Vehicle spawning in map

[Hugabuga]

I am trying to figure out how I can get a vehicle spawn whenever I start an server.
Does anyone have any idea?

[lemmiwinkz]

Please be more specific. Which vehicle do you want to spawn? By "whenever I start an server" do you mean when you restart the map or when a player first joins? By "get a vehicle spawn" do you mean designate a spot where all vehicles spawn or do you mean spawn a vehicle?

[Hugabuga]

Let's say Buggy. And when I restart the map. And just 1 specific car.

[lemmiwinkz]

OK well in init.lua put this:
[lua]
local buggy = ents.Create("prop_vehicle_jeep")
buggy:SetKeyValue("vehiclescript", "scripts/vehicles/jeep_test.txt")
buggy:SetModel("models/buggy.mdl")
buggy:SetPos(position here) -- put the position where you want the jeep to spawn
buggy:Spawn()
buggy:Activate()
[/lua]

I'm no pro at Lua but i think this will work

[Hugabuga]

Okay I will try that.

[lemmiwinkz]

don't forget to edit the part that says position here in line 4.
if you want it to spawn at a certain place on your map, you must put an entity inside the map to give it the position where it spawns. Or you could replace "position here" with a vector position

[Hugabuga]

I tried that but it doesn't spawn and I don't get a error.

[lemmiwinkz]

yes i expect you didn't change the part that said position here. try replacing "position here" with vector(0,0,0). Just to clarify replace the above script with this: [lua]
local buggy = ents.Create("prop_vehicle_jeep")
buggy:SetKeyValue("vehiclescript", "scripts/vehicles/jeep_test.txt")
buggy:SetModel("models/buggy.mdl")
buggy:SetPos(vector(0,0,0))
buggy:Spawn()
buggy:Activate()
[/lua]

Or you can tell me where you want the buggy to spawn and I'll tell you how to do it

[wakeboarderCWB]

With what lemmiwinkz said, make sure you capitalize vector. So it's Vector( x, y, z ). Also, to get the x, y and z coordinates, type getpos in console at the spot in the map.

[Hugabuga]

I know. Tried it but It just didn't spawn? I didn't get a error too.

[editline]08:10PM[/editline]

I did it like this:
[lua]
function SpawnCar()
local buggy = ents.Create("prop_vehicle_jeep")
buggy:SetKeyValue("vehiclescript", "scripts/vehicles/jeep_test.txt")
buggy:SetModel("models/buggy.mdl")
buggy:SetPos(-718, 1623, 63) -- put the position where you want the jeep to spawn
buggy:Spawn()
buggy:Activate()
end
[/lua]

[lemmiwinkz]

Ok well the obvious problem is that you havn't called the function you just created it. after the end, put a line that says: SpawnCar()
This ought to fix it

[editline]08:19PM[/editline]

or remove the function part altogether it is completely uneccessary

[Hugabuga]

Okay, now the car spawned but it fucked everything else.

[lemmiwinkz]

oh and you seem to have missed out vector before the string of numbers. after SetPos( put Vector( and after 63 put )

[sintwin]

[QUOTE=Persious;22640398]Okay, now the car spawned but it fucked everything else.[/QUOTE]

What does that mean exactly?

[lemmiwinkz]

[QUOTE=Persious;22640398]Okay, now the car spawned but it fucked everything else.[/QUOTE]

In what manner?

[Hugabuga]

Oh, saw that now.

[editline]08:22PM[/editline]

Let me test it now.

[editline]08:24PM[/editline]

It worked! Well, another question. If I download hoffa's air planes and helicopters, how can I get them spawned?

[lemmiwinkz]

To do that you can use the same code but you must delete the SetKeyValue line and change the strings for ents.Create and SetModel. For SetModel, find the model of the plane/helicopter. For ents.Create, find the type of entity that it is.

[Hugabuga]

Oh, okay.

[editline]08:46PM[/editline]

It worked! I am so thankfull! Thanks!