[49] Vehicles
Antorum
05/11/2025, 11:49am
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The game has vehicles now! This is a feature I've wanted to experiment with for a while, and after a lot of groundwork, the first iteration is complete.
This feature pretty much entirely works around the newly introduced VehicleComponent and RiderComponent. A VehicleSystem handles mounting and dismounting, ticking vehicles and their riders, and handling other vehicle related logic. The system isn't too flexible yet, supporting only small single rider vehicles, with a limited animation set. But, it's already a lot of fun to zip around the map.
ents/motorcycle.toml
id = 84
[networked]
[transform]
scale = 1.0
[info]
name = "Old Motorcycle"
description = "A slick motorcycle. It's a bit rusty, but it still runs."
model_id = 378
[vehicle]
is_locked = false
idle_audio_clip_id = 19
move_audio_clip_id = 20
start_audio_clip_id = 21
stop_audio_clip_id = 22
is_headlight_enabled = false
[interactable]
interactions = ["drive", "walk-to", "examine"]
additional_client_interactions = ["exit-vehicle", "headlights"]
You can even turn on and off the headlights. It's a small touch, but it really helps with immersion and makes nighttime travel feel special. I should add a horn. Not sure why I didn't do that already.
Fun technical fact - when an entity is riding a vehicle, the vehicle actually just follows the riders position and not the other way around. Then, we make you go really fast by giving you an invisible spell effect. Neato.
spell-effects/riding.toml
id = 20
name = "Riding"
description = ""
icon_id = 0
is_db_save_disabled = true
is_net_sync_disabled = true
[[status_effects]]
type = "modify_stat"
stat = "vehicle_speed_bonus"
val = 160
[[status_effects]]
type = "set_flag"
flag = "is_in_vehicle"
val = true
I threw together a simple riding pose for now. I'll need to add support for different vehicle animations later.
Aside from that, there are still a lot of things to polish: better models, controls, some way to purchase a vehicle, and more interesting interactions with the vehicles themselves. The foundation is there though, and I'm excited to see where it goes next.
- Declan (@dooskington)