Helicopter Customization Help

[[V] IdolNinja]

Helicopter customization for both SR2 and SRTT is weird and has never worked right for either game, and yet plane and boat customization works perfectly.

In SR2, I can create a plane or boat garage and pull my vehicle to the light cone trigger and customize either type of vehicle perfectly. If I try and do the same with a heli (setup a heli garage and land the heli on the light cone) I can't even get the message "Press E to enter the mechanic" to appear at all. Is something internal in the engine blocking this?

In SRTT we removed the script check for vehicle type, so the crib menu allows us to customize boats and planes. It works perfectly. Helicopters are a different story though. When trying to customize a heli at at a crib helipad, selecting the menu choice will zip through a bunch of options and then exit you completely back out of the menu and into your crib. Here's the WEIRD thing though. If we change a helicopter's vehicle type to a boat so that it shows up at the Dock crib then it allows us to customize it perfectly. Zero problems. It seems like only the helipad itself is causing this weird issue.

So, any thoughts on how to fix this so we can mod in proper heli customization for both SR2 and SRTT?

 

[[V] Light]

Hmmm. I'll look at the code when I can.

 

[[V] Light]

I can't see anything in the SR3 code that would specifically prevent helicopters. Have you tried a VTOL?

 

[[V] IdolNinja]

I can't see anything in the SR3 code that would specifically prevent helicopters. Have you tried a VTOL?

Yes. All helicopter class vehicles react the exact same way; helicopters, vtols, hoverbikes, etc. They all work perfectly when changed to Boat class at the dock though.

 

[[V] IdolNinja]

The mod makes a very simple change to interface.vpp_pc\store_vehicle.lua

    local customize = garage_can_customize()
    --if customize then
        Garage_select_choices[#Garage_select_choices + 1] =
        {
            type = TYPE_BUTTON,
            select_type = GARAGE_SELECT_CUSTOMIZE,
            label = "GARAGE_CUSTOMIZE_VEHICLE",
            id = #Garage_select_choices + 1
        }
    --end

As you can see, we just commented out the check and it then shows the customize option in the menu for all vehicles. You can download and see for yourself here:
http://www.saintsrowmods.com/forum/...-vehicles-plus-customize-all-vehicles-v3.132/

Turk was the one who figured out that changing the vehicle class to Boat allowed all heli vehicles to be customizable at the doc.
http://www.saintsrowmods.com/forum/threads/extended-customization-v1-2-now-with-more-helis.470/

 

[San Hol]

Helicopter customization for both SR2 and SRTT is weird and has never worked right for either game, and yet plane and boat customization works perfectly.

In SR2, I can create a plane or boat garage and pull my vehicle to the light cone trigger and customize either type of vehicle perfectly. If I try and do the same with a heli (setup a heli garage and land the heli on the light cone) I can't even get the message "Press E to enter the mechanic" to appear at all. Is something internal in the engine blocking this?

In SRTT we removed the script check for vehicle type, so the crib menu allows us to customize boats and planes. It works perfectly. Helicopters are a different story though. When trying to customize a heli at at a crib helipad, selecting the menu choice will zip through a bunch of options and then exit you completely back out of the menu and into your crib. Here's the WEIRD thing though. If we change a helicopter's vehicle type to a boat so that it shows up at the Dock crib then it allows us to customize it perfectly. Zero problems. It seems like only the helipad itself is causing this weird issue.

So, any thoughts on how to fix this so we can mod in proper heli customization for both SR2 and SRTT?

For me the heli completely changes to a boat when i Installed the mod it says "Press E to enter boat" so the player enters and cant fly cuz its a BOAT .

 

[[V] IdolNinja]

For me the heli completely changes to a boat when i Installed the mod it says "Press E to enter boat" so the player enters and cant fly cuz its a BOAT .

You're supposed to customize them, save, then REMOVE the mod so that they are helis again. In the future, please do not use a technical discussion thread for troubleshooting your problems with mods. Either post in the Get Help/Troubleshooting subforum or the release thread for the mod itself.

 

[San Hol]

You're supposed to customize them, save, then REMOVE the mod so that they are helis again. In the future, please do not use a technical discussion thread for troubleshooting your problems with mods. Either post in the Get Help/Troubleshooting subforum or the release thread for the mod itself.

Oh Thanks Again Mister Handsome guy...