Deafult engine state

[Nich]

How could I put deafult engine status to false/turned off?

Thanks.

[50p]

What do you mean "default"?

https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/Set ... ngineState

[Nich]

If I spawn a vehicle, then by deafult the engine is always on.

I want to develop a system, that when I enter a car, the engine would be off and when I exit a vehicle with a running engine it would still work.

At the moment all the engines are running and when I shut down the engine with a command, it would be running again when I enter it next time.

[CallumD]

function turnOffEngine ( theVehicle )
setVehicleEngineState ( getRootElement(), false )
end
addEventHandler ( "onResourceStart", getResourceFromName ( "RESOURCE NAME HERE" ), turnOffEngine )
 
function toggleEngine ( playerSource )
local theVehicle = getPlayerOcuppiedVehicle ( playerSource )
if theVehicle and getVehicleController ( theVehicle ) == playerSource then
local state = getVehicleEngineState ( theVehicle )
setVehicleEngineState ( theVehicle, not state )
end
end
addCommandHandler ( "engine", toggleEngine )

Edited October 19, 2009 by Guest

[Nich]

function turnOffEngine ( theVehicle )
setVehicleEngineState ( theVehicle, false )
end
addEventHandler ( "onVehicleEnter", getRootElement(), turnOffEngine )

That means that I can't let the engine running, am I right?

I need it for my roleplay GM, and it wouldn't be a good thing, if car's engine would start/stop by it-self, all has to be done by an in game character.

[CallumD]

Updated post.

[50p]

function turnOffEngine ( theVehicle )
setVehicleEngineState ( getRootElement(), false )
end
addEventHandler ( "onResourceStart", getResourceFromName ( "RESOURCE NAME HERE" ), turnOffEngine )
 
function toggleEngine ( playerSource )
local theVehicle = getPlayerOcuppiedVehicle ( playerSource )
if theVehicle and getVehicleController ( theVehicle ) == playerSource then
local state = getVehicleEngineState ( theVehicle )
setVehicleEngineState ( theVehicle, not state )
end
end
addCommandHandler ( "engine", toggleEngine )

Don't use getResorceFromName in addEventHandler unless you do it in function. It's useless. Why would you want to add the event handler to a different resource not "this"?

[Nich]

Callumd's way didn't work.. how should i do it then?

[DakiLLa]

function turnOffEngine()
for i, vehicle in ipairs( getElementsByType( 'vehicle' ) ) do
setVehicleEngineState ( vehicle, false )
end
end
addEventHandler ( "onResourceStart", getResourceRootElement( getThisResource() ), turnOffEngine )
 
function toggleEngine ( player )
local theVehicle = getPlayerOcuppiedVehicle ( player )
if theVehicle and getVehicleController ( theVehicle ) == player then
local state = getVehicleEngineState ( theVehicle )
setVehicleEngineState ( theVehicle, not state )
end
end
addCommandHandler ( "engine", toggleEngine )

^ should work

[Nich]

function turnOffEngine()
for i, vehicle in ipairs( getElementsByType( 'vehicle' ) ) do
setVehicleEngineState ( vehicle, false )
end
end
addEventHandler ( "onResourceStart", getResourceRootElement( getThisResource() ), turnOffEngine )
 
function toggleEngine ( player )
local theVehicle = getPlayerOcuppiedVehicle ( player )
if theVehicle and getVehicleController ( theVehicle ) == player then
local state = getVehicleEngineState ( theVehicle )
setVehicleEngineState ( theVehicle, not state )
end
end
addCommandHandler ( "engine", toggleEngine )

^ should work

Didn't work for me

[subenji99]

getPlayerOcuppiedVehicle should be getPedOccupiedVehicle.

[Nich]

Still nothing..

[CallumD]

You did make a meta.xml and all the other stuff, right?

[Nich]

You did make a meta.xml and all the other stuff, right?

Yeah.

[DakiLLa]

did you write the '/engine' command in chat?

[Nich]

did you write the '/engine' command in chat?

Yes

[Nich]

Sorry, I left the ocuppied typo in, the /engine works, but still, engine working when I shut it off and sit back on it. And also when I spawn vehicle, it's already working.

[Gamesnert]

Just a small example of how it might work:

function setStateToData()
for index,vehicle in ipairs(getElementsByType("vehicle")) do -- Do this for every vehicle existing:
local state=getVehicleEngineState(vehicle)       -- See if the engine is on
setElementData(vehicle,"engine",state,false)   -- Store the result
end
end
addEventHandler("onResourceStart",getResourceRootElement(),setStateToData)
 
function vehicleEnterStuff()
local state=getElementData(source,"engine") -- Get the stored data
setVehicleEngineState(source,state)  -- Set it to that
end
addEventHandler("onVehicleEnter",getRootElement(),vehicleEnterStuff) -- Make sure this happens if a player enters a vehicle
 
function vehicleExitStuff()  -- Exact opposite
local state=getVehicleEngineState(source)
setElementData(source,"engine",state,false)
end
addEventHandler("onVehicleExit",getRootElement(),vehicleExitStuff)

There might be several issues with this, but well, I guess it should help out a bit.