Make vehicle undrivable

[thetrooper 10]

Hi everyone. I've got a quick question that's bugging me.

I've got a vehicle which the player is the driver, however I don't want the vehicle to be able to move until after an event.

The set fuel to 0 works fine, except unit says 'low on fuel' which kind of sounds a bit crappy.

An Idea I thought about is to somehow Whitchurch off the voices for that unit maybe?

Appreciate if someone could give me a steer. Thanks

[iceman77 18]

You could use a getIn eventhandler and use eject to kick the driver out until after the event.

Edited November 17, 2013 by Iceman77

[Polygon 11]

IMO OP wants player to be able get in vehicle, but just unable to move.

Maybe turn off some radio channels to prevent annoying reports.

[thetrooper 10]

yeah that's what I was thinking. However, if you turn off radios, character still reports by voice. Was thinking about doing a unable simulation but allowing head movement, however a script provided for someone else doesn't work very well in a vehicle. It creates a bug.

[iceman77 18]

0 fadeRadio 0

[f2k sel 164]

Another way

to stop it place in the vehicles init

 this addEventHandler ["Engine",  {(_this select 0) engineon false}];

to allow it to move

carname removeEventHandler ["engine",0]

[iceman77 18]

F2K Sel to the rescue! :mwah:

[f2k sel 164]

Actually I just found a bug where you can get the AI to take the car without the engine making a noise.

So if your using AI you need to use

 this addEventHandler ["Engine",  {(_this select 0) engineon false; (_this select 0) forcespeed 0];

carname removeEventHandler ["engine",0];carname forcespeed -1;

Edited November 17, 2013 by F2k Sel

[thetrooper 10]

Actually I just found a bug where you can get the AI to take the car without the engine making a noise.

So if your using AI you need to use

 this addEventHandler ["Engine",  {(_this select 0) engineon false; (_this select 0) forcespeed 0];

carname removeEventHandler ["engine",0];carname forcespeed -1;

Roger, I'll give this a go!

I just had a look at the:

0 fadeRadio 0;

This is good so far, however, if I script my own voices, will it cancel those out as well? Also to turn back on I'm guessing its

1 fadeRadio 1;

?

[iceman77 18]

0 fadeRadio 1 - As the wiki says

Syntax: time fadeRadio volume

Parameters:

time: Number in seconds

volume: Number - radio volume range 0 to 1.

Maximum volume is 1. Default is 1.

You could do 10 fadeRadio 1 and that would slowly fade the sound back in over 10 seconds.

In any case, F2K - Sel's way is better =)

[thetrooper 10]

working like a treat ;) Thanks for your help guys!