Having problems making a Vehicle for Garry's Mod.

[Tangyboxhead]

I have been successful at making models for the past day(Models such as a container holder, ect). I wanted t put that model and turn it into a vehicle. So I decompiled another car mod, replaced the models and textures(don't worry, i'm NOT publishing this for public, only my gmod testing use). I then filled everything out to be correct in both the autorun lua file, and the vehicle script. Yet when I try to place it in Garry's mod as a vehicle, it spawns nothing. No model, no physics, not anything(I can't even undo the "spawning" of the car). So I believe that the car isn't even spawning(the model and textures work, if I go to addons tab and then place my prop model of the car).

The Lua autorun file:

local Category = "Test Vehicles"

local V = {
				// Required information
				Name =	"TestVoohocle",
				Class = "prop_vehicle_jeep",
				Category = Category,

				// Optional information
				Author = "PeaRadiisE, SentryGunMan, Turn 10",
				Information = "vroom vroomsss",
				Model =	"models/contrans/conextranspottmodel.mdl",

				KeyValues = {				
								vehiclescript =	"scripts/vehicles/critz/testscript.txt"
					    }
}

list.Set( "Vehicles", "noscopecn", V )

The vehicle script:

"Vehicle"
{
	"WheelsPerAxle"		"2"
	"Body"
	{
		"CounterTorqueFactor"	"0.9"
		"MassCenterOverride"	"0 -5 10"
		"MassOverride"			"2900"
		"AddGravity"			"1.33"
		"MaxAngularVelocity"	"120"
	}
	"Engine"
	{
		"HorsePower""380"
		"MaxRPM""5750"
		"MaxSpeed""90"
		"MaxReverseSpeed""16"
		"AutobrakeSpeedGain""1.1"
		"AutobrakeSpeedFactor""3"
		"Autotransmission""0"
		"AxleRatio""3.5"
		"Gear""4.2"

		"ShiftUpRPM""3900"
		"ShiftDownRPM""2200"



	}
	"Steering"
	{
		"DegreesSlow"						"38"
		"DegreesFast"						"26"
		"DegreesBoost"						"5"
		"FastDampen"						"0"
		"SteeringExponent"					"0"
		"SlowCarSpeed"						"25"
		"FastCarSpeed"						"40"
		"SlowSteeringRate"					"2"
		"FastSteeringRate"					"1"
		"SteeringRestRateSlow"				"3"
		"SteeringRestRateFast"				"2"
		"TurnThrottleReduceSlow"			"0.01"
		"TurnThrottleReduceFast"			"0.25"
		"BrakeSteeringRateFactor"			"3"
		"ThrottleSteeringRestRateFactor"	"2"
		"BoostSteeringRestRateFactor"		"1"
		"BoostSteeringRateFactor"			"1"

		"PowerSlideAccel"					"500"

		"SkidAllowed"						"1"
		"DustCloud"							"1"
	}
	"Axle"
	{
		"Wheel"
		{
			"Radius"						"16.5"
			"Mass"							"450"
			"Damping"					"0"
			"RotDamping"					"0"
			"Material"					"phx_rubbertire2"
			"SkidMaterial"					"phx_rubbertire2"
			"BrakeMaterial"					"phx_rubbertire2"
		}
		"Suspension"
		{
			"SpringConstant"				"80"
			"SpringDamping"					"8.7"
			"StabilizerConstant"			"2.5"
			"SpringDampingCompression"		"0.0"
			"MaxBodyForce"					"100"
		}
		"TorqueFactor"						"1.40"
		"BrakeFactor"						"0.50"
	}
	"Axle"
	{
		"Wheel"
		{
			"Radius"						"16.5"
			"Mass"							"450"
			"Damping"					"0.5"
			"RotDamping"					"0"
			"Material"					"phx_rubbertire2"
			"SkidMaterial"					"phx_rubbertire2"
			"BrakeMaterial"					"phx_rubbertire2"
		}
		"Suspension"
		{
			"SpringConstant"				"80"
			"SpringDamping"					"8.7"
			"StabilizerConstant"			"2.5"
			"SpringDampingCompression"		"0.0"
			"MaxBodyForce"					"100"
		}
		"TorqueFactor"						"0.20"
		"BrakeFactor"						"0.50"
	}
}


"Vehicle_Sounds"
{
	"Gear"
	{
		"Max_Speed"				"0.0"
		"Speed_Approach_Factor"	"1"
	}
	"Gear"
	{
		"Max_Speed"				"0.2"
		"Speed_Approach_Factor"	"0.07"
	}
	"Gear"
	{
		"Max_Speed"				"0.4"
		"Speed_Approach_Factor"	"0.07"
	}
	"Gear"
	{
		"Max_Speed"				"0.6"
		"Speed_Approach_Factor"	"0.07"
	}
	"Gear"
	{
		"Max_Speed"				"0.8"
		"Speed_Approach_Factor"	"0.07"
	}
	"Gear"
	{
		"Max_Speed"				"1.1"
		"Speed_Approach_Factor"	"0.03"
	}
	"State"
	{
		"Name"		"SS_START_IDLE"
		"Sound"		"vehicles/critz/cargo25/start.wav"
		"Min_Time"	"2.70"
	}
	"State"
	{
		"Name"		"SS_GEAR_0"
		"Sound"		"vehicles/critz/cargo25/first.wav"
		"Min_Time"	"0.75"
	}
	"State"
	{
		"Name"		"SS_GEAR_1_RESUME"
		"Sound"		"vehicles/critz/cargo25/first.wav"
		"Min_Time"	"0.5"
	}
	"State"
	{
		"Name"		"SS_GEAR_3_RESUME"
		"Sound"		"vehicles/critz/cargo25/third.wav"
		"Min_Time"	"0.5"
	}
	"State"
	{
		"Name"		"SS_GEAR_3"
		"Sound"		"vehicles/critz/cargo25/third.wav"
		"Min_Time"	"0.5"
	}
	"State"
	{
		"Name"		"SS_GEAR_2"
		"Sound"		"vehicles/critz/cargo25/second.wav"
		"Min_Time"	"0.5"
	}
	"State"
	{
		"Name"		"SS_GEAR_1"
		"Sound"		"vehicles/critz/cargo25/first.wav"
		"Min_Time"	"0.5"
	}
	"State"
	{
		"Name"		"SS_SHUTDOWN"
		"Sound"		"vehicles/critz/cargo25/stop.wav"
		"Min_Time"	"0"
	}
	"State"
	{
		"Name"		"SS_IDLE"
		"Sound"		"vehicles/critz/cargo25/idle.wav"
		"Min_Time"	"0"
	}
	"State"
	{
		"Name"		"SS_REVERSE"
		"Sound"		"vehicles/critz/cargo25/rev.wav"
		"Min_Time"	"0.5"
	}
	"State"
	{
		"Name"		"SS_SHUTDOWN_WATER"
		"Sound"		"atv_stall_in_water"
		"Min_Time"	"0"
	}
	"State"
	{
		"Name"		"SS_GEAR_4_RESUME"
		"Sound"		"vehicles/critz/cargo25/fourth_cruise.wav"
		"Min_Time"	"0.5"
	}
	"State"
	{
		"Name"		"SS_SLOWDOWN"
		"Sound"		"vehicles/critz/cargo25/throttle_off.wav"
		"Min_Time"	"0"
	}
	"State"
	{
		"Name"		"SS_TURBO"
		"Sound"		"vehicles/critz/cargo25/fourth_cruise.wav"
		"Min_Time"	"2.5"
	}
	"State"
	{
		"Name"		"SS_GEAR_0_RESUME"
		"Sound"		"vehicles/critz/cargo25/first.wav"
		"Min_Time"	"0.75"
	}
	"State"
	{
		"Name"		"SS_START_WATER"
		"Sound"		"atv_start_in_water"
		"Min_Time"	"0"
	}
	"State"
	{
		"Name"		"SS_GEAR_2_RESUME"
		"Sound"		"vehicles/critz/cargo25/second.wav"
		"Min_Time"	"0.5"
	}
	"State"
	{
		"Name"		"SS_GEAR_4"
		"Sound"		"vehicles/critz/cargo25/fourth_cruise.wav"
		"Min_Time"	"0.5"
	}
	"State"
	{
		"Name"		"SS_SLOWDOWN_HIGHSPEED"
		"Sound"		"vehicles/critz/cargo25/throttle_off.wav"
		"Min_Time"	"0"
	}
	"CrashSound"
	{
		"Min_Speed"			"350"
		"Min_Speed_Change"	"250"
		"Sound"				"atv_impact_medium"
		"Gear_Limit"		"1"
	}
	"CrashSound"
	{
		"Min_Speed"			"450"
		"Min_Speed_Change"	"350"
		"Sound"				"atv_impact_heavy"
		"Gear_Limit"		"0"
	}

	"Skid_LowFriction"		"common/null.wav"
	"Skid_NormalFriction"	"common/null.wav"
	"Skid_HighFriction"		"common/null.wav"
}

does anything look wrong with those? the file paths are 100% correct on my end. Or should I follow anything
I will be decompiling the models of the original mod, to see if the model has anything to do with it. I am 100% new to GMod modding.
[B]TL;DR[/B]
I am trying to spawn my custom model car, it isn't spawning anything. The model s from a prop I made the day before. Does anything look wrong? should I do something to the model for a vehicle that I wouldn't do for a model of a prop?

[B]The files aren't mine, only the model and textures. so this is just a test vehicle, not intended for public publishing.[/B]

If you want to know anything else, or want to download the entire folder for the mod. I can post/respond.

Thank you for your help and time!

[Tangyboxhead]

I decompiled the .mdl(of the actual working car in the mod I used the code from) and a few others and it appears as they hav a reference skeleton, and it is parented under the body object. Not much else I can find at the moment

(the "skeleton" is just spheres all around EDIT: the spheres are bones.)

[Tangyboxhead]

Well I can not find a single thing in the reference skeleton in to model, that has anything to do with GMOD vehicle files. I'm guessing all bones are grouped?

[bran92don]

TBH I think there should be a full blown tutorial for creating cars in gmod. I have tried making one before and the wheels ended up shooting the far left and right and the physics on the car was broken so badly.

I think you would also get better help posting this in the modeling section because although it deals with code its more about the compiling of the model that I think the issue is.

Also here is valves info on it: [url]https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Vehicles_%28modeling%29[/url]

[Tangyboxhead]

Dang, I never saw that before. And I agree, a vehicle tutorial for GMod would be cool. What's worse is the complexity just to make a simple vehicle. Anyways thanks, I will be looking more into this, and if I need more help I'll just move to Modelling.

[EthanTheGreat]

Body, Engine and Steering are the most important parameters in the vehicle scripts, arguably.

Body-Grav-Mult: 1.3-2 (most important part is the one below)
Body-Mass: 1200-1800 for peak performance.
Body-MaxAngularVelocity: 60-120

These are important to get correct. If you do these wrong, the entire script will be terrible.

Each car is different, so each vehicle-script should be different to suit each other's strengths and weaknesses.

[Tangyboxhead]

I understand that, thanks.
Ive seen vehicles with more than 4 wheels as well, I will look into that.
I'd like to design heavier vehicles(I'm not interested in sports cars :p)
One thing i'd love to fix is vehicle power, I have seen tons of vehicles not able to pull anything(such as a huge dump truck cant even pull a small van).
Meanwhile, I will be looking through the decompiled mods QC file, I skipped that and went to the model.

Thanks for the information!

[EthanTheGreat]

That has a lot to do with mass.

Occasionally, heavier vehicles are better at handling.

If you want to fix that issue, adjust the mass to 1200-2000. My suggestion.