehicle, string property, nil, false)  -- Reset one property to model handling value
bool setVehicleHandling(element theVehicle, string property, nil, true)   -- Reset one property to GTA default value
bool setVehicleHandling(element theVehicle, false)                        -- Reset all properties to model handling value
bool setVehicleHandling(element theVehicle, true)                         -- Reset all properties to GTA default value

Required Arguments

• theVehicle: The vehicle you wish to set the handling of.
• property: The property you wish to set the handling of the vehicle to.

[[{{{image}}}|link=|]]	Note: For functionality reasons, suspension modification is disabled on monster trucks, trains, boats and trailers. Additionally, helicopters are not affected by custom handling. The vehicle-on-wheels handling does not affect planes when they are on the ground either.

[[|link=|]]	Warning: To change handling values of aircraft like maxVelocity, you must first set setAircraftMaxVelocity.

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.

• value: The value of the property you wish to set the handling of the vehicle to.

Returns

Returns true if the handling was set successfully, false otherwise. See below a list of valid properties and their required values:

Example

This example will make Infernus handling very fast and also make it damage proof from collision (handling by Mr.unpredictable). this example will help you in creating your own vehicle handling.

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Server

function vhandling ( theVehicle )
    if getElementModel(theVehicle) == 411 then -------------- vehicle Id
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "mass", 300.0)
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "turnMass", 200)
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "dragCoeff", 4.0 )
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "centerOfMass", { 0.0,0.08,-0.09 } )
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "percentSubmerged", 103)
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "tractionMultiplier", 1.8)
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "tractionLoss", 1.0)
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "tractionBias", 0.48)
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "numberOfGears", 5)
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "maxVelocity", 300.0)
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "engineAcceleration", 90.0 )
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "engineInertia", 5.0)
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "driveType", "rwd")
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "engineType", "petrol")
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "brakeDeceleration", 20.0)
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "brakeBias", 0.60)
        -----abs----
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "steeringLock",  35.0 )
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "suspensionForceLevel", 0.85)
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "suspensionDamping", 0.15 )
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "suspensionHighSpeedDamping", 0.0)
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "suspensionUpperLimit", 0.15 )
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "suspensionLowerLimit", -0.16)
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "suspensionFrontRearBias", 0.5 )
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "suspensionAntiDiveMultiplier", 0.0)
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "seatOffsetDistance", 0.0)
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "collisionDamageMultiplier", 0.00)
        --setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "monetary",  10000) This one is disabled for now
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "modelFlags", 1002000)
        setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "handlingFlags", 1000002)
        --setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "headLight", 3) This one is disabled for now
        --setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "tailLight", 2) This one is disabled for now
        --setVehicleHandling(theVehicle, "animGroup", 4) This one is disabled for now
    end
end
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerVehicleEnter", getRootElement(), vhandling )

This example will add a command for players with which they can change the mass of the vehicle.

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Server

function massChange ( me, command, mass )
    local mass = tonumber ( mass ) -- Convert mass to a number
    local veh = getPedOccupiedVehicle ( me ) -- Get the player's vehicle
    
    if mass and veh then  -- If valid mass and in a vehicle
        local success = setVehicleHandling ( veh, "mass", mass) -- Set the vehicle's mass, and check if successful
        
        if success then -- If successful
            outputChatBox ( "Your vehicle's mass has been changed to: "..mass.." kg", me, 0, 255, 0 ) -- Notify the player of success
        else -- Too bad failure is still an option
            outputChatBox ( "Setting mass failed. It's probably above or below allowed limits", me, 255, 0, 0 ) -- Notify the player of failure, and give a possible reason
        end
    elseif not veh then -- If not in a vehicle
        outputChatBox ( "You're not in a vehicle", me, 255, 0, 0 ) -- Tell the player; He / she obviously doesn't know
    elseif not mass then -- If not a valid mass
        outputChatBox ( "Syntax: /changemass [mass]", me, 255, 0, 0 ) -- Tell the player the proper syntax
    end
end
addCommandHandler ( "changemass", massChange )

This example will apply custom handling as defined for each specific vehicle (ID) in below table

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Server

local predefinedHandling = {
	[411] = {
		["engineAcceleration"] = 14,
		["dragCoeff"] = 0,
		["maxVelocity"] = 100000,
		["tractionMultiplier"] = 0.9,
		["tractionLoss"] = 1.1,
	},
	[415] = {
		["engineAcceleration"] = 14,
		["dragCoeff"] = 0,
		["maxVelocity"] = 100000,
		["tractionMultiplier"] = 0.9,
		["tractionLoss"] = 1.1,
	},
		[562] = { -- Universal drift handling
		["driveType"] = "rwd",
		["engineAcceleration"] = 200,
		["dragCoeff"] = 1.5,
		["maxVelocity"] = 300,
		["tractionMultiplier"] = 0.7,
		["tractionLoss"] = 0.8,
		["collisionDamageMultiplier"] = 0.4,
		["engineInertia"] = -175,
		["steeringLock"] = 75,
		["numberOfGears"] = 4,
		["suspensionForceLevel"] = 0.8,
		["suspensionDamping"] = 0.8,
		["suspensionUpperLimit"] = 0.33,
		["suspensionFrontRearBias"] = 0.3,
		["mass"] = 1800,
		["turnMass"] = 3000,
		["centerOfMass"] = { [1]=0, [2]=-0.2, [3]=-0.5 }, -- Good example to understand centerOfMass parameter usage
	},

	--next model below etc (copy rows)
}

for i,v in pairs (predefinedHandling) do
	if i then
		for handling, value in pairs (v) do
			if not setModelHandling (i, handling, value) then
				outputDebugString ("* Predefined handling '"..tostring(handling).."' for vehicle model '"..tostring(i).."' could not be set to '"..tostring(value).."'")
			end
		end
	end
end

for _,v in ipairs (getElementsByType("vehicle")) do
	if v and predefinedHandling[getElementModel(v)] then
		for k,vl in pairs (predefinedHandling[getElementModel(v)]) do
			setVehicleHandling (v, k, vl)
		end
	end
end

function resetHandling()
	for model in pairs (predefinedHandling) do
		if model then
			for k in pairs(getOriginalHandling(model)) do
				setModelHandling(model, k, nil)
			end
		end
	end

	for _,v in ipairs (getElementsByType("vehicle")) do
		if v then
			local model = getElementModel(v)
			if predefinedHandling[model] then
				for k,h in pairs(getOriginalHandling(model)) do
					setVehicleHandling(v, k, h)
				end
			end
		end
	end
end
addEventHandler("onResourceStop", resourceRoot, resetHandling)

Changelog

Version	Description

1.5.5-3.12009

Added for vehicles created on client-side.

See other vehicle functions

• addVehicleUpgrade
• attachTrailerToVehicle
• blowVehicle
• createVehicle
• detachTrailerFromVehicle
• fixVehicle
• getOriginalHandling
• getTrainDirection
• getTrainPosition
• getTrainSpeed
• getTrainTrack
• getVehicleColor
• getVehicleCompatibleUpgrades
• getVehicleController
• getVehicleDoorOpenRatio
• getVehicleDoorState
• getVehicleEngineState
• getVehicleHandling
• getVehicleHeadLightColor
• getVehicleLandingGearDown
• getVehicleLightState
• getVehicleMaxPassengers
• getVehicleModelFromName
• getVehicleName
• getVehicleNameFromModel
• getVehicleOccupant
• getVehicleOccupants
• getVehicleOverrideLights
• getVehiclePaintjob
• getVehiclePanelState
• getVehiclePlateText
• getVehicleSirenParams
• getVehicleSirens
• getVehicleSirensOn
• getVehicleTowedByVehicle
• getVehicleTowingVehicle
• getVehicleTurretPosition
BEFORE VERSION 1.5.6 :
getVehicleTurnVelocity
• getVehicleType
• getVehicleUpgradeOnSlot
• getVehicleUpgradeSlotName
• getVehicleUpgrades
• getVehicleVariant
• getVehicleWheelStates
• isTrainDerailable
• isTrainDerailed
• isVehicleBlown
• isVehicleDamageProof
• isVehicleFuelTankExplodable
• isVehicleLocked
• isVehicleOnGround
• isVehicleTaxiLightOn
• removeVehicleUpgrade
• setTrainDerailable
• setTrainDerailed
• setTrainDirection
• setTrainPosition
• setTrainSpeed
• setTrainTrack
• setVehicleColor
• setVehicleDamageProof
• setVehicleDoorOpenRatio
• setVehicleDoorState
• setVehicleDoorsUndamageable
• setVehicleEngineState
• setVehicleFuelTankExplodable
• setVehicleHandling
• setVehicleHeadLightColor
• setVehicleLandingGearDown
• setVehicleLightState
• setVehicleLocked
• setVehicleOverrideLights
• setVehiclePaintjob
• setVehiclePanelState
• setVehiclePlateText
• setVehicleSirens
• setVehicleSirensOn
• setVehicleTaxiLightOn
BEFORE VERSION 1.5.6 :
setVehicleTurnVelocity
• setVehicleTurretPosition
• setVehicleVariant
• setVehicleWheelStates
ADDED/UPDATED IN VERSION 1.6.0 r22771:
spawnVehicleFlyingComponent