Draw outline around vehicle engine

[thund3rbird23]

My goal is draw outline around the vehicle's engine when the hood is open but I don't know it's possible to do or not... of course there are modded vehicles not default ones.

I know I need to open the vehicle's hood with SetVehicleDoorState but how can I draw the outline around the engine? is there any function to get the engine position for each vehicles or I need to calculate it manually? and then I can use the DxDrawLine function or which one?

By outline I mean like this, but around the engine:

Edited July 23, 2023 by thund3rbird23

[#!_A7M8D]

Hello

its possible by using shader

check Ped shell Shader (For Example) : https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/Shader_examples

Cheers!

Edited July 26, 2023 by #!_A7M8D

[thund3rbird23]

Thank you for your reply, but how can I get the vehicle engine's position and such things? I don't think so there is a function for that

[#!_A7M8D]

Hello ,

i think because gta sa is limited world so engine is a part of the vehicle 

you can get more parts position

https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/GetVehicleComponentPosition

https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/Vehicle_Components
Cheers!

Edited July 28, 2023 by #!_A7M8D

[thund3rbird23]

Yeah, I know about these functions. But some server did it already they're just "highlighted" the engine for example when you are a mechanic and you are repair the engine then it's like the engine is "glowing", "highlighted" or I dont know which word can describe

Edited July 28, 2023 by thund3rbird23

[#!_A7M8D]

Hello @thund3rbird23 ,

Can you show us video and we will try to know how they did they

they may be using a custom object for the engine

Cheers !

[thund3rbird23]

On 02/08/2023 at 12:07, #!_A7M8D said:

Hello @thund3rbird23 ,

Can you show us video and we will try to know how they did they

they may be using a custom object for the engine

Cheers !

 

 

[Przemcio]

It's a custom object, if you want to achieve similar effect, you'd need create or get an engine model, put it into MTA, then attach it to the vehicle (cause there's no engine as an object natively), the engine position can be retrieved by getVehicleDummyPosition with "engine" as a second argument. I assume you know how to use shader to outline the object.

Edited August 14, 2023 by Przemcio