Setting up

This guide will help you setup your SWAT vehicle

Smart Vehicle Setup

Setting up this vehicle with Smart Vehicle is easy. First of all, download the vehicle from your Cfx Portal account and install it as a new resource in your server.

Installing Resources

Make sure you do not rename either the Smart Vehicle resource folder or the vehicle resource folder after downloading from Cfx Portal, as this may prevent the resource from working.

Please make sure the resource is named swat (non-ELS) or swatels (ELS version) in order for the menu to work correctly. Do not rename the folders after downloading from Cfx Portal.

Installation Video

Watch this installation video showing you how to install our SWAT Vehicle with Smart Vehicle.

Demonstration Video

Watch this demonstration video showing you how to operate our SWAT vehicle.

Spawn Code

The spawn code for the vehicle is swatladder for the Non-ELS version and swatladderels for the ELS Version.

Setting up the vehicle

To begin using the vehicle, firstly spawn in the vehicle and jump in the drivers seat. This will activate automatic setup via Smart Vehicle, installing the props in.

Controlling the vehicle

To begin controlling the vehicle, jump out and walk nearby to side. An on-screen prompt will appear asking you to press X to begin controlling the vehicle.

With the SWAT vehicle, you are also able to control the vehicle whilst you are driving - just press X.

Controls

• X - Control key (either while driving or outside)

• Q - Lift up left ladder

• A - Lower left ladder

• W - Lift up right ladder

• S - Lower right ladder

• Left SHIFT - Extend left ladder

• Control - Retract left ladder

• Z - Extend right ladder

• Left ALT - Retract right ladder

• Arrow left - Rotate left end piece out

• Arrow down - Rotate left end piece in

• Arrow up - Rotate right end piece out

• Arrow right - Rotate right end piece in

These controls can be edited in the swatladder.lua or swatladderels.lua files.

Editing the Smart Vehicle Controls

All Smart Vehicles are controlled by their own data files, such as recovery.lua. These can be found in the Smart Vehicle resource within the vehicles folder.

To change the controls of your relevant vehicle or the speed of various prop movements, you can make the relevant changes within the lua file here.

For more guidance on editing this data lua file, see our documentation for developers below. Please note, this documentation is not designed to be read without prior knowledge of vehicle development.

Information for Developers

Menu

Swat Vehicle features a working control panel, allowing you to control all elements of the vehicle without having to use the keybinds. By default, the menu will work provided you have not changed the folder name, meaning it is "swat" for the Non-ELS version or "swatels" for the ELS version, and Smart Vehicle is fully up to date.

The resource is configured to automatically open the menu when you start controlling the vehicle, however this can be disabled in the swatladder.lua or swatladderels.lua files within the Smart Vehicle vehicles folder.

menu = { 
        enabled = true,
        resourceName = "swat",
        menuControls = {
            openAuto = true,
            openMenuKey = 311,
            -- Export to open menu should be named openMenu()
        }
    },

Within the menu section you are able to enable/disable the menu, set whether it opens automatically when a player starts controlling and also set the key to open the menu (if you didn't have it open automatically or a player later closes it and wants to reopen).

Editing the menu

To edit the menu, you'll need prior knowledge of HTML/CSS/JS to edit the necessary files. To find these files, open your vehicle resource folder and open the nui folder.

Here you will find the HTML, CSS and JS files which allow you to make changes. For more information on how the menu needs to be setup, see our development documentation on this.

Vehicle Control Menus