Get Custom Vehicle Data (Flowgraph Node)

Overview

• Node Name: Get Custom Vehicle Data
• Category: once_instant
• File: extensions/flowgraph/nodes/mission/getCustomVehicleData.lua

Reads dynamic fields stored on a vehicle object and outputs them through custom pins. Supports user-created output pins of various types.

Pin Schema

Input Pins

Output Pins

Dynamic - user can add custom output pins of types: string, number, bool, any, table, vec3, quat, color.

Internals

Allowed Pin Types

string, number, bool, any, table, vec3, quat, color (flow is not allowed).

How It Works

1. On execution, the node looks up the vehicle by vehId via scenetree.findObjectById().
2. It iterates through all non-fixed output pins and attempts to read matching dynamic fields from the vehicle.
3. Built-in fields checked: waypoints (table), routeSpeed (number), risk (number).
4. The node includes a convertStringToTable() helper for parsing comma-separated strings into tables.

Note: The implementation appears incomplete - the generic pin iteration loop has an empty body, and only waypoints, routeSpeed, and risk are explicitly handled.

Lua Example

-- Set dynamic fields on a vehicle in the level editor:
-- vehicle.routeSpeed = "15"
-- vehicle.risk = "0.5"
-- vehicle.waypoints = "wp1,wp2,wp3"

-- This node reads them back:
-- routeSpeed output = 15 (number)
-- risk output = 0.5 (number)
-- waypoints output = {"wp1", "wp2", "wp3"} (table)

Key Dependencies

• scenetree.findObjectById() - vehicle lookup
• Dynamic fields on BeamNGVehicle objects
• _flowgraph_createNode() - standard flowgraph node registration

Additional Methods

C:init()

Initializes the node, setting up pins and default properties.

C:workOnce()

Called once when the node is triggered (flow-once execution).

See Also

• ARunForLife (Flowgraph Node) - Related reference
• Update Display Drag Race (Flowgraph Node) - Related reference
• Clear Lights Drag Race (Flowgraph Node) - Related reference
• FlowGraph Guide - Guide