Custom Vehicles

Build a custom-looking vehicle from the base vehicle and an attached object.

0.3.DL has no custom vehicle model. Knight ships a helper that combines a drivable base vehicle with a hidden chassis and an attached custom object.

knight

system::start() {
    AddSimpleModel(-1, 19379, -2000, "vehicles/super.dff", "vehicles/super.txd");

    // base model 411, custom object -2000, hidden chassis for DL clients
    let vid = CreateCustomVehicle(411, -2000, 1958.4, 1348.0, 15.4, 90.0, 3, 3, true);
    Log("custom vehicle: {vid}");
};

player::command("/cv") {
    if (IsCustomVehicle(GetPlayerVehicleID(playerid))) {
        SendClientMessage(playerid, "You are in a custom vehicle.");
    }
};

API

Function	Description
`CreateCustomVehicle(base, obj, x,y,z, angle, c1,c2, invisible)`	Create the vehicle and attach the object.
`DestroyCustomVehicle(id)`	Destroy the vehicle and its object.
`GetCustomVehicleObject(id)`	Object id attached to the vehicle, or -1.
`IsCustomVehicle(id)`	Whether the id came from CreateCustomVehicle.

How it works

DL clients receive the vehicle with a near-invisible chassis model (default 570, configurable).
The custom object is attached client-side, so it follows the vehicle with no per-tick updates.
0.3.7 clients keep the normal base vehicle and a safe object fallback.

Warning

The hidden chassis is a client-side trick. If it does not look right on a build, set invisible to false or change custom_invisible_vehicle_model.