Custom actions inside vehicles

[ColdShine 0]

In a single player mission, I need the player to notice he's got a new action available, but since the action does not show if the player is in a vehicle (and there are some civilian cars available, so it's possible), he'll never notice he could activate it. He could even end the mission without even noticing the new action.

Is there a way to make actions visible even when inside a car? Please don't tell me to use a radio code, because there will be no radio available for the player, since he's a civilian.

[RED 0]

You could add the action to the vehicle, I have used that method before. Just make a script which detects if the player is in a vehicle then assign the action to it.

RED

[ColdShine 0]

Thank you, what you said is ok, but how do I avoid the duplicate actions when the player is near the car?

Should I start a loop which adds the action to player's vehicle only when he's in and removes it when he's out? Or is there a better way?

Update: I've written the script, it works great! Wonder if there are better ways of doing the same things...

[RED 0]

Not that I know of, but if it works why change it?

RED

[Frugo_PL 0]

Yes, it's better not to change it, HOWEVER, if there's a simpler method, it should be used. I still know a few people who play OF on very slow systems, so the simpler the way the less lag there is.